CALGARY – In an intense, penalty-filled contest, the University of Calgary Dinos scored three times in the final period to win 3-0 over the No. 3 Saskatchewan Huskies Saturday evening at the Father David Bauer Arena.
Dinos goaltender Matthew Greenfield picked up his third shutout of the season after the 19-save performance, which is good for first place in that category.
Greenfield's first test came just over a minute in, as Huskies defender
Sam Ruopp wired a shot from 20 feed out but couldn't beat the blocker of the Dinos' netminder.
The teams throughout the first period traded chances, including posts from Saskatchewan forward
Kohl Bauml and Calgary forward Logan Fisher. Despite this, the teams remained scoreless after 20.
The second period opened up with Huskies goaltender Tarun Kozun making the best of his 26 stops. Dinos forward Luke Harrison rifled a perfect pass to a pinching James Shearer, but Kozun went cross-crease to prevent the early chance.
The Dinos and Huskies once again traded posts in the second, courtesy of Cain Franson, then
Levi Cable moments later. Once again, the goaltenders stood tall keeping the games at zeroes through two periods.
The third proved to be different, as the Dinos opened up the scoring down a skater. Dane Gibson took a perfect no-look pass from forward Tim Vanstone, and picked the blocker side corner on Kozun, making it 1-0, 58 seconds into the third.
Just 66 seconds later, the Dinos doubled their cushion. Mitch Cook stole a clearing attempt in the slot, before dishing the puck to Logan Fisher, who wired a shot top-shelf, giving the Dinos a 2-0 lead.
The Dinos extended their lead to three seven minutes later, courtesy of Gibson again. He finished off a tape-to-tape feed from forward Matt Alfaro, beating an out-stretched Kozun.
The score remained at 3-0, as the Dinos grabbed a much-needed victory.
Saskatchewan will play a home-and-home with the Regina Cougars next week, beginning in Regina on Jan. 11 before the teams take to the ice at Merlis Belsher Place on Jan. 12.
