WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Manitoba Bisons forced a third game with a triple-overtime 2-1 win over the Trinity Western Spartans Saturday night at the Wayne Fleming Arena in Winnipeg, Man. The Bison win ties the best of three series at 1-1. Fourth-year goalie Kate Fawcett (Tottenham, Ont.) had the best goaltending performance in Canada West history making 71 saves in the Spartans loss. Manitoba's Emily Shippam made 32 saves in the win.
 
Scoring for the Spartans was third-year forward Kara Yackel (St. Paul, Man.)
Scoring for the Bisons was Ashley Keller, and Camille Enns.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans and the Bisons will finish the series tomorrow at 5 p.m. (CT) at the Wayne Fleming Arena and can be seen live on Canada West TV.

QUOTABLE
Trinity Western Head Coach Peter Hay
""I believe it's the culture and the character. We have a lot of it in our dressing room and even though we know we didn't play our best game, Manitoba came with everything on the line tonight and gave us their best we challenged [our team] in intermission and they take over that dressing room. We knew they were coming out with everything they had, and they found a way to get that goal."
 
On Kate Fawcett
"Kate has been a key goalie for us, and she's been a big piece of our success and honestly we know what kind of goalie we got, and she definitely performed at her best."

AS IT HAPPENED
The Bisons had the edge in shots on net 20-7 in the opening period and 13-5 in the second period, but neither team was able to find the back of the net.
 
Manitoba finally solved Fawcett at 10:49 of the third period when Ashley Keller was able to score on the power play to give the Bisons a 1-0 lead. TWU's Kara Yackel got the equalizer four minutes later when she deflected a shot by Kailey Ledoux to tie the game at 1-1 with 3:15 remaining in regulation. Neither team was able to get the go-ahead goal as the game headed to overtime. Manitoba outshot TWU 10-8 in the third period.
 
Fawcett continued her strong play as Manitoba outshot the Spartans 27-13 in overtime. But it was a hard point shot by the Bisons Enns at 4:12 of the third overtime that made the difference as the Bisons earned the 2-1 win.
 
NOTABLE 

• The Bisons outshot the Spartans 73-33.
• TWU was 0-3 on the power play, while Manitoba was 1-3.
• The Spartans finished in third place in the West division at 14-12-1-1, while the Bisons finished in second place in the East division at 15-11-0-2.
• The previous saves record was 66 and held by Manitoba's Amanda Schubert, which she set in 2-1 win in a five-overtime game on February 21, 2016.
• The game took 34:12 of overtime to complete for a total of 94:12. The eighth-longest game in Canada West history.
• The Spartans defeated the Bisons 3-1 in game one Friday night.
• The Spartans are currently 5-8 lifetime against the Manitoba Bisons.
• Early this year the Spartans split with the Bisons losing 4-1 and winning 3-2 January 10-11.
• TWU fourth-year goalie Kate Fawcett (Tottenham, Ont.)  was named Canada West Women's Hockey Player of the Week.
• Overtime in the playoffs is five on five, with no shootout. The first overtime is 10 minutes, then 20 minute overtimes from there on.

 
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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