EDMONTON – Trinity Western travelled to the Downtown Community Arena on Friday night, falling 7-0 to the MacEwan Griffins.
29 shots from the Spartans (0-9-0) wasn't enough as GMU (3-6-0) goaltender Ty Taylor refused to open the door throughout Friday's 60 minutes of action.
TWU took ten minor penalties throughout the duration of the game, amounting to a total of 20 penalty minutes. This kept the Spartans on their heels for Friday's match.
AS IT HAPPENED
MacEwan struck early as Chase Thudium capitalized on a power play chance 4:56 into the first period. Thudium stood as the only multi-goal scorer in Friday's game, scoring the first, and final goals en route to handing TWU their ninth loss of the season.
The Griffins continued to roll, scoring three goals apiece in both the first and second period of the game.
Thudium added his second goal of the game 15:40 into the final period of play to serve as the lone goal in the third.
NOTABLE
- Friday's efforts against the Griffins resulted in 29 shots for the Spartans. This total wound up as TWU's second highest total of shots throughout their inaugural season in Canada West, coming second to Nov. 20th's loss to Regina.
- Brayden Brown (Calgary), the reigning Spartan Male Athlete of the Week, led the game in shots with seven. Brown had a strong weekend against Regina last week, scoring two goals in Nov. 19th's match against Regina.
UP NEXT
The Spartans will remain in Edmonton to play the Griffins at 2 p.m. (MT) on Saturday.
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 29 Canada West team championships.
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