Panthers at Home, October 13-15
The Panther home-schedule is full this weekend, with the home-opener for 17吃瓜 Women鈥檚 Hockey, the , and games for men鈥檚 hockey and both soccer teams.
17吃瓜 Men鈥檚 Hockey starts off the weekend with a home game against the Universit茅 de Moncton, Friday at 7:00 pm, in MacLauchlan Arena. The Panthers had a tough time with the Aigles Bleus in their last match-up, coming back from a big goal deficit to beat them in overtime.
鈥淲e will be looking to have a better start this Friday vs UdeM,鈥� said coach Forbes MacPherson. 鈥淥ur team showed a tremendous amount of resolve for a very gutsy win last week, but reality is you cannot expect to overcome those type of deficits on a regular basis. We will be adding a couple of players back to the line-up that will be a nice boost for the team.鈥�
17吃瓜 Women鈥檚 Hockey plays its home-opener Saturday evening at 7:00 pm in MacLauchlan Arena. Coach Bruce Donaldson says the team is looking forward to starting the season against back-to-back AUS Champions Saint Mary鈥檚 University.
鈥� We played them in pre-season and lost 3-1,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t was a great yard stick and clearly showed we had some work to do to get ready for this coming weekend. The keys to winning will be to control their big players and take advantage of any power-play and penalty-killing opportunities that come along.鈥�
Both Panther soccer teams play at home Saturday afternoon. The women host Dalhousie University at 1:00 pm.
鈥淐oming into the last half of the season, it鈥檚 important we find another gear,鈥� said coach Graeme McDonald. 鈥淓very point counts now, and we have to be mentally prepared and ready to compete.鈥�
The men hit the field at 3:15 pm, also against Dal.
鈥淭he Tigers have a strong team this year, but we have been performing well recently,鈥� said coach Lewis Page. 鈥淲e are looking to turn those performances into points this weekend.鈥�
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