CALGARY, Alberta –The Trinity Western Spartans fell behind early and were unable to recover, losing 6-3 to the Mount Royal Cougars Saturday night at the Flames Community Centre in Calgary, Alta. The loss drops the Spartans to 1-12-1-0, while the win improves the Cougars to 8-5-1-0.
 
Scoring for the Spartans were third-year forward Christian Lowe (Port Moody, B.C.) with two goals and fourth-year centre Jonathan Krahn (Chilliwack, B.C.).
Scoring for the Cougars were Justin Lies, Teague Patton, Spencer Moe, Bowden Singleton, and Blake Stevenson.
 
Trinity Western Fourth-year goalie Raphael Audet (Rimouski, QC) made 34 saves in the Spartans' loss, while Riley Sims made 13 saves in the Cougars' win.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now return home to host the Alberta Golden Bears on Friday, November 28, at the Langley Events Center in Langley, B.C. Game time is set for 7 p.m. (PT) and can be seen live on Canada West TV.
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The Cougars controlled the first period, outshooting the Spartans 19-4 on their way to an early 3-0 lead after the opening period. Lies opened the scoring at 5:03 with a power play goal. Patton made it 2-0 for MRU at 8:22, before Moe finished the first period scoring with another power play goal at 15:23 to put the Cougars up 3-0 after 20 minutes.
Lowe got his first of the game for the Spartans at 2:02 to cut the Cougars' lead to 3-1. MRU's Singleton got the goal back at 16:34, followed quickly by Feist's goal 34 seconds later at 17:18 to put MRU up 5-1 after the second period.
Krahn made it a three-goal game with a power play goal at 4:10. Lowe followed with another power play goal at 6:04 to bring the Spartans within two goals, 5-3, with just under 14 minutes remaining. MRU's Stevenson finished off the scoring with a power play goal at 8:29.
NOTABLE

• The Cougars outshot the Spartans 40-16.
• TWU was 2-5 on the power play, while Mount Royal finished 3-7.
• The Spartans are currently 1-15 lifetime against the Mount Royal Cougars.
• Last night the Spartans fell 9-2 to the Cougars in Calgary, Alta.

 
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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