CALGARY – The UBC Thunderbirds women's hockey team fell 2-1 to the host Calgary Dinos Friday night at Father David Bauer Arena.
 
Calgary snapped a seven-game losing skid with goals by Rachel Paul and Delaney Frey before Emily Costales replied in the final minute for UBC.

Costales scored off a scramble with 44 seconds to go to break the shutout, but despite the push the tie the game, the Thunderbirds ran out of time.
 

UBC got things rolling early on as Logan Boyd found the game's first scoring chance. After dancing through the neutral zone, Boyd closed in on Dinos goaltender Kelsey Roberts, but Roberts denied the chance with her right leg. 
 
Two minutes later, the Dinos went to the power play following a Shay-Lee McConnell tripping penalty. Defender Laine Grace found the post on the advantage after a point shot, but the Dinos were unable to convert. Moments after the penalty expired, McConnell was sprung on a break but Roberts again stopped the golden chance. 
 
The scoreless game continued into the second, with the both squads trading chances throughout. Dinos forward Brooke Dennett had two quality looks, including a harsh wrister off the mask of UBC goaltender Tory Micklash. The Thunderbirds couldn't convert shorthanded 2-on-0 rush midway through the period.
 
Dinos forward Paul, fresh off a dominant weekend against the Pronghorns, opened the scoring late in the second. Off a drop-pass from linemate Frey, Paul scooped up the puck in the high-slot before going against the grain past Micklash making it 1-0. The snipe was her team-leading fifth goal of the season.
 
The Dinos held the 1-0 lead into the third, and came out flying looking for their second goal. Dennett set up an onrushing Sara Craven, who was robbed by Micklash, making the best of her 10 saves.
 
Frey doubled the Dinos lead five minutes into the period. Off a faceoff, Frey collected the puck before navigating to the high slot, where she fired a wrist shot that deflected high into the air off Micklash's glove before rolling into the yawning cage. 
 
Following the 2-0 goal, the ice was tilted in favour of UBC. With under five minutes to go, Roberts stymied Mathea Fischer for the best of her 30 saves. Roberts managed to go cross-crease where Fischer on a wide-open, backdoor feed, couldn't beat the Dinos netminder, keeping the deficit at two.
  

FINAL | Birds drop a tough one to the UofC Dinos with a score of 2-1. Rematch tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/O0U5szFYf3

— UBC Women's Hockey (@UBCWHKY) January 19, 2019

The Thunderbirds (9-5-3-4) remain third in the Canada West standings with 37 points, while the Dinos (3-15-0-3) sit in sixth with 12 points.
 
These two teams will battle again tomorrow at 2 p.m. MT / 1p.m. PT.