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The Mariners experienced a tough loss against Red Leafs with the final score of 3-4.
The first period started off strong for the Mariners pushing the offensive zone immediately and looking for those open shot possibilities. #31 Jeremy Robar gave SFU a tough fight on the net. #29 Hunter Burgeson was caught in a two-minute penalty for hooking and SFU used their power play to their advantage to score the first goal of the game, 0-1.
VIU continued to come back hard SFU was struggling to keep the puck out of their net. This resulted in #77 Austin “Chubbs” Daniels receiving a penalty shot but wasn’t able to get it past the SFU goalie.
Shortly after, #24 Max Struss used the rebound from #88 Cage Newans to score the Mariner’s first goal of the game to even it out 1-1.
SFU came back hot to sneak a glove-side shot in on Robar advancing the score to 1-2.
Despite a four-minute knee-to-knee penalty from #97 Jordan Rea, SFU wasn’t quite able to keep possession of the puck regardless of their power play. Two more penalties follow from SFU but the Mariners struggle to even up the score.
In the second period, Mariners continued to have back-to-back powerplays in which #91 Rocky Bird achieved that much-desired goal on the net but was deemed a no-goal by the referees. SFU then went back and shot their third goal of the game nine minutes into the second period.
By the third period, tensions run high between the Mariners and Red Leafs. #10 Ethan Jones had an unfortunate five-minute penalty which also resulted in Jones being asked to leave the game. But the Mariners didn’t let the Red Leafs use this five-minute powerplay to score another goal on Robar. They stayed strong as a team, especially being one man down, and kept the puck possession in their favor.
Coming in strong soon after, #19 Ryan Hunter scored a five-hole goal, getting their score up to 2-3. Mariners and Red Leafs continued to battle it out until Burgeson scored the equalizer goal in the last three minutes of the period. Mariners go back and forth with the Red Leafs, both teams trying their hardest to score that game-winning goal before the period ends, but it went into overtime.
Within the first 30 seconds of the fourth period, SFU scored their fourth and final goal to end the game. VIU led the shots on goal 43-26.
The well-deserved CUPE 401 Player of the Game was awarded to #23 Owen Weihs. VIU Mariners come back to the island to play against UVIC Vikes on October 18th, 2024.
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