#5 Saskatchewan 5 Alberta 4 (SO)
Huskies-Golden Bears Stats
by Matt Gutsch, U of Alberta Sports Information
EDMONTON - Despite outshooting and out chancing the CIS #5 Saskatchewan Huskies, the Alberta Golden Bears hockey team suffered another one goal loss, this time a 5-4 shootout decision Friday night at Clare Drake Arena in Edmonton.
Goalie Kurtis Mucha made 33 stops in the loss. Rookies Travis Toomey, Levko Koper and Jordan Hickmott all found the back of the net, while sophomore Johnny Lazo picked up his team-leading fifth of the season.
Craig McCallum notched a pair of goals for the Huskies, while Chris Durand and Kyle Bortis added singles. Both Shaun Vey and Matthew Spafford beat Mucha in the shootout.
In the shootout, Vey beat Mucha low to the stick side for the opening goal, while Lazo hit the post with his attempt. After a Mucha stopped Kyle Ross, Koper was denied by Reekie, which set the stage for Spafford’s winner.
Alberta had rallied from a 3-0 second period deficit.
With the win, Saskatchewan improves to 5-1-0 and sits atop the Canada West standings, while the Golden Bears fall to 3-2-2 and fourth place. The two teams meet again on Saturday, 7:00 p.m. at Clare Drake Arena.
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Regina 5 UBC 1
T'Birds-Cougars Stats
With files from U of Regina Sports Information
REGINA – Matt Strueby scored twice as the University of Regina’s men’s hockey team cruised to a 5-1 win on Friday night over the UBC Thunderbirds in a Canada West game at The Co-operators Centre.
Tyler Henry, Tyler Penny and Ryan Sawka also scored for the Cougars, who improve their Canada West record to 2-5-0 on the season. Rookie goaltender Lucas Gore made 28 saves for Regina and kept UBC off the board until the Thunderbirds’ Wyatt Hamilton scored with less than three minutes left in the third.
UBC, which moves to 2-1-2 after suffering its first regulation loss of the season, outshot the Cougars by a 29-27 margin. Steven Stanford got the start between the pipes for the Thunderbirds, but was pulled just shy of the seven-minute mark after Regina’s third goal of the contest. Jordan White came on in relief and made 14 saves.
The two teams finish off their weekend set on Saturday night at The Co-operators Centre. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
Strueby now has a team-leading seven points on the season and is tied for fifth in Canada West.
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#10 Calgary 5 Lethbridge 1
Pronghorns-Dinos Stats
by Lance Doucet, U of Calgary Sports Info Assistant
CALGARY – Two goals each by Reid Jorgensen and Brock Nixon lifted the CIS #10 Calgary Dinos to a 5-1 win over the Lethbridge Pronghorns Friday night at Father David Bauer Arena.
Despite the end result, Scott Bowles had a good night in between the pipes for the Pronghorns. The fifth-year netminder made 31 saves and saved it from being a more lopsided score.
A game misconduct to Ryan Pottruff would send him to the showers early after he was called for a knee on the Dinos’ Dylan Hood. This set up a five-minute power play for Calgary which they converted on. Hood returned to the game in the second period.
Lethbridge got its goal from Justin Hollinger as Calgary outshot Lethbridge in the game 36-12.
The Dinos and Pronghorns complete this two-game set on Saturday as they travel to Lethbridge.
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