Huskies Sweep Bisons

WINNIPEG MB - The Saskatchewan Huskies swept the weekend series over the Manitoba Bisons with a 5-2 victory on Saturday night at Max Bell Arena. The Huskies extend their winning steak to 12 games and also extend their lead in the Canada West Great Plains division with a 11-2-3 record while the Bisons drop below .500 with a 7-8-1 record.

The Huskies opened the scoring early on their first shot only 25 secondsinto the game. Jeff Schmidt teamed up with Beuker and Twordik with a threeon two opportunity and capitalized to open the games scoring. Midwaythrough the first the Bisons found themselves in penalty trouble with twoplayers in the box and the Huskies made the best of it. Curtis Austring tooka feed from Keegan McAvoy in front of the net and beat Krister Toews toincrease their lead to two.

Early in the second the Bisons cut into the Husky lead taking advantage of apower play themselves. Paul Deniset got his first of two on the night tofinally beat Husky net minder Thomas Vicars. The one goal didn't frustratethe Huskies however, and within four minutes the Huskies found the back ofthe net three more times to increase their lead taking a four goaladvantage.

Although Deniset got his second goal in the third to make it a 5-2 Huskylead the Bisons couldn't narrow the gap anymore. The Bisons did outshootthe Huskies 35-20 during the game but solid goaltending by Vicars gave theHuskies the victory.

The Huskies now break for Christmas and will be home in January to host their provincial rivals, the University of Regina Cougars. The Huskie men host the Cougars on Fri, Jan. 6 and the women are at home against Regina on Sat, Jan. 7. Puck drop is 7:00pm both nights at Rutherford Rink.Source: Chris Zuk, University of Manitoba Sports Information

Friday, November 25, 2005
SASKATCHEWAN 1 2 1 - 4
MANITOBA 0 0 0 - 0
Per Time Team Goal (Assists)
1 11:13 Sas Adamus-12 (K.McAvoy,Austring)-pp-GWG
2 4:24 Sas Endicott-2 (Austring,Johnson)
2 18:47 Sas Wallin-4 (K.McAvoy,Girling)
3 8:49 Sas Beuker-17 (Twordik,Schmidt)
Shots on Goal:
Saskatchewan 18 13 10 - 41
Manitoba 6 10 6 - 22
Goaltenders:
Harvey, Saskatchewan (W. 8-1-1; 60:00, 0 GA, 22 Sv)
Toews, Manitoba (L. 8-10-1; 49:57, 4 GA, 34 Sv)
Flett, Manitoba (No Decision; 10:03, 0 GA, 3 Sv)
Powerplay: Saskatchewan 1-12; Manitoba 0-5
Penalties: Saskatchewan 11-30; Manitoba 18-44
Attendance: 874

Saturday, November 26, 2005
SASKATCHEWAN 2 3 0 - 5
MANITOBA 0 1 1 - 2
Per Time Team Goal (Assists)
1 0:25 Sas Schmidt-7 (Beuker,Twordik)
1 13:55 Sas Austring-11 (K.McAvoy,Johnson)-pp
2 2:56 Man Deniset-6 (Dowhayko,Saurette)-pp
2 8:56 Sas Beuker-18 (Twordik)-sh-GWG
2 10:12 Sas Soparlo-4 (Wallin)
2 12:48 Sas Schmidt-8 (Beuker,Twordik)
3 0:55 Man Deniset-7 (McCutcheon)
Shots on Goal:
Saskatchewan 11 5 4 - 20
Manitoba 8 17 10 - 35
Goaltenders:
Vicars, Saskatchewan (W. 10-2-2; 60:00, 2 GA, 33 Sv)
Toews, Manitoba (L. 8-11-1; 40:00, 5 GA, 11 Sv)
Flett, Manitoba (No Decision; 20:00, 0 GA, 4 Sv)
Powerplay: Saskatchewan 1-10; Manitoba 1-9
Penalties: Saskatchewan 11-30; Manitoba 12-32
Attendance: 612