Burnaby, BC - The UBC men's hockey team proved to be too much to handle for SFU as the Thunderbirds defeated SFU 8-0.
Scott Wasden and
Dillon Wagner led the way with a pair of goals each, while
Jordan White and
Steven Stanford combined for the shutout. The Thunderbirds won the two game series 2-0.
It was a slow start to the game as neither team could seem to find their groove early on. The Thunderbirds would get a power play nine minutes into the opening frame and they would make it count.
Scott Wasden (Westbank, BC) scored from the side of the net to give UBC a 1-0 lead.
Scott MacDonald (Surrey, BC) and
Ben Schmidt (Campbell River, BC) picked up the helpers. The Thunderbirds looked to add to their lead, but Macdonald was denied point blank by SFU goalie Graeme Gordon. UBC's
Jordan White looked sharp in net as well, stopping SFU on a 2-on-1 and then shutting the door on Jono Ceci on a late power play. 1-0 is how things stood through 20 minutes.
The Thunderbirds took over the game in the second period dominating play and scoring three goals.
Scott Wasden scored his second goal of the game 1:41 into the frame to put the 'Birds up 2-0. After being a scratch last night,
Michael Wilgosh (Selkirk, MB) proved his worth Saturday night banging home a loose puck to put UBC up by three. Last night's overtime hero
Joe Antilla (Madiera Park, BC) got in the act, potting his second goal in as many games to make it 4-0 for the Thunderbirds. White was solid in the frame, making a couple of big saves on the power play, including point blank on Ben Van Lare.
UBC proved to be too much to handle for SFU on this night as they continued to find the back of the net in the third period. 43 seconds into the period
Dillon Wagner (Keephills, AB) tipped home a
Nate Fleming (St.Albert, AB) shot to give the Thunderbirds a 5-0 advantage. Less then two minutes later,
Justin McCrae (Cochrane, AB) got in on the act scoring a power play goal to make it 6-0 UBC. Wagner continued to show off his hand eye coordination, this time tipping in a
Ilan Cumberbirch (Vancouver, BC) shot to give UBC a 7-0 lead.
Brad Hoban (Victoria, BC) added a fourth power play goal on the night to make it an 8-0 final. UBC finished the night 4-for-5 on the man advantage.
Kevin Smith (North Vancouver, BC), playing his second game in a Thunderbirds uniform, had 4 assists on the night.
Jordan White (Surrey, BC) played 40 minutes, stopping all 14 shots he faced.
Steven Stanford (Calgary, AB) replaced him for the final period and stopped all four shots he faced to share the shutout.
The Thunderbirds open up the Canada West regular season next Friday, September 28, in Regina with a pair of games against the Cougars.
Scoring Summary
1
st period
UBC
Scott Wasden (
Scott MacDonald,
Ben Schmidt) 9:17 (PP)
Shots – UBC 9 SFU 8
Power Play – UBC 1-1 SFU 0-1
2
nd period
UBC
Scott Wasden (
Scott Wasden,
Kevin Smith) 1:41
UBC
Michael Wilgosh (
Max Grassi,
Dustin Kimber) 10:27
UBC
Joe Antilla (
Kevin Smith) 12:42
Shots – UBC 7 SFU 6
Power Play – UBC 0-1 SFU 0-3
3
rd period
UBC
Dillon Wagner (
Nate Fleming,
Kevin Smith) :43
UBC
Justin McCrae (
Kevin Smith,
Neil Manning ) 2:16 (PP)
UBC
Dillon Wagner (
Ilan Cumberbirch ) 10:10 (PP)
UBC
Brad Hoban (
Linden Saip) 15:22 (PP)
Shots – UBC 14 SFU 4
Power Play – UBC 3- 3 SFU 0-1
Total Shots – UBC 30 SFU 18
Power Play – UBC 4-5 SFU 0-5
