Alberta 7 Manitoba 2

Bisons-Golden Bears Stats

by Paul Cartledge, U of Alberta Sports Information

EDMONTON – Roaring back from a first-period deficit, the Alberta Golden Bears’ offence grabbed a 7-2 win against the Manitoba Bisons, Saturday night at Clare Drake Arena.

Johnny Lazo led the scoring brigade, as eight different Bears had multi-point games, notching two goals, including the game-winner, and three points. Team captain Greg Gardner and Thomas Carr each tallied a goal and three points, while Kruise Reddick chipped in three helpers. Sean Ringrose, Jordan Hickmott and James Dobrowolski rounded out the Alberta scoring with singles, the first two also adding assists.

Travis Bobbee and Luke Cain got the goals for Manitoba.

Alberta will take a “bye” weekend for the Thanksgiving holiday, returning to action with a home-and-home series with CIS newcomer, the Mount Royal Cougars. The Bisons will also have a “bye” weekend for turkey festivities, hosting the Saskatchewan Huskies in a two-game series on October 12-13.

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Saskatchewan 5 Mount Royal 3

Huskies-Cougars Stats

by Kyle Henry, Mount Royal Sports Information

CALGARY - A string of five straight unanswered goals by Saskatchewan would be all the offence they'd need as the Huskies downed the Mount Royal Cougars 5-3 on Saturday night in Calgary.

Markers by Jimmy Bubnick, Andrew Bailey, Brandon Herrod and pair by Derek Hulak helped the Huskies improve to 2-0-0 on the season, while the Cougars fell for the second consecutive night, dropping to 0-2-0.

Ryan Holfeld earn his second ‘W’ of the campaign in goal, making 26 saves, while Cougars netminder Dalyn Flette, making his first start of the season, took the loss in goal with 28 saves.

The Cougars will get their first road test of the season in two weeks time, as they head to Edmonton to play the Alberta Golden Bears on Friday, Oct. 12. before playing host to the Bears one night later at
Flames Community Arena. For the Saskatchewan Huskies, they, too will get a weekend’s reprieve before heading out to Manitoba to play the Bison’s for a pair of road contests, also starting Oct.12.

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Regina 5 UBC 4 (SO)

Thunderbirds-Cougars Stats

With files from U of Regina Spors Information

REGINA – Craig Cuthbert’s goal in the eighth round of the shootout finally gave the Regina Cougars a hard-fought 5-4 victory over UBC on Saturday at The Co-operators Centre.
 
Despite the lengthy shootout, Cuthbert’s goal was the only successful attempt. Cougar goalie Andrew Hayes stopped all eight UBC shooters to secure the victory, while UBC goaltender Jordan White stopped the first seven Regina shots before Cuthbert picked the top corner over his glove side.
 
The Cougars (1-1-0) got a pair of goals from Troy Hunter and singles from Tyler Henry and Matt Strueby in regulation, while Nate Fleming, Cole Wilson, Brad Hoban, and Wyatt Hamilton all scored for UBC (1-0-1).
 
Hunter also assisted on Regina’s two other goals, giving the second-year right winger a four-point night. In addition to doing his heroics in the shootout, Hayes also stopped 37 of UBC’s 41 shots in regulation and overtime.
 
White made 29 saves for UBC, which will return to action on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 on the road at Calgary.
 
The Cougars will travel for a pair of non-conference games against NCAA Div. I opponents next weekend, as they’ll square off against Alaska Fairbanks on Friday and Alaska Anchorage on Saturday. The U of R continues Canada West play on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 at Lethbridge.

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