REGINA – The University of Saskatchewan Huskies men's hockey team picked up their sixth straight victory and recorded a series sweep over the provincial rival Regina Cougars with a 4-1 victory, on Saturday, Oct. 27 at The Co-Operators Centre.
Kohl Bauml tallied a goal and an assist, while
Jaimen Yakubowski,
Levi Cable and
Parker Thomas also found the back of the net for the Huskies.
Donovan Neuls,
Jesse Forsberg,
Michael Sofillas,
Jordan Tkatch and
Sam Ruopp each added an assist in the victory.
Ben Duperreault's first period goal stood as the lone goal of the night for the Cougars, with Jordan Burns picking up a helper on the marker.
Taran Kozun picked up the victory for Saskatchewan as he stopped 23 shots in between the pipes for the Huskies.
Meanwhile, Michael Herringer recorded the loss in net for Regina, despite turning away 37 shots fired his way.
With the win, the Huskies move to 7-1-0 on the season. Meanwhile, the loss drops the Cougars record to 2-5-1 through eight games.
Duperreault opened the scoring just 2:04 in Saturday's contest, as Jordan Burns sent him in on a breakaway and he beat Kozun with a quick shot to the blocker side.
Yakubowski replied with his third of the season before the end of the first period, tipping a Neuls shot past the glove of Herringer.
Cable's goal was the lone marker in the second period, as the fourth-year forward took a feed from Bauml and snapped a shot from the slot to beat Herringer's blocker.
Bauml scored at the 1:36 mark of the third period with a nice deke after a scrum along the boards, and Thomas added to the lead just 26 seconds later with a shot just inside the left post.
Things got chippy after the Thomas goal, as 42 minutes of penalties were handed out in the third period including three 10-minute misconducts. Both teams were 0-for-5 on the powerplay for the game.
The Cougars and Huskies will both be off next weekend as the conference heads into its bye week. Following the bye, the Huskies will play their next four games on the road, as they take on the UBC Thunderbirds for two games in Vancouver and then travel to Calgary for a series against the Mount Royal Cougars.