LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western Spartans fourth-year goalie Raphael Audet (Rimouski, QC) was outstanding with a record-breaking night to help the Spartans take a point in a 5-4 overtime loss to the visiting Saskatchewan Huskies Friday night at the George Preston Recreation Centre in Langley, B.C. The overtime loss drops the Spartans to 0-4-1-0, while the win improves the Huskies to 2-1-0-0.  
 
Audet earned the point by making a spectacular 68 saves on the night, breaking his TWU record of 61 and tying for the third highest in Canada West history.
 
Scoring for the Spartans were third-year forward Christian Lowe (Port Moody, B.C.) with his second of the season, first-year forward Damiano Metastasio (Woodbridge, Ont.) with his first of the season, third-year forward Mikhailo Simchuk (Kyiv) with his fourth of the season, and second-year forward Matteo Lamoureux (Montreal, PQ) with his first of the season.
Scoring for the Huskies were Chantz Petruic with his first two goals of the season, Carter Stebbings with his third of the season, Dawson Holt with his second of the season, and the game-winner from Conner Roulette with his first of the season
 
Saskatchewan's Jordan Kooy make 22 saves to earn the overtime win.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans and Huskies will finish the two game weekend tomorrow night at 7 p.m. (PT) at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The game can also be seen live on Canada West TV.
 
QUOTABLE
Ben Walter, TWU Head Coach
"I'm very happy with the way that we stuck with it and battled back tonight.  We had a very bad first period but were lucky that our goalie kept us in the game and I really liked our push in the third period to tie the game up.  We need to find a way to play consistently for 60 minutes though if we are going to have success." 
 
On Audet's play
"Raphael was incredible again tonight.  He made a ton of big saves and kept us within striking distance all night.  We are very fortunate to have him back there."
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The Huskies dominated the first period out shooting the Spartans 28-5 on their way to a 2-0 lead after the opening 20 minutes. Stebgings scored at 3:25, with Petruic getting his first at 8:49.
 
Saskatchewan's Petruic put the Spartans down three goals with his second of the game at 2:37 of the second period.  TWU's Lowe got the Spartans on board at 8:13, the Huskies got it back to a three-goal lead with a goal at 11:25. But the Spartans responded 10 seconds later, at 11:35, to make it a 4-2 Huskies lead after 40 minutes.
 
The Spartans found their game in the third period with Simchuk scoring at 8:58 and Lamoureux tying the game at 4-4 at 18:35. The Huskies Roulette would get the game winner at 2:06 of the extra period.
 
NOTABLE

• The Huskies outshot the Spartans 73-26.
• The Spartans were 1-2 on the power play, while the Huskies were 2-6.
• Victoria's Murray Finlay set the CW record of 82 saves in a 9-0 loss to Alberta on Nov. 27, 1971. Calgary's Steven Sanford is second with 77 which he set in a 4-3 2OT loss to Saskatchewan on February 26, 2016. Ray Yauk (SASK) in 1957, and George Hopkinson (WPG) in 1972, also made 68 saves in CW conference play.
• TWU is currently 1-12 lifetime against Saskatchewan.
• In their last conference meeting, the Spartans lost 7-1 on November 9,2024 on the road in Saskatoon, Sask.
• Last week the Spartans were swept by the UBC Thunderbirds. Losing 4-3 on the road in Vancouver, B.C. and 6-2 at home at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C.
• In their last games two weeks ago, the Huskies split with the Mount Royal Cougars at home in Saskatoon, Sask. Winning 3-2, and losing 6-2.

 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as in the NAIA in track and field and cross country and as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 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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