Antigonish, NS – The Mount Allison Mounties are moving on to the AUS championship series after defeating the top seeded and defending AUS champion StFX X-Women 3-2 in double overtime at the Charles V. Keating Centre Saturday evening in game three of the Subway AUS semifinals.
Fourth year Mounties forward Lindsay James was the overtime hero, firing a bullet to the top corner over X-Women goaltender Sojung Shin's glove hand 1:25 into the second overtime period. Danielle Bourgeois assisted on the game winner.
After winning game two by a 3-1 score Thursday evening in Sackville, NB, to force the third and deciding game, the Mounties upset the CS ranked No. 9 X-Women in their own barn in dramatic fashion to clinch their spot in the AUS best 2-of-3 final series.
The fifth seeded Mounties will meet the third seeded Moncton Aigles Bleues who knocked off second ranked Saint Mary's 2-1 in the other semifinal series.
Mount Allison got out to a 1-0 lead with under three minutes to play in the first period as Samantha Bujold beat Shin five-hole on a 2-on-1 rush up ice with Kara Anthony.
The X-Women didn't waste much time in tying the game as Schyler Campbell netted their first goal 32 seconds into the second period. After making a save on a Daniela Falconio shot,
Mounties netminder Kate O'Brien couldn't corral the rebound and Campbell fired the puck in. Megan Innes also picked up an assist on the play.
The 1-1 deadlock held for the remainder of the second period.
Erin Brophy thought she has netted the go-ahead goal for the X-Women early into the third period but the goal was waved off by the officials, ruling the puck had been kicked in.
The Mounties took a 2-1 lead in the game with an Emily vanDiepen goal at 4:32, scoring on a wrap-around low on the glove side of Shin. Anthony picked up her second assist of the night and Kelly Matarazzo also got credited with a helper.
The X-Women evened it again midway through the period as Kara Power popped in the rebound off a 2-on-1 rush with Brophy. Jenna Pitts also assisted on the goal.
The remainder of the period solved nothing and the teams headed to a ten-minute overtime period. Mount Allison had several key scoring chances late in the overtime frame but Shin held her ground.
James only needed 1:25 of the second overtime to net the game and series winner for the Mounties.
O'Brien posted 25 saves in the Mounties net as the visitors outshot the X-Women 31-27 in the game. Shin had 28 saves for the X-Women.
The teams played disciplined hockey with neither squad seeing a power play opportunity in the game. The only minor penalties called came with coincidentals in the third period.
While the X-Women season ends in heartbreak, the Mounties season continues as they move on to compete for their first ever AUS conference title.
X-Women season ends in double overtime heartbreak
Mount Allison
3
StFX
2
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
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Mount Allison (4-1) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
StFX (1-2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Posted: Mar 01, 2014