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By Wray Morrison
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Huskies Alberta bound for key weekend series with Golden Bears

Jan 18, 2023 | 2:51 PM

Following a pair of home ice losses to the fifth place UBC Thunderbirds, the Huskie men’s hockey team finds itself in an intense fight to maintain its position in the Canada West standings.

Saskatchewan sits in fourth place, two points up in UBC, and four points back of third place Alberta going into this weekend’s series with the Golden Bears in Edmonton. The Thunderbirds also have two games in hand on the Huskies. (The top four teams host first round playoff series. The top two schools get a first round bye.)

Slow starts caught up to the Huskies in 1-0 and 3-2 home ice defeats to the T-Birds on the January 13-14 weekend.

However, despite missing forwards Jaxan Kaluski, Aiden Bulych and Jared Dmytriw, the Huskies held their own.

“We are still in a good spot,” said Cote.

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“We’re not playing terrible. Defensively, I think we were pretty sound in our own zone. We didn’t take a lot of penalties. Our discipline was really good, yet we played physical.”

Four of the Huskies’ final six games on the schedule are against teams higher in the standings. Saskatchewan wraps up its regular season on the February 10-11 weekend against the first place Mount Royal Cougars.

“The parity in the league is unreal,” said Huskie head coach Brandin Cote. Nine points separate the top five teams in the conference.

“It’s anyone’s game. You can never take a minute off if you want to get to where you want to go.”

The Golden Bears defeated last place Trinity Western Spartans in a pair of games last weekend but were beaten by the first place Mount Royal Cougars 6-5 and 4-2 on January 6 and 7.

The Bears are led by former Calgary Hitmen forward Josh Prokop, who has 31 points in 22 games this season.

“They are a high flying team”, said Cote. “In my mind they have the most skill in the conference…the most depth up front.”

The Huskies and Bears each won one in a two game series earlier this season. Saskatchewan beat Alberta 5-2 on October 21 at Merlis Belsher Place. The Golden Bears responded with a 2-1 win the next night.

The January 20-21 matchups in Edmonton can be heard on the free HuskieFAN app and HuskieFAN.ca starting at 8 p.m. CST.

Huskie coach Brandin Cote with HuskieFAN’s Wray Morrison

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