LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans had their hands full in a Saturday night rematch with the Saskatchewan Huskies. The Huskies scored early and never let the Spartans recover as Saskatchewan earned the weekend sweep with a 7-2 win. The win moves the Huskies to 12-4-4, while the loss drops the Spartans to 2-17-1.    
 
TWU's Berk Berkeliev (Calgary) made 53 saves in the loss, while Saskatchewan's Jordan Kooy made 25 saves to record the win.
 
AS IT HAPPENED

Saskatchewan scored two goals in just over a minute in the first half of the opening period to take an early 2-0 lead over Trinity Western.  Alec Zawatsky scored at 6:21 and Connor Hobbs scored at 7:27 to give the visitors a 2-0 lead at the end of the opening period.
 
The Huskies made it three straight when Justin Ball found the back of the TWU net 40 seconds into the second period. TWU's Jeremy Klessens (Red Deer, Alta.) single-handedly got the Spartans back in the game with two straight goals, at 1:37 and 5:58, to make it a one-goal game with TWU trailing 3-2. However, that was it for TWU's scoring on the evening. The Huskies regained their three-goal margin with goals from Vince Loschiavo at 9:00 and Cael Zimmerman at 14:48 to make the score 5-2 for Saskatchewan after two periods of play.
 
Saskatchewan put the game away in the third period with goals from Chantz Petruic at 12:43 and Evan Fiala at 19:13.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Ben Walter
"We put a few stretches together where we had some success, but the difference between tonight and last night was huge. We brought it last night – we had the effort, and we worked hard. Tonight, we struggled to find that. We didn't have an answer when they pushed, and we had no answer for them. The line of Klessens, Tanner [Hopps], (North Delta, B.C.) and [Daine] DuBois (Williams Lake, B.C.) was great tonight. They gave us good energy while generating a lot of chances.
 
"We need to keep working. They did a lot of things really well when it came to being detail oriented – that's where we struggled. That's a good team, and we know that's the level we need to get to. We're going to work towards that."
 
NOTABLE
• The Spartans are 0-6 lifetime against the Huskies.
• TWU lost 7-6 to Saskatchewan Friday night.  
• Saskatchewan finished the game outshooting TWU 60-27.
• The Spartans were 0/2 on the power play, while the Huskies were 1/7.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will remain at home next weekend when they host the Alberta Golden Bears on January 13 and 14. Game time is set for 7:15 p.m. on Friday at the George Preston Arena and at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday 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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