Dinos visit Merlis Belsher Place this weekend
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With momentum on its side, the Huskie women’s hockey team prepares to host the Canada West east division leading Calgary Dinos this weekend. Saskatchewan swept Manitoba with 3-1 and 2-1 (shootout) wins during the October 31-November 1st weekend and sit three points back of Calgary entering this big series at Merlis Belsher Place.
Fifth-year USask forward, Sara Kendall, scored her first two goals of the season in the 3-1, Friday night, win in Winnipeg. “She was getting a little frustrated”, said head coach Steve Kook. “She has had a lot of scoring chances and this weekend they finally all clicked.”
Finnish transfer Peppi Virtanen scored a goal in regulation and a goal in the shootout in the Saturday night contest against Manitoba. “She just scores in overtime, I guess”, joked Kook. Virtanen began her U SPORTS career with an overtime goal against the University of Regina back on October 24th. “She’s settling in and getting connection with her teammates”, Kook said.
The Huskies put a 4-2 and 2 record on the line against a Dino team that has six wins and points in seven of its first ten games. Second-year head coach, Josh Gosling, has changed the make up of the Calgary team according to Kook. “They’ve become a team of transfers”, he said. They’ve turned in to a team with veteran presence and are faster then they have been.”
