CALGARY - A goal from
Dillon Wagner (Keephills, AB) with just under nine minutes remaining lifted the UBC Thunderbirds to a 3-2 win Saturday over the host Mount Royal Cougars in Canada West men's hockey.
BOX SCORE
Wyatt Hamilton (Cochrane, AB) and
Scott Wasden (West Kelowna, BC) also scored for UBC. Eric Galbraith accounted for both MRU goals.
The Thunderbirds swept the two-game series at Flames Community Arenas to improve to 6-3-1. The Cougars have lost four straight and are 2-10-0.
Wagner was skating through the top of the crease when
Scott MacDonald (Surrey, BC) found him with a nice pass from the corner and he redirected it past Dalyn Flette with 8:47 on the clock.
Jordan White (Surrey, BC) made 32 saves for the Thunderbirds, who were outshot 34-22.
The teams exchanged goals in the first period. Hamilton beat Flette with a quick move from the crease at 14:22, four seconds after a power play had finished.
Galbraith one-timed a shot from the slot past White with 24.5 seconds remaining in the period off a nice feed from behind the net from Jordan Harrison. That goal came on the power play.
The teams traded goals again in the second. Wasden deposited a nice pass from MacDonald into the net at 10:56, but Galbraith finished off a sweet three-way passing play with Tyler Jewitt and Mike Brown at 14:48 to draw even at 2-2.
Wagner would end the Cougars night, adding his third of the year to propel the T-Birds to victory.
The Cougars now play a home-and-home with the winless Lethbridge Pronghorns Nov. 16 in Lethbridge and Nov. 17 in Calgary.
The Thunderbirds, meanwhile, host the University of Manitoba Bisons Nov. 16-17.
SCORING SUMMARY
First period
UBC goal
Wyatt Hamilton, (3) (
Cole Wilson,
Linden Saip), 14:22
MRU goal Eric Galbraith, (5) (Jordon Harrison, Jeff Barrett), 19:35 (PP)
Second period
UBC goal
Scott Wasden, (7) (
Scott MacDonald,
Joe Antilla), 10:56
MRU goal Eric Galbraith, (6) (Tyler Jewitt, Mike Brown), 14:48
Third period
UBC goal
Dillon Wagner, (3) (
Max Grassi, MacDonald), 11:13
SHOTS
UBC - 23
MRU - 32
Jordan White (UBC) - 30 saves
Dayln Flette (MRU) - 20 saves
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