CALGARY – The Trinity Western Spartans were overmatched Friday night in Calgary as they dropped a 6-1 decision to the Mount Royal Cougars at Flames Community Arena. MRU's Connor Bouchard scored a hat trick to lead the Cougars, who saw their record improve to 11-3-2, while the Spartans record falls to 1-14-1.
 
Cougars netminder Shane Farkas made his debut for the team between the pipes and made 16 saves to earn the win. Berk Berkeliev (Calgary) made his sixth start for the Spartans and made 39 saves in the loss.
 
In addition to Bouchard's three goals (1-19:35, 2-3:24, 19:50), MRU had two goals from Riley Sawchuck (3-11:45, 19:26) and a single goal from Spencer Moe (3-8:59). TWU's lone goal came from Jarret Penner (Saskatoon) at 10:03 of the second period.
 
NOTABLE
• The Spartans  are now 0-5 lifetime against the Cougars.
• TWU finished 0-5 on the power-play, while MRU finished 1-4.
 
UP NEXT 
Mount Royal and Trinity Western will re-match Saturday at 6 p.m. MT at Flames Community Arena. The game can be seen live on Canada West 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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