CALGARY, Alberta – The Trinity Western Spartans remain winless in conference play as the Spartans fell 5-1 to the Calgary Dinos Saturday night at the Father David Bauer Arena in Calgary, Alta. The loss the Spartans drop to 0-6 in Canada West, while the Dinos improve to 4-3-1.
 
Scoring for the Spartans was fourth-year forward Luke Spadafora (Calgary, Alta.).
Scoring for the Dinos were Jake Gricius with two goals, Zach Wytinck, Carter Massier, and Dylan Sydor.
 
Second-year goalie Leon Sommer made 33 saves in the Spartans loss, while Calgary's Connor Martin made 16 saves in the Dinos win.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now host the Regina Cougars on November 1-2. Friday's game will be at 7:15 p.m. (PT) at the George Preston Arena, and Saturday at 7:15 p.m. (PT) at the Aldergrove Credit Union Community Arena. Both games can be seen live on Canada West TV.
 
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TWU head coach Ben Walter
"We had a much better start tonight after making that our focus in our preparation and that is definitely something to build on.  I really liked our effort tonight, we made plays, blocked shots and created scoring chances but Calgary just executed at a higher level than us." 
 
"Leon Sommer played his best game of the season for us and kept us in the game until the end.  We will now shift our focus to next weekend when we host Regina for two big home games."
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The game was evenly played for much of the contest. Calgary's Zach Wytinck got the opening goal at 17:33 of the opening period to put Calgary up 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. The Dinos out shot the Spartans 18-4 in the opening period.
 
The second period was scoreless for over 19 minutes until Calgary's Jake Gricius scored with 15 seconds remaining to put the Dinos up 2-0 heading into the second intermission. Calgary outshot TWU 11-5 in the second period.
 
The Dinos Carter Massier made it 3-0 for the Dinos when he found the back of the net at 8:49 of the final period. Dylan Sydor made it a 4-0 at 11:49 of the final period. TWU finally got on the board with Luke Spadafora's goal at 12:27. The Dinos Jake Gricius put the game away for the Dinos with an empty net goal at 19:03, with TWU on the power play.
 
NOTABLE

• The Dinos outshot the Spartans 38-17
• TWU finished with 1-6 on the power play, while Calgary finished 0-4.
• The Spartans are currently 0-10 lifetime against the Dinos.

 
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.
 
About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in U SPORTS. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.
 
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