VANCOUVER, BC - The Saskatchewan Huskies (11-3-0-0) completed a weekend sweep over the UBC Thunderbirds (11-3-0-0) with a hard-fought 4-3 win Saturday afternoon at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. After a decisive 6-2 win over UBC on Friday night, the Saturday matchup was a much closer battle, but ultimately the Huskies were able to outlast the T-Birds as UBC failed to secure at least a weekend split for the first time since November 2022.
 
THE HIGHLIGHTS

• Just under three minutes into the game, UBC's Chris Douglas netted his fifth goal of the season past Huskies goaltender Jordan Kooy. The Thunderbirds would strike again just 17 seconds later as Jake Kryski tipped in his third goal of the season, to make it 2-0 early in the first period. 
• A strong Saskatchewan forecheck paid dividends for the Huskies. Dawson Holt and Liam Keeler created a turnover behind the UBC net, leading to Carter Stebbings batting a rebound out of mid-air past Kaeden Lane to cut the Thunderbirds lead. 
• The Huskies evened the score in the second when Vince Loschiavo worked his way to the slot and unloaded a top-shelf shot past Lane. 
• UBC's Noah Form threaded a stretch pass to Ty Thorpe at the Huskies blueline in the second. Thorpe corralled the puck, sped around an opposing defender and fed Jack Wismer who restored UBC's lead.
• Five minutes into the third period, the Huskies would even the score once again. Fourth-year forward Justin Ball picked up the puck in his own zone, weaved around UBC's defence and finished off an end-to-end rush with a hard shot that tipped off Lane's glove and into the net. 
• A late tripping penalty against UBC gave the Huskies an opportunity to take their first lead of the game. An initial Loschiavo shot ended up on the stick of Raphael Pelletier who nabbed his ninth goal of the season, the eventual game-winner.   

THE STATISTICS

• Jordan Kooy was in net for the Huskies, stopping 21 of 24 shots on goal. The Huskies offence was hard on UBC's goaltender Kaeden Lane, who shut down 33 of 37 shots on goal. 
• Saskatchewan was 1 for 5 on the power play, with UBC not able to take advantage of any of their three powerplay opportunities. 
• UBC had penalty trouble throughout the night, spending 20 penalty minutes in the box. Saskatchewan had just six penalty minutes. 

THE STANDINGS
After being swept this weekend, the Thunderbirds drop from first to third place in the tight Canada West standings. Saskatchewan now holds the tie-break over the Thunderbirds and sit in second place heading into their bye week. 
 
THE NEXT ONE
It's bye week for the Saskatchewan Huskie hockey teams. The Huskies will welcome the Mount Royal Cougars to Merlis Belsher Place on December 1 & 2. Puck drop is scheduled for Friday at 7:00 PM and Saturday at 5:00 PM. 
 
The game on Saturday, December 2 will feature a post-skate with the team. It's also the annual Toque and Mitt Toss and fans are encouraged to bring toques and mittens to throw on the ice after the first Huskie goal.