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      Sports
     
    
   
   
    
     
      edited
      by
      marc
      macdonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Hockey
     
     
      Panthers
      Drop
     
     
      First
      Two
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Games
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      Hockey
      Panther’s
     
     
      opened
      at
      home
      against
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      New
      Bruns-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      wick
      Varsity
      Reds
      on
      Friday
     
     
      the
      8"
      of
      October.
      The
     
     
      game
      had
      an
      abundance
      of
     
     
      penalties,
      UNB
      goals,
      and
     
     
      off-ice
      distractions
      but
      it
      still
     
     
      managed
      to
      be
      a
      better
     
     
      hockey
      game
      than
      the
     
     
      Canadiens/Leafs
      opening
     
     
      game.
      The
      Panther
      squad
     
     
      played
      before
      a
      small
      but
     
     
      energetic
      hometown
      crowd
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      played
      hard
      but
      were
     
    
   
   
    
     
      plagued
      with
      penalties.
     
     
      UPEI
      were
      called
      for
      14
     
     
      penalties
      in
      total,
      allowing
     
     
      UNB
      to
      score
      an
      several
     
     
      power
      plays.
      The
      Panthers
     
     
      (36)
      were
      able
      to
      get
      more
     
     
      shots
      on
      net
      than
      the
      Reds
     
     
      (35),
      but
      came
      up
      short
      in
     
     
      goals
      as
      UNB
      took
      the
     
     
      match
      6-2.
      Aaron
      MacInnis
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      Mike
      White
      each
      picked
     
     
      up
      a
      goal
      for
      the
      Panthers
     
    
   
   
    
     
      while
      Ryan
      Walsh,
      with
      2
     
     
      goals
      and
      an
      assist,
      was
      the
     
     
      top
      scorer
      for
      the
      Reds.
     
    

    
     
      The
      action
      taking
      place
      off-
     
     
      ice
      between
      periods
      and
     
     
      during
      the
      game
      was
      almost
     
     
      as
      entertaining
      as
      the
      game.
     
     
      The
      Panther
      mascots
      helped
     
     
      the
      fans
      young
      and
      old
      cheer
     
     
      the
      Panthers
      on
      and
      man-
     
     
      aged
      to
      get
      in
      a
      bit
      of
      trouble
     
     
      on
      the
      ice
      during
      the
      inter-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      mission.
      Fans
      also
      enjoyed
     
     
      the
      less
      than
      successful
      but
     
     
      highly
      entertaining
      Turkey
     
     
      Bowling
      and
      “two
      shots
     
     
      from
      one
      spot”
      intermission
     
     
      games.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Panther’s
      second
      game
     
     
      of
      the
      season
      saw
      them
     
     
      facing
      the
      Moncton
      Blue
     
     
      Eagles.
      UPEI
      also
      fell
      short
     
     
      in
      this
      game
      as
      Moncton
      was
     
     
      able
      to
      pull
      off
      a
      5-3
      victory.
     
     
      END