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| Huskies goalie Jordon Cooke makes one of his 51 stops in a loss to U of A. |
Jordon Cooke was a little bit too busy time around.
On Friday night, the sophomore netminder made 44 saves to
help his University of Saskatchewan Huskies steal a 3-2 victory over the
visiting University of Alberta Golden Bears at the ancient Rutherford Rink. The
Huskies netted their three goals off of 25 shots.
On Saturday night at the Ruthy, the Huskies tried to lean on
Cooke again to come up with a steal. The Leduc product did everything he could,
but the Golden Bears managed to mount more pressure and chances at the U of Saskatchewan
net than they did one night earlier.
When the dust settled, Cooke made an incredible 51 stops,
but the Golden Bears skated away with a 4-2 victory improving to 5-2-1. The
Huskies, who lost their first regular season match to fall to 7-1, mustered 22
shots at the U of A net.
Cooke had to stand on his head almost from the opening puck
drop against the two time defending Canadian Interuniversity Sport champions.
The visitors busted through on their 14th shot, when defenceman
Jordan Rowley popped a power-play goal at the 12:19 mark of the opening frame.
Golden Bears goalie Luke Siemens was pretty much a spectator
over the first 20 minutes, as his side held a 20-4 edge in shots on goal.
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| Jordan Rowley scored twice in a winning effort for the Golden Bears. |
The Huskies pulled to within 2-1, when Jesse Ross scored at
the 6:27 mark of the second. Ross’s goal was just the ninth shot on net for the
Huskies.
The goal didn’t slow the Golden Bears momentum.
Before the second ended, the visitors scored two goals just
86 second apart from each other to go up 4-1. Rookie forward Jayden Hart fired
home his third of the season, and on the power play, Jordan Hickmott and Levko
Koper combined to set up Rowley down low on a tick-tack-toe passing play for
his second of the game.
The Huskies tried to stage a rally in the third. Ross picked
up his second of the contest at the 5:46 mark to cut the gap to 4-2, and rookie
forward Kohl Bauml was unable to score on a couple of breakaway chances.
While the Golden Bears were unable to score in the third,
they controlled play outshooting the Huskies 20-4 in the frame. Siemens made 20
saves to earn the win in goal for the visitors.
Cooke turned back chance after chance to give his side life,
but the Huskies skaters weren’t able to find an extra gear and were often
trapped in their own zone.
After three straight home games, the Huskies hit the road to
Calgary to face the Mount Royal University Cougars (4-2-2) this coming Friday
and Saturday.
Pandas overpowering in rematch
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| Leah Bohlken had the lone goal in a Huskies setback. |
On Saturday night in Edmonton, the visiting Huskies jumped
out to a 1-0 lead in the first period, when rookie defender Leah Bohlken netted
her second tally of the season. From that point onward, it was all Pandas as
far as the scoring was concerned.
The Pandas responded with five unanswered goals to skate
away with a 5-1 victory. They scored three times before the first frame ended,
and they added two more tallies in the third.
Alex Poznikoff scored twice for the Pandas, who received
singles from Sasha Lutz, Amy Helfrich and Erinn Baddock. Dayna Owen made 14
stops to earn the win in goal for the Pandas (5-4-1).
Cassidy Hendricks made 31 stops taking the loss in goal for
the Huskies (7-2-1).
One night earlier, Hendricks stole a victory for the Huskies
making 28 saves in regulation and turning away all three shooter she faced in a
tiebreaking shootout to power the Huskies to a 3-2 win over the Pandas. U of S
had just 10 shots on goal in regulation and overtime in that contest.
The Huskies women’s team now enjoys a bye week before
returning to action on Nov. 13, when they travel to Vancouver to face the
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds (6-3-1).
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