EDMONTON, AB — The MacEwan Griffins had a game plan to get more shots on goal against the Saskatchewan Huskies and they certainly accomplished that with a season-high 31 shots, but they ran into a red-hot Huskies goaltender.

Colby Wilson made 29 saves and the Huskies scored two goals 17 seconds apart to break the game open in a 4-2 win over the Griffins on Saturday afternoon at the Downtown Community Arena.

Sophie Lalor scored twice for the Huskies, while Isabella Pozzi and Jayde Cadieux also replied for Saskatchewan in the win.

Brianna Sank made 23 saves in the loss as MacEwan fell to 1-3 on the season, while Saskatchewan improved to 4-0.

The Huskies opened the scoring on their first shot of the game when Taylor Wilkinson jumped on a turnover in the slot and fed Lalor, who made no mistake beating Sank just 1:36 into the contest.

Despite being down early, the Griffins didn't back down by any means. They outshot Saskatchewan 14-5 in the first period but couldn't get one past Wilson.

The Griffins continued to press for the tying goal in the second period, but it was the Huskies who were able to capitalize on the bounce. Pozzi's point shot ricocheted off the skate of a Griffins player in front and went top corner on Sank to give the Huskies a 2-0 lead at the 11:55 mark of the second period.

MacEwan cut the lead in half just 1:46 later as Collier's point shot found its way through traffic to make it 2-1, but another break gave the Huskies the insurance they needed when Cadieux jumped on a loose puck at the blue line and scored a short-handed breakaway just 2:54 later.

Lalor's second of the game moments later, made it 4-1.

Santos was able to cut the Huskies lead to 4-2, when she jumped off the bench and took a feed from Kori Paterson and ripped a one-timer low blocker on Wilson to round out the scoring.

NEXT UP
It's bye week for the Saskatchewan Huskies as the team drew the early bye in the Canada West schedule. They'll head to Regina on Friday, October 20 for a 7:00 PM matchup before coming back to Saskatoon on Saturday, October 21 for the rematch at 7:00 PM at Merlis Belsher Place. 
 
The series against the Regina Cougars is part of the U-Prairie Challenge presented by SaskMilk. Tickets are available at HuskieTickets.com. For those unable to attend, games are streamed on CanadaWest.TV or fans can tune in live on HuskieFan.ca.