Golden Golden Bears

FREDERICTON Wil Tomchuk scored the goahead goal in the second period and the Alberta Golden Bears came back to defeat the St. Francis Xavier X-Men 4-2 Sunday in the U Sports men’s hockey final.

Stephane Legault, Luke Philp and Jamie Crooks, into an empty net, also scored for the Golden Bears, who won the David Johnston University Cup for the third time in five years and a U Sports-leading 16th time overall.

“I’ve raised this trophy once as a player and it’s now three times as a coach and my first time as a head coach,” said Golden Bears head coach Serge Lajoie. “I told the guys between the second and third period that Clare Drake would be very proud of us.”

Daniel Robertson and Michael Clarke, on a power play, gave the X-Men an early 2-0 lead before Alberta stormed back.

Zach Sawchenko made 24 saves for the Golden Bears. Chase Marchand stopped 23 shots for StFX.

Alberta’s roster included seven ex-Medicine Hat Tigers — Trevor Cox, Cole Sanford, Clayton Kirichenko, Steven Owre, Kenny Cameron, Jayden Hart and Dylan Bredo.

LAS VEGAS — William Karlsson scored a natural hat trick to lead Vegas over Calgary.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 42 saves for his 48th career

NEW YORK — Trevor van Riemsdyk scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period as Carolina beat New York.