Bears cruise to convincing win over Huskies.

“We looked like we were skating in quicksand.” That was Huskie head coach Brandin Cote’s take after watching the Alberta Golden Bears thump Saskatchewan 7-2 at Clare Drake Arena in Edmonton on Friday night.

The Huskies opened the scoring at the 8:43 mark when Justin Ball scored his 5th of the season on the power play. The home side then took control, scoring three times in the final 4:36 seconds of the first period. 3rd year forward Nolan Volcan scored two goals in a two and half minute span to lift the Bears to a 2-1 lead. Curtis Trolley buried his second of the season to give Alberta a 3-1 advantage with just 27 seconds remaining in the opening frame. “They had 22 shots in the first period”, Cote said. “That’s not acceptable! We left our goaltenders hanging out to dry.”

After 2^nd year Huskie, Vince Loschiavo, scored his 7^th of the season at the 5:08 mark of the second period, Alberta again showed more dominance, scoring four goals in less than 10 minutes.

3^rd year Bear Daneel Lategan had two goals, Volcan put the finishing touches on a hat trick and Adam Hall scored his ninth of the season. “I don’t know if we were too wound up”, said Cote.