SASKATOON, Saskatchewan – Kara Yackel (St. Paul, Man.) scored the lone goal for Trinity Western as the Spartans fell 2-1 to the Saskatchewan Huskies in Canada West women's hockey action Friday night at the Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon. The loss drops the Spartans' record to 9-8-2, while the Huskies improve to 11-5-3.
The Huskies Kara Kondrat opened the scoring for the home team at 5:04 of the opening frame.
TWU's Yackel tied the game with a power play goal from
Amy Potomak (Calgary) and
McKenzie Mayo (Saskatoon) just before the end of the opening period at 19:36. TWU had an 11-6 edge in shots in the opening period.
After a scoreless second period, where TWU out Saskatchewan 9-7, the Huskies' Kenzie Lausberg would score the game-winner at 8:01 of the final period. The Spartans would again have the edge in shots at 10-7.
TWU's
Mabel Maltais (Edmonton) made 18 saves in the loss, while Saskatchewan's Camryn Drever made 29 saves to earn the win.
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Jean Laforest
"This was a very tight game. We outshot Saskatchewan and I believe the outcome could have gone either way. The winning goal came off a lost faceoff after an icing call. I liked our effort and work ethic tonight. If we play consistently in this manner, I believe we will have a strong finish to our season."
NOTABLE
• The Spartans are 2-3 lifetime against the Huskies.
• TWU finished the game outshooting Saskatchewan 30-20
• The Spartans were 1-4 on the power play, while the Huskies were 0-4.
UP NEXT
The Spartans and Huskies will match up again tomorrow night in Saskatoon. Game time is set for 7 p.m. local time and 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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