LANGLEY, British Columbia —The No. 4 Mount Royal Cougars were too much for the Trinity Western Spartans Friday night. The Cougars handed the Spartans an 8-0 loss on Friday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The loss drops the Spartans to 3-21-0-3, while the win improves the Cougars to 21-5-0-0.
 
Scoring for the Cougars were Teague Patton with three goals, 2-6:14, 2-10:06, 3-814, Justin Lies with two goals, 1-17:08, 3-16:10, Robbie Holmes 2-8:30, Connor Bouchard 3-1:28, and Justin Lies 3-16:10.
 
Third-year goalie Leon Sommer (Linz, Aust.) made 47 saves Spartans in the loss. Shane Farkas made 12 saves to earn the shut-out win for the Cougars.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish their 2024-25 season tomorrow afternoon against the Cougars with a 3:30 afternoon game at the Chilliwack Coliseum in Chilliwack, B.C.
 
QUOTABLE
Trinity Western Head Coach Ben Walter
"That was a very disappointing game, especially for our senior night.  Credit to MRU, they played very hard, for a highly skilled team they worked extremely hard and played the game the right way tonight.  Leon Sommer fought hard all game for us."
 
NOTABLE 

• The Cougars outshot the Spartans 55-12.
• TWU was 0-2 on the power play, while MRU was 2-3.
• Three Stars: MRU: Teague Patton, Shane Farkas, Remy Aquilon
• The Spartans are coming into this weekend after a bye week. This weekend's games will be the season's final games for the Spartans.
• Last week the Cougars defeated the Regina Cougars 9-0, and 8-3 at home in Calgary.
• The Spartans are currently 1-12 lifetime against the MRU Cougars.
• The Spartans Christian Lowe enters this weekend's games with 25 points on the season, two points shy of Daine Dubois's 2022-23 season for the top spot in TWU men's hockey history for points in a season.
• Luke Spadafora has 11 goals on the season and is three goals shy of Dubois's 14 which he set in the 2022-23, for the most goals in a Spartan season.

 
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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