REGINA - The University of Regina men's hockey team withstood a late rally from the UBC Thunderbirds and came out with a 4-3 win at The Co-operators Centre on Saturday, completing the weekend sweep.
 
Isaac Schacher and Gray Marr each scored their first goals in Cougar uniforms in the win. Joe Carvalho, Joe Antilla and Manraj Hayer replied for UBC.
 
"We outplayed them in both games, we out shot them in both games and out chanced them," said UBC Head Coach Sven Butenschon. "It's just that little something that's missing."
 
Schacher's goal opened the scoring at the 5:34 mark of the first period, as the first-year defenceman intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and fired a long wrist shot that sailed over the shoulder of Matt Hewitt to put the Cougars on top.


 
J.J. Coleshaw added to the Cougar lead just a minute and a half later, taking a pass from Cody Fowlie and swerving around Hewitt to slide home his fourth of the season. Marr's goal came early in the second period after an impressive effort from Fowlie. The Cougar captain flew down the right boards and wheeled into the middle of the ice, taking three UBC defenders with him. Marr was left all alone in front and deflected Fowlie's pass through the pads of Hewitt.
 
Carvalho answered just 41 seconds later with a quick wrist shot that beat Andy Desautels short side. Antilla scored early in the third to cut the Cougar lead to one, but Frei scored his third of the weekend midway through the final frame to restore the two-goal lead.
 
A deflection from Hayer at the 16:47 mark drew UBC back within a goal but the Cougars were able to hold off a tough Thunderbird attack in the final minutes to secure the win.
 

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"For the most part we played a solid game, we just need to limit our turnovers and maybe if we did a better job at that it would have been a different story," added Butenschon. "We're definitely snake bitten when it comes to scoring. We had lots of grade A scoring opportunities and just couldn't convert."
 
Desautels was impressive in net for the second consecutive night, making 20 saves for his third win of the season. Hewitt stopped 21 shots as UBC falls to 4-8-0.
 
The 'Birds will look to get back on the winning track next weekend when they return home for a set versus the Mount Royal Cougars.