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MHKY: CGY (2) at MRU (7)

In the first installment of the Crowchild Classic, the Mount Royal University Cougars men's hockey team defeated their cross-town rivals, the University of Calgary Dinos with a 7-2 score at Flames Community Arena on Friday night.
 
The Cougars opened the scoring with a powerplay goal from Andrew Fyten. Coming off a great play-making performance last weekend against TWU, Fyten managed get a goal of his own to kick things off.
 
Calgary was able to tie it up quickly with a powerplay marker of their own. Jake Gricius finished off fluid puck movement from the Dinos.
 
The Dinos continued to press hard late in the first period but Cougars' netminder Riley Sims kept it a 1-1 game.
 
Josh Tarzwell broke the tie with a pass from Robbie Holmes to give MRU the lead.
 
Not too long after, Spencer Moe tapped in a goal off a mesmerizing passing play with Riley Sawchuk and Nolan Yaremko to extend Mount Royal's lead.
 
UofC cut the lead down to one with a cross ice pass from Riley Stotts that found Gricius for his second of the night.
 
In the third period, the Cougars blew the game wide open.
 
Spencer Moe got his second of the game with a short hander that beat Dinos' goalie Carl Tetachuk.
 
Shortly after, Andrew Fyten got his second of the game, with a tap in on the doorstep of the net.
 
The goals didn't stop there as Riley Sawchuk ripped a wrister past the blocker of Tetachuk off a nifty drop pass from Ethan Reginer.
 
The huge third period for the Cougars was capped off by rookie forward, Connor Bouchard getting his own tally to make it seven for Mount Royal on the night.
 
The Cougars and Dinos will add another chapter to the Crowchild Classic tomorrow night at Father David Bauer Arena at 6 p.m. Be sure to catch the game live on Canada West TV.


Player of the game: Spencer Moe

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MSOC: MRU (0) at SSK (0)

On a cool fall evening, the undefeated Mount Royal Cougars took on the hometown Saskatchewan Huskies.
 
With the Huskies looking to battle their way into the playoffs, they faced up against a tough Mount Royal Cougars team currently leading the way in the Prairie division. 
 
Mount Royal had the first offensive chances of the game recording two shots on target in the opening 19 minutes, but both were stopped by the Huskies rookie goaltender Jason Slopinski. 
 
The opening half provided to be a defensive battle that saw only two shots on target combined with both coming from the Cougars in the opening 20 minutes.
 
The second half opened with both teams recording a shot on target in the first seven minutes but neither team was able to find the back of the net. 
 
Neither team was willing to give an inch and the defensive battle went right to final whistle. The  final score was 0 – 0 giving the Huskies a much-needed draw in their late season playoff push.
 
Slopinski got the start for the Huskies recording four saves on the night. Sterling Kerr was in net for the Cougars finishing with 3 saves in the match.
 
The match had six cautions handed out, MRU picked up five yellow cards and USask picked up one.

WHKY: MRU (6) at CGY (1) 

The University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team fell to the Mount Royal Cougars, 6-1, in the Crowchild Classic on Friday, October 14 at Father David Bauer Arena.

The contest started with both teams coming out strong, with a lot of back-and-forth action. But, at just over three minutes into the first, Mount Royal forward Lyndsey Janes snuck behind the Calgary defence, giving herself a breakaway, and deked the goalie to score.

Then, at just before the ten-minute mark, Janes set up a tic-tac-toe play, passed to Camryn Amundson at the blue line who set up her teammate Mackenzie Butz with a one-time pass who then sent the puck top shelf to put her team up 2-0. 

About five minutes later, the Cougars would pounce again on the Dinos with Jori Hansen-Young leaving a drop pass for Aliya Jomha who drove the puck to the back of the net with a slapshot. 

With less than three minutes left in the first frame, Jomha capitalized on a turnover and then set up Courtney Kollman who scored with a wrister shot. 

The Dinos brought back the energy they showed from the start of the game into the second period. But, in the 6:49 minute, Janes scored her second of the night by controlling a wondering puck and launching a snapshot past the Dinos netminder. 

The Dinos didn't let another goal discourage them and kept up their high energy while having a couple of great chances before Calgary rookie Jordyn Burgar finished the puck from the slot, scoring her first goal as a Dino and robbing the Cougars goalie from a potential shutout. 

Both teams started the third on a more conservative note and with a slower, more controlled pace.

But, around the eight-minute mark, Cougars Laura Cook scored a goal off a shot that just happened to trickle past the Dinos goalie. 

However, the Dinos did have a good chance around the nine-minute mark, with a two-on-one play fromAlli Barrow and Brooke Dennett, but were unable to finish and add to the score board, missing just wide of the net. 

Calgary netminder Gabriella Durante notched six saves and Amelia Awad notched 20, while Cougars goalie Kaitlyn Ross made 20. 

The Cougars are back in action tomorrow to face their crosstown rival again. Puck drops at 6 p.m. at Flames Community Arena.