The University of Regina's men's hockey team were edged 4-2 by No. 9-ranked Calgary on Saturday afternoon at the Father David Bauer Arena in Calgary.
Robbie Fisher and Mitch Cook had a goal each on the night and James Shearer scored the eventual game winner late in the third to give his side the win.
Landon Peel and
Ty Barnstable replied for the Cougars.
The scoring got going just over midway through the first. Robbie Fisher battled for the puck behind the Cougars net with a pair of defencemen before making his way out front and firing a backhand through the pads of the Regina netminder for his first of the year and the early Dinos lead.
The Cougars responded in the second with
Landon Peel evaded a sliding Sahvan Khaira with a toe drag before roofing it on Tyler Gutenberg also for his first goal of the Canada West campaign.
Mitch Cook would regain the Dinos lead shortly after the Regina opening tally. Ryan Graham made his way through traffic down the right side and made his way towards the goal. Cook set himself up in perfect territory for him to pick up andbury the rebound for the 2-1 lead heading into the final period.
The third period saw some fireworks as Barnstable's late goal looked like it was going to push the game into overtime for the second night in a row. But James Shearer had other ideas, burying a cross-crease pass from Kaden Elder to make it 3-2 just 35 seconds after Barnstable had scored.
Tim Vanstone scored a last-second empty netter for Calgary to secure the victory.
Tyler Gutenberg stopped 16 of the 18 shots he faced while on the other end,
Brandon Holtby made 30 stops.
Regina is back on the ice on Jan. 3 and Jan. 4 for a couple of home games against Lethbridge.
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