The University of Saskatchewan Huskies women's hockey team celebrates with family and friends after sweeping the Canada West semifinal in Calgary on March 5, 2022. (Daniella Ponticelli/HuskieFAN)

By Daniella Ponticelli

Drever makes 53 saves in semifinal

Huskies women’s hockey heading to Canada West champs, nationals

Mar 5, 2022 | 11:54 PM

It was a scene of celebration around the rink in Calgary after the University of Saskatchewan Huskies swept the top-seed Mount Royal University Cougars in the Canada West semifinal series Saturday.

In a Game 2 that went to overtime tied 1-1, the Huskies’ Kennedy Brown secured the game-winning goal off a pass from captain Bailee Bourassa.

Goaltender Camryn Drever gave an outstanding performance in net. The Edmonton-product made 48 saves in regulation and added to her tally in overtime for a total of 53 saves.

“It hasn’t sunk in yet,” Drever said post-game, as teammates and family members snapped photos rinkside at the Flames Community Arena.

The Game 2 win takes the fifth-seed Huskies to the Canada West championship next weekend in Vancouver against the second-seed University of British Columbia Thunderbirds.

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It also secures Saskatchewan a spot at the U Sports championship tournament in Charlottetown, PEI March 24-27.

With her fourth-consecutive postseason start amounting to four-straight wins, Drever only allowed three goals combined on 126 shots against for a save percentage of 97.6.

“(Cam’s) the reason we won this weekend. Really, you play against these guys and you get an onslaught of shots,” said Huskies head coach Steve Kook.

“There’s a save that she made off the top of her stick — with three minutes left — that would’ve ended the game for us. Yeah we would not have won that without Cam.”

Saskatchewan first-year defender Larissa Bohlken opened scoring 1:50 into the second period with a power play wrister, assisted by Sophie Lalor and Jordyn Holmes.

The marker is Bohlken’s first-career Canada West goal.

Not to be outdone, nearly 16 minutes later the Cougars’ Breanne Trotter scooped the puck on a turnover off Bohlken in the Huskies zone to beat Drever over the shoulder.

Huskies went two-for-two on the penalty kill, and one-for-five on the power play.

Cougars netminder Zoe De Beauville, who is graduating this year, made 22 saves on the night for Mount Royal.

MRU hosted the semifinal round as the top-seed in Canada West, with a stellar regular-season record of 16-2-2.

De Beauville helped in 11 of those wins — five of them shutouts, including the two games against Saskatchewan. With the fifth-year in net, the team never lost in regulation.

Saskatchewan heads home Sunday, to prepare for a plane ride to Vancouver next weekend, March 11-12, for the Canada West championship against the host UBC Thunderbirds.

The T-Birds swept their semifinal series at home against the University of Alberta Pandas Saturday afternoon.

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