Justin Ball and Donovan Neuls celebrate a goal during the Huskies’ 4-3 win over the Manitoba Bisons Friday in Winnipeg. David Mahussier, Bisons Sports

By Jeff D’Andrea

Huskies Men's Hockey

Huskie men’s hockey team win weird and wacky one in Winnipeg

Oct 29, 2021 | 9:50 PM

The University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey advanced to 2-0 in their young USports Canada West season, but it was far from routine or ordinary. The Huskies outlasted the University of Manitoba Bisons 4-3 on Friday night at the Wayne Fleming Arena in a game that featured fluky goals and strange deflections.

The Huskies looked to be in control of the game in the first period, after they took a 2-0 lead on eerily similar goals in the first 10 minutes. Donovan Neuls scored just 11 seconds into the game, and Carter Folk followed that up midway through the frame. Both flew down the left wing to the circle and beat Bisons goaltender Jeremy Link low on the ice, on the glove side.

The Bisons were able to battle back late in the frame with a pair of weird ones. On the power play, a point shot deflected off Huskie defenceman Evan Fiala’s stick, and sunk underneath the glove of goaltender Roddy Ross and stuck in the crease. Tony Apetagon snuck behind Ross to put it in and get the Bisons on the board.

They would tie the game in the final minute of play in the opening frame, after Ross couldn’t freeze a bouncing puck. Brett Davis was right there to put it in to tie the game up after the first.

After the second period was largely held scoreless, Bisons’ forward Linden McCorrister broke the deadlock with a deflection goal—the Bisons’ second period where they scored in the final minute.

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Down one, the Huskies had some work to do in the third. After dominating the shot clock and much of the play, the Huskies got a break of their own. Gunner Kunniburgh’s dump-in hit a stanchion behind the net while goaltender Link went to play it. It bounced back out in front to Jaxan Kaluski, who scored his first of the year on an empty net thanks to the awkward bounce.

Then with five minutes remaining, Huskies captain Gordie Ballhorn scored on the powerplay with a wrist shot from the top of the slot to make the difference. The Bisons pressed the action late but couldn’t find an equalizer late.

Both teams will gear up for the rematch on Saturday at 3 p.m.

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