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Makena Kushniruk
Calvin Hui
2
Calgary CGY
3
Winner Regina REG
Calgary CGY
2
Final
3
Regina REG
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Calgary CGY 0 2 0 2
Regina REG 1 2 0 3

Game Recap: Women's Hockey |

Kushniruk scores winner as Cougars end season with win over Calgary

QUICKLY
Makena Kushniruk's goal late in the second period broke a tie and stood up as the winner as the University of Regina's women's hockey team finished their season with a 3-2 win over Calgary on Saturday night at The Co-operators Centre.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Kaylee Dyer got the Cougars on the board with a power play goal in the first. Hannah Pennell made a beautiful pass through the seam of Calgary's defence to Dyer. Her initial shot was saved, but Dyer was right there to jam home her fourth goal of the season.
  • The two teams broke out for a total of four goals in the second, starting with Calgary's Laura Jardin driving wide around a Regina defender and tucking the puck in to tie it up just over a minute into the frame.
  • Regina took the lead back on an individual effort from Paige Hubbard, who forced a turnover along the right boards before walking in and firing a shot past Calgary goalie Amelia Awad.
  • Calgary tied it up for second time in the period thanks to an Elizabeth Lang goal with five minutes to go, but the Cougars replied just 14 seconds later. Kushniruk jumped on a loose puck at the side of the net and buried it, giving the third-year forward her team-leading eighth goal of the season and what would turn out to be her second game-winning goal of the campaign.
  • Arden Kliewer and the Regina defence held strong to the one-goal lead in the final period. Calgary pulled Awad for an extra attacker with a minute to go and had the puck in the offensive zone for all of that final minute, but weren't able to find the equalizer.

NOTES
  • Kliewer stopped 32 of Calgary's 34 shots to secure the win.
  • Hubbard drew the assist on Kushniruk's goal, giving her a two-point night.
  • Pennell, Shaylee Scraba, and Megan Long also had assists for the Cougars.
  • The only fifth-year player on the U of R roster, Jenna Merk played her 130th and final Canada West game on Saturday night.
  • Regina finished 1-for-4 on the power play while Calgary was 0-for-2.
 
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