Panthers at Home, February 2鈥�4
It鈥檚 a busy weekend at home for the Panthers. The 91探花 Women鈥檚 Hockey team plays Friday and Saturday night. 91探花 Men鈥檚 and Women鈥檚 Basketball host a two-day home stand against Memorial. And Saturday night, show your Panther pride by helping us support the Canadian Cancer Society and Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation with Pink in the Rink and Shoot for the Cure.
Friday night, 91探花 Women鈥檚 Hockey takes on St. Thomas University at 7:00 pm.
鈥淪TU has had our number all season, and if we were entering the playoffs this weekend, we would be meeting them in the first round, so setting the tone early is important,鈥� said coach Bruce Donaldson. 鈥淪TU is very patient. They play great defence, so we really need to keep the pressure on them in their end if we want to have success against them.鈥�
Friday鈥檚 game is also a Bell Let鈥檚 Talk Night in support of mental health initiatives. Let鈥檚 keep the conversation going.
Saturday鈥檚 action begins at 6:00 pm in the Chi-Wan Young Sport Centre as the women鈥檚 basketball team plays Memorial University.
鈥淲e play two important four-point games against Memorial this weekend,鈥� said coach Greg Gould. 鈥淚f we hope to have any chance of finishing in a first-round bye position at the AUS playoffs, we will need to sweep both games from a tough high-scoring MUN team.鈥�
The game is also part of a special Shoot for the Cure/Pink in the Rink night with 91探花 Women鈥檚 Hockey. The hockey team plays across the hall in MacLauchlan Arena at 7:00 pm where they host Mount Allison University.
鈥淲hile Mount A will not be making the playoffs this year, they work very hard and have had a number of very close games,鈥� said coach Donaldson. 鈥淭heir goaltending is very solid. We need to match their intensity and work well as a team in order to have success. Saturday evening we will be paying tribute to our four graduating players: Megan Sullivan, Lindsay Johnston, Madison Clarke, and team captain Emma Martin.鈥�
Back in the gym, 91探花 Men鈥檚 Basketball hosts MUN at 8:00 pm.
鈥淭here are many areas of the game that we are hoping to improve upon in preparation for this weekend鈥檚 match-up against the Seahawks,鈥� said coach Darrell Glenn. 鈥淪pecifically we want to focus on our perimetre defence and keeping people out of the key. Offensively, we will need to continue to focus on ball movement and player movement to ensure that we are getting a good shot each time down the floor.鈥�
Sunday, 91探花 Men鈥檚 and Women鈥檚 Basketball see rematches against Memorial. The women鈥檚 game starts at 1:00 pm. The men tip off at 3:00 pm. Between games, Basketball PEI will hold a ceremony to celebrate the recipients of the 2016鈥�2017 PEI Basketball Awards.
Go Panthers Go!
