VANCOUVER – Three goals in a span of 6:21 in the second period carried the UBC Thunderbirds to a 5-0 win over the University of Alberta Golden Bears on Friday night in front of 522 fans.

The game was scoreless through the first period, even though UBC out-shot Alberta 8-3, thanks to Golden Bears goaltender Beckett Langkow. UBC broke through at 7:04 of the second period when Logan Doust scored, assisted by Kayden Sadhra-Kang and Zeke Nicholson. Arjun Bawa made it 2-0 at 12:38 off a Wolfgang Govedaris and Alex Serraglio assist, and James Form added a third just 47 seconds later at 13:25, assisted by Bawa.

Ewan Rennie extended the lead to 4-0 on the power play at 1:17 of the third period, with assists from Ty Thorpe and Josh Williams, and Williams capped the scoring at 11:41 off passes from Gabriel Guilbault and Thorpe.

Alberta had the better of the shot clock over the final two periods, out-shooting UBC 13-8, but UBC goaltender Brendan Gee made 16 saves to earn the shutout. Langkow stopped 11 of 16 shots in the loss.

The loss drops the Golden Bears to 4-5-0 on the season, while UBC improves to 4-4-1.

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