LANGLEY, B.C. – The Trinity Western Spartans men's hockey team will put their perfect record on the line Thursday against the visiting Simon Fraser Clan at the Langley Events Centre.
 
WEEKEND PREVIEW 
Thursday, Oct. 24 vs. Simon Fraser – 7 p.m. (PT)
 
THE WEEKEND STORY

• The Spartans are coming off a pair of wins last weekend over Victoria (W 9-1) and Vancouver Island (W 6-5) at home. 
• SFU visits after an overtime loss suffered against Vancouver Island (L 5-4 OT) and win over Victoria (3-0), both at home. 
• Evan Last (Surrey, B.C.) will look to help drive the Spartans offence as he leads the team with 10 points (4G, 6A) through the opening three games. 
• Recently named ANYTHING BRANDED BCIHL Player of the Week Logan Casavant (Melfort, Sask.) will also look to stay hot after posting eight points (4G, 4A) in last weekend's wins. 
• On the other side it's rookie forward Trevor Ayre leads the Clan in scoring with 6 points (6A) on the year.
• Thursday's game between the two cross town rivals marks their first meeting of the 2019-20 BCIHL regular season, with the Clan coming out on top earlier in the preseason 5-3 (Sept. 21).  
• The Spartans 10 goals-against through three games are good for second in the BCIHL, conceding one more goal than first place Simon Fraser (9). 
• TWU held a 4-2-0-0 record against the Clan in last year's regular season, while sweeping them 2-0 in the BCIHL semifinals. 

 
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (3-0-0-0)
BCIHL Standings: 2nd
Last Weekend: vs. Victoria (W 9-1), vs. Vancouver Island (W 6-5)
Streak: W3
Regular Season Form: W-W-W
 
SIMON FRASER (2-0-0-1)
BCIHL Standings: T-3rd
Last Weekend: vs. Vancouver Island (L 5-4 OT), vs. Victoria (W 3-0)
Streak: W1
Regular Season Form: W-OTL-W
 
SPARTANS HEAD-TO-HEAD IN 2018-19
vs. Simon Fraser University Clan (6-2-0-0)
Regular Season
Oct. 13 – TWU 4 SFU 1 (Burnaby, B.C.)
Nov. 9 – TWU 3 SFU 0 (Langley, B.C.)
Dec. 7 – TWU 4 SFU 2 (Burnaby, B.C.)
Jan. 3 – TWU 4 SFU 5 (Langley, B.C.)
Jan. 26 – TWU 2 SFU 4 (Burnaby, B.C.)
Feb. 18 – TWU 7 SFU 3 (Burnaby, B.C.)
Mar. 7 – TWU 6 SFU 3 (Aldergrove, B.C.)
Mar. 8 – TWU 5 SFU 2 (Burnaby, B.C.)
 
 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) in men's hockey and as an independent team in men's rugby. The men's and women's hockey programs will begin playing in Canada West and U SPORTS in 2020-21. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 27 Canada West team championships and two BCIHL championships.
 
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