EDMONTON – Trinity Western fell 6-2 to MacEwan at Downtown Community Arena on Friday.
 
The Spartans (2-20-1) got the game's first goal from Daine DuBois (Williams Lake, B.C.) (12:11, 1^st) before surrendering six unanswered to the Griffins (7-14-0). MacEwan's goals were scored by David Kope (19:51, 1^st), Zach Webb (0:44, 2^nd), Sean Comrie (7:22, 2^nd), Marc Pasemko (7:59, 2^nd) and Ethan Strang (13:41, 14:51, 3^rd). TWU's final marker was scored by Luke Spadafora (Calgary) at the 7:29 mark of the third.
 
In net, Raphael Audet (Rimouski, Que.) stopped 37 of 43 shots, moving his record to 1-8. For the Griffins, Ashton Abel earned his seventh victory of the season, stopping all but two of TWU's 32 shots on goal.
 
AS IT HAPPENED
DuBois opened the night's scoring at the 12:11 mark of the first, but the Spartans headed into the first intermission tied at 1-1 after a Griffins goal was scored with nine seconds remaining in the frame.
 
The Spartans gave up five goals in the second period – with three of them coming on the man disadvantage. TWU committed four penalties in the period to total eight PIMs.
 
Spadafora scored the third period's only goal, though the Spartans were given four power-play opportunities in the final period.
 
QUOTABLE
Ben Walter – TWU Head Coach
"I thought we played well for 40 minutes. The first period was great – we pushed and had some big chances. We were undisciplined in the second period and they [MacEwan] made us pay, taking the game from us in a 10-minute stretch. I think we can play with this team, but we have to take care of some little things first.
 
"Josiah Vanderhooft (East St. Paul, Man.) played well tonight. He has been working hard all year to find his place in the lineup as a first-year. I was impressed in the way he played."
 
NOTABLE
• First-year defenceman Nicksha Eric (Fort McMurray, Alta.) earned his first Canada West point on DuBois' goal. Eric has played five games in his first season with the Spartans.
• DuBois now holds a five-game point-streak, tallying eight through the stretch.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans rematch MacEwan at Downtown Community Arena on Saturday (4:00 p.m. MT)
 
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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