LANGLEY, British Columbia – Canada West goal scoring leader Amy Potomak (Calgary) scored twice and Kate Fawcett  (Tottenham, Ont.) made 30 saves to lead the Trinity Western Spartans to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Regina Cougars Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The win improves the Spartans to 9-6-1-0 on the season, while the loss drops the Cougars to 2-11-1-0.
 
With her 30 saves TWU's Kate Fawcett improves her record to 5-4-0. Regina's Arden Kliewer (Saskatoon, Sask.) made 22 saves in the loss and sees her record drop to 2-8-0.
 
After a scoreless opening period, it looked like the Spartans had the game in hand after two goals in the opening 10 minutes of the second period. Neisha Germann (Lloydminster, Alta.), with her second of the season, opened the scoring at 2:23, with Amy Potomak getting her first of the night, and 10^th of the season, at 9:18 to put TWU up 2-0. The Cougars pushed back and got a power play goal from Heather Fiske (Esterhazy, Sask.), her third of the season, at 12:49 to pull within one goal. Regina's Shaylee Scraba (Souris, Man.) scored her first of the year to tie the game up at 2-2 at 15:03.
 
TWU's Potomak got her 11^th of the season at 8:46 of the third period to put TWU up 3-2. The Cougars pulled Kliener with 3:35 remaining to have a skater advantage over the Spartans. TWU's Fawcett made a number of saves in the final minutes to preserve the one goal victory for TWU.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Jean Laforest
"Being up 2-0 is usually a lead that is good enough to win you a game. But, give credit to Regina they played a great game, and they kept coming at us. This was a really good night for us. We scored two nice goals off the rush, which was nice because we hadn't done that in a while. And it was like play-off hockey for us."
 
"Them pulling their goalie for over three minutes was tough. It's like being on a PK for three minutes, but the girls reacted really, really well. For us it is a learning curve, in terms of playing in those types of situations. And I thought we really showed up in terms of our effort and our hockey IQ, so it was great. A good win. Really, really happy."
 
On Fawcett's play:
"We have had solid goaltending. Kate has been phenomenal; she has kept us in games. That is what you need. You need great goaltending to keep you going."
 
NOTABLE
• The Spartans Amy Potomak leds TWU and Canada West in goals with 11 goals and is second in points with 17 points (11G,6A).
• TWU is currently 6-3 lifetime against Regina in Canada West play.
• The Spartans finished the night 0-2 on the power play, while the Cougars finished the night 1-8.
• TWU currently sits in fifth place in CW, 19 points, two points behind third place Alberta and one point behind fourth place Saskatchewan.
• Fawcett is seventh in CW with a 1.79 GAA, while Kliewer sits in ninth spot at 2.56.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now host the 12-2 Mount Royal Cougars in the final games of the first semester. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. and 1 p.m. PT on Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3 at the Langley Events Centre. Both games can be seen live on CanadaWest.TV.
 
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 13 U SPORTS team championships and 32 Canada West team championships.
 
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