CALGARY, Alta. — The Mount Royal Cougars avenged their Friday loss with a decisive 5–1 win over the University of Alberta Golden Bears on Saturday night at Flames Community Arena. 

The loss sees the Bears split the weekend series with MRU following a 7-4 Alberta win at home last night. Riley Sims finished with 19 saves on 20 shots for Mount Royal, while Alberta's Ethan Barwick made 28 saves in the loss. The Cougars went 1-for-4 on the power play, and Alberta finished 1-for-4 as well.

The Bears will head into their mid-November bye with a 7-4-1 record. 

First Period

The Cougars opened the scoring at 2:29, when Jaxon Martens buried a pass from Connor Poffenroth and Alex Izyk to make it 1–0. Mount Royal doubled their lead later in the frame at 9:57, as Teague Patton finished off a setup from Layton Feist and Kyle Walker. Alberta managed a few chances in the closing minutes but went into intermission trailing 2–0.

Second Period

Mount Royal took control in the middle frame with three unanswered goals. At 9:57, Vaughn Watterodt extended the lead to 3–0, converting off assists from Blake Stevenson and Josh Tarzwell. Less than three minutes later, Watterodt struck again — his second of the night and fourth of the season — finishing a feed from Spencer Moe and Walker at 12:12.

The Cougars continued their offensive surge on the power play after Mason Ward was called for roughing. At 14:11, Justin Lies tipped home a point shot from Connor Bouchard, with Patton collecting the secondary assist to make it 5–0. 

Alberta broke the shutout at 16:55, when Owen Pederson scored on the power play, assisted by Joel Sexsmith and Gleb Tkach, trimming the deficit to 5–1 heading into the third.

Third Period

The final frame remained scoreless, with both goaltenders steady. Alberta failed to capitalize on an early power play, while Mount Royal's Riley Sims turned aside all eight shots he faced in the period to preserve the win.