{"id":16697,"date":"2017-03-09T14:36:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T19:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16697"},"modified":"2017-03-15T17:54:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T21:54:57","slug":"saints-taking-cisaa-hockey-final-to-the-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/saints-taking-cisaa-hockey-final-to-the-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints taking CISAA hockey final to the limit"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte
\n<\/strong>
\nThe St. Andrew\u2019s Saints are learning they have some competition in CISAA hockey.
\nAfter cruising through game one of the best-of-three independent school final against the Upper Canada College Blues, SAC\u2019s top hockey team suffered their first loss in close to a month Friday on the road.
\nUpper Canada actually drew first blood in game one, beating Aidan Hosein near the end of the first at LaBrier Arena on the SAC campus.
\nJust seconds later off the draw, SAC\u2019s Morgan Barron\u2019s individual effort to get past both Blues defensemen tied the score, with the home team never looking back.
\nBy the final buzzer, Regan Kimens, Lucas Thorne, Cam Hillis, Matthew MacDougall, Noah Lugli, and Nicholas Canade also found the back of the net for a final score of 7 \u2013 1.
\nUpper Canada was only able to get 15 pucks on Hosein\u2019s net, and entered game two on Friday as heavy underdogs.
\nBut with a large and rowdy home crowd behind them, the Blues held the Saints off the scoresheet for the first period, opening the scoring themselves just over twelve minutes in.
\nThey doubled their lead in the second, taking advantage of a man leaving the penalty box to spring an impromptu 2-on-1.
\nA lost draw in the defensive zone led to a quick goal late in the period, giving the Blues a 3 \u2013 0 lead after forty minutes.
\nAfter another early Upper Canada goal in the third, Hillis and Ryan O\u2019Connell both got on the board to cut the lead in two, as close as St. Andrew\u2019s would get to clinching the championship.
\nThe Blues added a late empty netter for a 5 \u2013 2 score.
\nThe Saints and Blues were far and away the top teams in the skilled CISAA this season, splitting their season series with one win, one loss, and one tie each.
\nWinners of the CISAA\u2019s elite D1 division for four years running, the Saints will be looking to keep that streak going in game three later this week at LaBrier Arena.
\nThe junior varsity Saints were also in action against Upper Canada on Friday, hosting the Blues at LaBrier Arena in their respective semifinal. A decisive 10 \u2013 1 win set up a championship matchup with Villanova College, played Tuesday following press time.
\nThe Blues got the upper hand against the under-16 Saints, who fell 4 \u2013 3 in their semifinal on Wednesday.
\nThe bitter rivals also split hosting duties this weekend of the National Independent School Invitational Championship, with games played at both LaBrier Arena and UCC\u2019s Wilder Arena.
\nSchedules and results can be found at www.cisaa.ca.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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