ALDERGROVE, British Columbia –The Trinity Western Spartans started well, but the No. 2 Calgary Dinos blew the game open with four goals in the second period to defeat the Spartans 8-2 Saturday night at the Aldergrove Credit Union Community Centre in Aldergrove, B.C.   
 
The defeat drops the Spartans to 1-10-1-0, while the win improves the Dinos to 12-2-0-0.
 
Scoring for the Spartans were fourth-year forward Jonathan Krahan (Chilliwack, B.C.) with his third of the season, and third-year forward Mikhailo Simchuk (Kyiv) with his sixth of the season.
Scoring for the Dinos were Mack Stewart with his sixth of the season, Sean Strange with his fourth of the season, Jake Poole with his seventh of the season, Connor Horning with his fifth of the season, Brendan Lee with his third of the season, Kaiden Bugera with his first of the season, Davis Fry with his second of the season, and Pavel Bocharov with his first of the season.
 
Trinity Western's second-year goalie Cole Savage (Abbotsford, B.C.) had 30 saves in the Spartans' loss. Calgary's Carl Tetachuk made 21 saves in the Dinos' win.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now head on the road next week to take on the Mount Royal Cougars in Calgary, Alta. Game times on Friday, November 21, and Saturday, November 22, are set for 7 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (MT) and can be seen live on Canada West TV.

AS IT HAPPENED
The Spartans and Dinos were even throughout the first period until Calgary's Stewart opened the scoring with five seconds remaining in the first 20 minutes to make it 1-0 for the Dinos heading into intermission.

The Dinos started the second period on the power play and took full advantage, scoring twice on the double-minor. Strange scored at 0:31 and Poole at 2:18 to give Calgary the 3-0 lead early in the second period. The Dinos added a fourth goal with Lee scoring with 57 seconds remaining with his third of the season. To make it 5-0 Calgary at the end of 40 minutes. Calgary outshot TWU 13-7 in the second period.

Calgary's Bugera got his first of the season to extend the Dinos lead to 6-0 at 2:42 of the final period. TWU got on the board when Krahn got his third of the season at 9:20 of the third period to make it 6-1 for the Dinos. Calgary's Fry added to the Dinos total with a goal at 11:32. TWU's Simchuk found the back of the Dinos net at 15:18 with his sixth of the season. Calgary's Bocharov got his first of the season at 17:48 to make the final 8-2 for the Dinos. TWU outshot Calgary 11-10 in the third period.
 
NOTABLE

• The Dinos outshot the Spartans 38-23.
• TWU was 0-2 on the power play, while Calgary finished 2-3.
• The Spartans are currently 0-16 lifetime against the Calgary Dinos.
• Last night the Dinos defeated the Spartans 6-0 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C.

 
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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