SASKATOON, Saskatchewan – For the second night in a row the Trinity Western Spartans dropped a 5-0 decision to the Saskatchewan Huskies at the Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon, Sask. The victory improves the Huskies to 8-0, while the loss drops the Spartans to 0-8.
 
First-year Leon Sommer (Linz, Austria) and second-year Raphael Audet (Rimouski, Que.) split the goaltending responsibilities for the Spartans Somer played 46:33 and made 21 saves, while Audet played the first 13:27 and made six saves in the loss. Roddy Ross made 23 saves to earn the win for the Huskies.
 
Vince Loschiavo had two goals for the Huskies, while Dawson Holt, Colby Jaquet, and Raphael Pelletier each had one goal for Saskatchewan.  
 
AS IT HAPPENED
Saskatchewan wasted little time getting started offensively. Colby Jaquet had his first goal of the season three minutes into the first period, with assists from Jeffrey Faith and Mark Rumsey. 
 
Around the six-minute mark, a skirmish in front of Trinity Western's net would send Spartans' goaltender Audet to the dressing room with an apparent injury. Sommer would take Audet's place, returning to the net after starting Friday's game. Saskatchewan's Cade Hayes served a two-minute minor for goaltender interference on the play. 
 
In the final minutes of the first period, a pass from Shane Collins would find Vince Loschiavo's stick. Loschiavo fired it past Sommer, giving the Huskies the 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission.   
 
The Huskie Raphael Pelletier scored an impressive breakaway goal, his fifth of the season, and the only one in the period, extending the Huskies lead 3-0 heading into the third.  
 
Picking up his fourth goal of the season was Dawson Holt midway through the third. The powerplay goal was assisted by Chantz Petruic and Mac Gross.  
 
Loschiavo continued to be an offensive threat in the third period, notching his sixth goal of the season on a powerplay at 16:38. The goal was assisted by Colby Jaquet (his sixth of the year) and Carter Stebbings (his second).  
 
NOTABLE

• Saskatchewan outshot the Trinity Western 32-23.
• The Spartans finished 0-3 on the power play while the Dinos finished 2-9.
• The Spartans are 0-8 lifetime against the Huskies.

UP NEXT
Next week the Spartans are off to Winnipeg, Man. to take on the Manitoba Bisons on November 2 at 7 p.m. and November 3 at 7 p.m. The 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 14 U SPORTS team championships and 34 Canada West team championships.
 
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