SASKATOON, SK – It was the regular season finale at Merlis Belsher Place on Saturday afternoon and the Saskatchewan Huskies were looking to head into the playoffs on a high note. The opportunity was squandered as the MRU Cougars dominated the ice and taking home the 8-1 over Saskatchewan.
 
The Huskies captain Connor Hobbs took a tripping penalty a minute and a half into the game, giving the high-octane Cougars offense a chance to get to work. The Huskies would hold strong and kill off the penalty but six and a half minutes later when Cael Zimmerman went off for slashing, but it was the Huskies drawing a chance as Dawson Holt got hauled down on a breakaway to get a penalty shot. Holt came in and looked to paint the corner but missed by just inches to leave it tied. Saskatchewan killed off the penalty and got their first man advantage with just over five minutes left in the frame. Unable to score on the power play, MRU's Josh Tarzwell scored shortly after to give the Cougars the 1-0 lead after one.
 
The second period was one to forget for the Huskies. MRU's Nolan Yaremko scored in under five minutes, and added another five minute slater and completed the hat trick two and a half minutes after that. Koby Morrisseau added a goal under a minute later to give the Cougars a 5-0 lead. The Huskies would pull Roddy Ross from the net, replacing him with Jordan Kooy. Connor Hobbs scored his eighth of the year thirty seconds after the goaltender change to put the Huskies on the board but t it was too late as the flood gates were open. MRU's Spencer Moe scored with 2:48 left in the frame to make it 6-1. The Huskies took 22 penalty minutes in the period, capped off by a Hobbs double minor for kneeing and a Vince Loshiavo 10-minute misconduct. 
 
The third period saw Connor Bouchard continue the scoring outburst from the Cougars, grabbing a goal less than a minute into the period. Nolan Yaremko added his fourth of the night ten minutes in to give the Cougars a commanding 8-1 lead and th eventual win. 

KEY PERFORMANCES
Shane Farkas got the win for MRU, stopping 25 of 26 before giving way to Jackson Berry for the last twelve minutes, who stopped 4 of 4. Roddy Ross took the loss for the Huskies, stopping 19 of 24 before being pulled in favour of Jordan Kooy who stopped 4 of 7. 

NEXT UP
The Huskies will look to have short memories as they are off to Calgary to take on MRU in the Canada West quarter finals next weekend. Game times are TBD and the best of three quarter finals can be streamed live on CanadaWest.TV.