The Saint Mary’s Huskies are getting a week off after earning a first-round bye for the Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey playoffs.
The Huskies finished the season with a 2-0 win over the visiting Acadia Axemen on Saturday to finish second overall with an 18-7-3 record, four points behind the first-place UNB Varsity Reds (20-5-3).
The best-of-three quarter-finals feature the third-place Moncton Aigles Bleus against the sixth-place St. Francis Xavier X-Men and the fourth-place UPEI Panthers against the fifth-place Axemen.
The Dalhousie Tigers (7-18-3) finished seven points behind the X-Men for the final AUS playoff spot.
The first round begins Thursday and wraps up Monday, with the best-of-five semifinals to follow.


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