Huskies drop final game before break
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The best power play in the Canada West proved too much for the Huskies women’s hockey team to handle in a 5-2 loss to the Mount Royal Cougars to wrap up the first semester schedule on Saturday.
The Cougars scored on their first three power play chances of the game, providing all the goals they would need to earn a split of the weekend series in Calgary. Mount Royal’s top-ranked unit, which entered the night producing at a nearly 27 per cent clip, finished the game three-for-five, punishing a Huskies penalty kill unit that came in ranked second in the conference at 90.9 per cent.
Mount Royal wasted no time getting on the scoreboard as Athena Hauck split a pair of defenders to get in alone and slid the Cougars first shot of the game past Huskies goaltender Colby Wilson just 2:02 into the opening period.
The home side doubled its lead later in the frame on its first power play of the game when Emma Bergesen wristed a shot from the point that found its way through traffic and into the back of the net. The Cougars would take a 2-0 lead into the first intermission, outshooting the Huskies 11-9 through 20 minutes of play.
