CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Halifax’s Jenna Pellerin scored the first hat trick of her Atlantic University Sport (AUS) career Saturday to help the UPEI Panthers defeat the St. Thomas Tommies 5-1 in women’s hockey.
The Panthers held 2-0 and 3-1 period leads before Pellerin scored shorthanded 6:27 into the third and completed the hat trick five minutes later. The fourth-year forward doubled her goal output on the season and now has six goals and 16 points in 21 games.
Katelynn Nice on the power play and Kaylee Dufresne also scored in the win. Delaney Boehm had two assists while singles went to Sophie Vandale, Nice, Taylor Gillis, captain Rachel Colle, Kristen MacIntyre and Maria Clinton.
Mariah Carey scored a power-play goal for St. Thomas with assists to Paige Jackson and Danielle Ring.
Camille Scherger stopped 21 shots for the win while Marandee Hunter made 20 saves in the loss.
UPEI was 1-for-2 on the power play while St. Thomas was 1-for-5.
The Panthers improved to 16-4-1 while St. Thomas is 10-11-1.
UPEI is travelling to Halifax today to play the Dalhousie Tigers at 3:30 p.m.
