Chargers swept by Tide to open season

The UAH club hockey team lost a pair of games at the Pelham Civic Center to Alabama’s AAU Division 1 team, losing 7-1 on Friday and 7-0 on Saturday.

Matthew Davis scored the lone goal for the Chargers on Friday, which tied the game at 1-1 with 7:46 remaining in the first period. But the Tide scored six unanswered goals for the win.

BOX SCORES: Friday | Saturday

Saturday’s game was scoreless after one period before Alabama scored four goals in the second period and three in the third.

Goaltender Andrew Sledge made 60 saves on Friday were the second most made in a game since the UAH club team was reinstated in 2018. On Saturday, Sledge made 50 more saves.

The Chargers return to Pelham again next weekend to play Alabama’s AAU Division 3 squad.