Bears win on power play, overtime goal
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His team may have suffered an emotional overtime defeat on Saturday night, however Huskie men’s hockey coach Brandin Cote spoke about the positives following a 2-1 overtime loss to the Alberta Golden Bears at Merlis Belsher Place. “This was a great weekend for us”, said Cote. “We took three of four points from a really good team.” (Saskatchewan doubled Alberta 4-2 on Friday night in the series opener.)
The Bears took the lead midway through the first period of the series finale on Connor McClennon’s 1st goal of the season. Cote said he liked his team’s start despite being outshot 10-7 in the first 20 minutes. “It went back and forth”, said Cote. “We took momentum early, but they took it back.”
After a scoreless second period, the Huskies came out with great pace in the third. Saskatchewan began the final frame with a 1:23 power play on a penalty carry-over from the middle frame. Shortly after the penalty ended Justin Ball scored his 11th of the season to tie the game at one.
Unfortunately for the fans overtime lacked flow due to several late penalty calls. The referees were Karlin Krieger and Ty Skene. The Huskies had to kill off a Golden Bear power play to start extra time as Vince Loschiavo was given a high-sticking call with 2 seconds remaining in the third period. 40 seconds into the 5-minute session, Alberta’s Josh Prokop was given a hooking call. At the 3:03 mark, Loschiavo was sent back to the box for a trip. It was on that power play that Bear sniper Eric Florchuk scored the game winning goal.
