SASKATOON, SK – The red hot Saskatchewan Huskies played host to the rival Alberta Golden Bears Friday night at Merlis Belsher Place. In a game where the Huskies found themselves in the penalty box more than they would have liked, they still managed to squeak out a 4-2 versus the Alberta Golden Bears.
 
THE HIGHLIGHTS

• The Huskies Raphael Pelletier (11) opened the scoring 6:51 into the opening frame to give the hometown Huskies the 1-0 first period lead.
• The Huskies came right back just a couple minutes later at 8:43 when Vince Loschiavo (12) put a nifty one-timer behind Ethan Kruger to give the Huskies the 2-0 lead. 
• Aberta's Bruce MacGregor potted a power-play goal 4:35 into the second period to close the gap 2-1 Huskies.  The goal was MacGregors first in 2023-2024.
• With the Huskies Jeff Faith in the penalty box on a five minute major, Carter Stebbings (10) scored short-handed to regain the 2 goal lead for the Huskies.
• On the power-play, Golden Bears Eric Florchuk (9) slid the puck under Jordan Kooy with 46 seconds left in the second period to close the gap 3-2 Huskies.
• With just 35 seconds left in the final frame, with Alberta on the power-play and with the goalkeeper pulled, Justin Ball (10) iced it with an empty-netter to give the Huskies the 4-2 win.         

THE STATS

• Tonight's Huskie win extended their win streak to five games, still undefeated in 2024, while the Golden Bears have dropped their last two.
• Final shots on goal were 32-25 in favor of the Golden Bears.
• The Huskies were 0/2 with the man-advantage, while the Golden Bears went 2/8.
• Tonight's attendance at Merlis Belsher Place was 1532.

THE STANDINGS
Following tonight's game the Saskatchewan Huskies record stands at 16-5, with the Golden Bears dropping to 15-8 in Canada West standings.  Both teams are now tied in Canada West standings.

THE NEXT ONE
The Huskie will return to home ice tomorrow night, 5:00 PM versus these same Alberta Golden Bears at Merlis Belsher Place.