Box Score ALDERGROVE, B.C. – Trinity Western made it a game against the No. 3-ranked and Canada West-leading Calgary Dinos, but came up just short as the visiting Dinos skated away with an 4-2 win Friday at the Aldergrove Credit Union Community Centre. TWU netminder Raphael Audet (Rimouski, Que.) made 50 saves, keeping the home side in a game that saw Calgary outshoot TWU 54-18. 

The Dinos raced out to a 3-0 lead midway through the second period, but the Spartans scored twice late in the middle stanza to make it a one-goal contest going to the final frame. However, the Dinos locked the game down in the third period, outshooting TWU 17-6 and adding an insurance marker to seal the win. 

The Dinos (13-3-0-0) got goals from Jake Poole, Adam Kydd, Jadon Joseph and Colson Gengenbach, while TWU's Skyler Cameron (Nanaimo, B.C.) and Christian Lowe (Port Moody, B.C.) scored for the Spartans (2-12-0-1).

The Dinos got seven power play opportunities but TWU held them off the scoreboard with the man-advantage. TWU had just one power play and was unable to capitalize. 

AS IT HAPPENED
The Dinos were dominant from the outset, outshooting the Spartans 23-4 in the opening 20 minutes and staking themselves to a 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission. Poole opened the scoring at 4:19 of the first period before Kydd doubled the visitor's lead beating Audet on his glove side after a nifty in-tight dangle off the rush. 

The second period started with more of the same, with Joseph scoring a long-awaited first goal of the season to make it 3-0 at 7:42 over his former team. However, the Spartans made it a game late, with Cameron tallying his second of the season at 16:08. Then, with just 47 second left in the frame, Lowe scored his second of the year to close to gap to just one goal, 3-2, heading to the third period. 
 
QUOTABLE
Ben Walter – Head Coach
"Raph just battled and he kept us in it, especially through some of those penalty kills. Some of the saves he's making, it's just effort and athleticism. He's really taken a step. He did everything we could ask for. I'm really happy for him and he's done a great job. 

"Calgary is a good team. They're hard to play against. They're fast and their defence are always up in the rush. They're moving all the time. They're hard to defend at times. I thought we got better as the game went on. I thought we adjusted pretty well to what they were doing. Part of that is we need to be aggressive as well. We can't sit back against a team like that. I thought we did a better job of it in the second half, but we can't take that many penalties against a team like that."

NOTABLE
•    In In their last meeting on Oct. 6-7, the Spartans lost 4-0 and 6-3 to the Dinos in Calgary.
•    TWU's two wins this year came in a road sweep of Manitoba (Nov. 2-3). 
•    The Spartans are 0-7 all-time against Calgary. 

NEXT UP
The rematch will be Saturday afternoon, with TWU hosting Calgary at 1 p.m. (PT) at the Langley Events Centre.

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 and disc golf. 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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