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Valade’s five points lead Huskies to convincing 7-3 win over Axemen
Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Valade’s five points lead Huskies to convincing 7-3 win over Axemen

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Scoring Summary
1st - 03:08 - Ben Allison (Saint Mary's)
1st - 09:47 - Kian Bell (Acadia)
1st - 15:32 - Ryder McIntyre (Acadia)
1st - 16:52 - Marc Boudreau (Acadia)
1st - 18:59 - PS - Charlie Da Fonseca (Saint Mary's)
2nd - 12:00 - SH - Matthew MacDonald (Saint Mary's)
2nd - 18:23 - Ben Allison (Saint Mary's)
3rd - 05:18 - PP - Reid Valade (Saint Mary's)
3rd - 07:18 - PP - Reid Valade (Saint Mary's)
3rd - 14:01 - PP - Reid Valade (Saint Mary's)
Game Leaders
Acadia
G: 3 Players (#9, #20, #89) - 1
A: 6 Players (#12, #14, #16, #21, #67, #89) - 1
Sh: Roenick Jodoin - 5
Sv: Thomas Couture - 41
Saint Mary's
G: Reid Valade - 3
A: 2 Players (#10, #25) - 3
Sh: Ben Allison - 8
Sv: Ben West - 24
Team Stats
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HALIFAX, NS – Saint Mary's forward Reid Valade scored a natural hat-trick in the third period and added two assists, leading the Huskies to a convincing 7-3 win over the Acadia Axemen in Atlantic University Sport men's hockey action on Wednesday night at the Dauphinee Centre in Halifax.

The Huskies opened the scoring just over three minutes into action, as a shot by Reid Valade (Caledon, ON) rang off the post, but Ben Allison (Halifax, NS) was able to stuff the rebound past Axemen goaltender Thomas Couture (Levis, QC), giving Saint Mary's a 1-0 lead, 3:08 into the first.

The Axemen equalized midway through the period with a goal from Kian Bell (Fall River, NS), as he finished off a three-on-one, tying the game at 1-1, 9:47 into the first.

Acadia took the lead several minutes later, as Ryder McIntyre (Stoufville, ON) scored off a nice feed from Marc Boudreau (Toronto, ON), putting the visitors ahead 2-1, 15:32 into the period.

Just over a minute later, the Axemen added to their lead as Marc Boudreau scored off a rebound, extending Acadia's lead to 3-1, 16:52 into the first.

With just over a minute remaining in the period, Huskies forward Charlie Da Fonseca (Thornhill, ON) broke out down the left wing and was tripped up by an Axemen defender, earning a penalty shot. On the ensuing penalty shot, Da Fonseca went wide and broke out a nasty deke before beating Couture with a high backhand shot to cut the Acadia lead to 3-2, with 1:01 remaining in the period.

Saint Mary's outshot Acadia 13-12 in the first period, but the Axemen took a 3-2 lead into the intermission.

Midway through the second period, the Axemen were looking to add to their lead on the powerplay, but it was the Huskies who scored, with defenceman Ethan Ritchie (Oakville, ON) stealing the puck and sending Da Fonseca and Matthew MacDonald (Halifax, NS) on a two-on-none breakaway, as the two forwards passed it back and forth four times before MacDonald beat a diving Couture for a shorthanded goal, tying the game at 3-3, 12 minutes into the second.

With under two minutes remaining in the period, the Huskies took the lead, as Valade stole the puck behind the Axemen goal and centred in front to Allison, who scored his second of the night and U SPORTS leading 15th goal of the campaign, giving the Huskies a 4-3 lead.

The Huskies outshot the Axemen 17-8 through the second period and took a 4-3 lead into intermission.

The third period was the Reid Valade show as the forward exploded for a natural hat-trick with all three goals coming on the powerplay.

First the Huskies cycled the puck on the powerplay, with Ben Boyd (Dartmouth, NS) cutting in on goal and firing a shot that was saved by Couture, but Valade jumped on the rebound, extending the lead to 5-3, 5:18 into the third period.

Less than two minutes later Saint Mary's were back on the powerplay and Ethan Ritchie sent a breakout pass to Valade, who played a perfect give-and-go with Ben Allison to extend the lead to 6-3, 7:19 into the period.

Valade finished off the natural hat-trick at the 14:01 mark, as he took a pass from Charlie Da Fonseca and directed it high past Couture to secure the 7-3 win.

Valade was named Player of the Game with three goals and two assists. He now leads all of U SPORTS with 16 goals and his 27 points rank third in the country. Valade's linemate Ben Allison scored two goals and added two assists, bringing his season totals to 15 goals and 28 points. Charlie Da Fonseca (one goal, two assist) and Ethan Ritchie (two assists) also recorded multi-point nights for the Huskies.

Saint Mary's outshot Acadia 47-27 on the night, with Ben West stopping 24 shots for the win, while Thomas Couture made 40 saves in defeat.

With the win, the Huskies improve to 9-6-0-1, tying them for the third spot in the AUS standings. Saint Mary's will finish off the 2025 portion of their schedule on home ice, as they host the Moncton Aigles Bleus (11-4-1-0) on Saturday, Nov. 29 at the Dauphinee Centre at 7 p.m. GET TICKETS

The Axemen loss drops their record to 11-3-1-2, still leading the AUS. Acadia will also host Moncton on Friday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. in Wolfville, N.S.

Recap by Allan April / Saint Mary's Huskies Athletics
Photos by Mona Ghiz / Saint Mary's Huskies Athletics