October 3, 2026: BISONS BEAT THE PIDS
MANITOBA BISONS 5
ST. THOMAS TOMMIES 3
Links:
➤ STU: Team Website
➤ UofM: Schedule & Results
➤ UND: NOTES: No. 4 North Dakota opens 2026-27 with pair of exhibition contests
➤ UND: No. 4 UND rides special teams in 4-1 exhibition win over Augustana
There is nothing at all on the STU website, but the Bisons posted the score at Instagram. It looks like this game might also be classified by the Minnesota version of the Pids as a “scrimmage”, like last year. Anyhow, this makes the Herd 4-2-0 on the pre-season.
Meanwhile, tomorrow’s opponent, the Fighting Hawks, or Fighting Sioux, or Flickertails, opened their season on Saturday night with a 4-1 win over the Augustana Vikings, South Dakota version. How ironic that both of tomorrow’s opponents played an American team with the same name as a Canadian team.
I really do want an explanation for how the Bisons gave up 8 goals in a game against Regina, then 6 goals in total over two games against NCAA ranked teams.
OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4
REGINA COUGARS 1
Links:
➤ UofS: Schedule & Results
➤ UofR: Schedule & Results
This was the game at the Big River Reserve. The Banjo-Mutts uploaded the disappearing kind of Instagram blurbs throughout the evening, but none have made their way to the website or X or Facebook. I believe that the last goal was an empty-netter. The glimpses of the shot clock showed that the margin was close. The Banjo-Cats thus lose by more than one for the first time this pre-season. Perhaps they deserve to be better than 1-4-1. The Banjo-Mutts are 7-2-0, and 4-2-0 against the CW.
MACEWAN GRIFFINS 3
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5
Links:
➤ MacU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results
Unlike The Family Guys, The Evil Monkeys aren’t uploading pre-season games to Hockey Tech. Like Sask did, Alberta uploaded disappearing blurbs on Instagram and the final goal was, indeed, an empty-netter. This sweep moves the Monkeys to 7-1-0. They are now done with CW opponents for the pre-season, against whom they went 5-1-0. They open with a bye next week and face another Battle of Edmontown when they face NAIT. MacEwan finishes the pre-season at 4-2-0, where Alberta was their only CW opponent.
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 1
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 2
Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ MRU: Schedule & Results
➤ UBC: Schedule & Results (with boxscore)
Quick Summary
MRU: D. Milliken (05:17 3rd)
UBC: B. Schuurman (08:41 1st) , Z. Nicholson (19:47 3rd)
Goal: MRU: Maric (8 shots, 6 saves), UBC: Gee (23 shots, 22 saves)
The T-irds managed to complete a sweep here, but those uploaded stats deserve a good look. UBC managed just eight (8) shots on goal this game, and just one (1) in the 2nd period. All three goals were scored on the PP. UBC is now 4-2-2, and moves kinda over .500 at 3-2-2 against the CW. The Bluegars are 2-3-1, and 1-2-0 against the CW.
N.A.I.T. OOKS 0
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 5
Links:
➤ NAIT: Schedule & Results
➤ TWU: Schedule & Results
Somebody at Holy Trinity showed this game on Twitch, without commentary. The link disappears once the game is over. I started watching at the 1st intermission, when it was 0-0 and the scoreboard showed NAIT ahead 13-7 in shots. However, the 2nd and 3rd periods were dominated by Trinity. It was 2-0 after two, and 5-0 final. Two shut-outs, against a good ACAC team, is commendable. Trinity is 6-0-0, with five of those wins outside the CW.
NEXT UP
Exhibition games:
Sun Oct 04 Manitoba at North Dakota (NCAA) 3:07 CDT
Wed Oct 07 Manitoba at Omaha (NCAA) 7:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 N.A.I.T. (ACAC) at Alberta 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Regular season games:
Fri Oct 09 Calgary Saskatchewan 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Trinity Western Regina 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 MacEwan Mount Royal 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Manitoba U.B.C. 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
OUT EAST
Exhibition games:
Sat Oct 03 Ontario Tech 4 Lakehead 3 (ot)
Sat Oct 03 Nipissing 2 Waterloo 1
Sat Oct 03 Lake Superior State (NCAA) 5 Windsor 2
Sat Oct 03 Toronto 2 Notre Dame (NCAA) 1 (ot)
Sat Oct 03 Western Ontario 1 Western Michigan (NCAA) 5
Sat Oct 03 Carleton at Bentley (NCAA) - no report
Sat Oct 03 Brock 2 Vermont (NCAA) 4
Sun Oct 04 Carleton at Sacred Heart (NCAA) 2:00 EDT/1:00 CDT
Regular season games:
Fri Oct 09 Brock at Laurier 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Queen's at U.Q.T.R. 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Carleton at Ottawa 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Toronto at Western Ontario 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Nipissing at Concordia 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 York at Waterloo 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Toronto Metropolitan at Guelph 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Lakehead at Windsor 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Exhibition games:
Fri Oct 02 St. F.X. 4 U.P.E.I. 2 rescheduled
Sat Oct 03 Moncton 0 New Brunswick 3
Regular season games:
Wed Oct 07 Saint Mary's Acadia 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 New Brunswick St. F.X. 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Moncton Dalhousie 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 U.P.E.I. Acadia 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: Daily Schedule
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results
OUT WEST
Exhibition games:
Sat Oct 03 Concordia-Edmonton v UA-Augustana cancelled
Sat Oct 03 Red Deer Poly 5 S.A.I.T. 3
Fri Oct 09 Concordia-Edmonton at Portage College 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Briercrest College at Minot State (ACHA) 7:30 CDT
Regular season games:
Sat Oct 03 Simon Fraser 0 Vancouver Island 1
Fri Oct 09 Okanagan at Thompson Rivers 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Sat Oct 10 Thompson Rivers at Okanagan 5:45 PDT/7:45 CDT
Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube
MANITOBA BISONS 5
ST. THOMAS TOMMIES 3
Links:
➤ STU: Team Website
➤ UofM: Schedule & Results
➤ UND: NOTES: No. 4 North Dakota opens 2026-27 with pair of exhibition contests
➤ UND: No. 4 UND rides special teams in 4-1 exhibition win over Augustana
There is nothing at all on the STU website, but the Bisons posted the score at Instagram. It looks like this game might also be classified by the Minnesota version of the Pids as a “scrimmage”, like last year. Anyhow, this makes the Herd 4-2-0 on the pre-season.
Meanwhile, tomorrow’s opponent, the Fighting Hawks, or Fighting Sioux, or Flickertails, opened their season on Saturday night with a 4-1 win over the Augustana Vikings, South Dakota version. How ironic that both of tomorrow’s opponents played an American team with the same name as a Canadian team.
I really do want an explanation for how the Bisons gave up 8 goals in a game against Regina, then 6 goals in total over two games against NCAA ranked teams.
OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 4
REGINA COUGARS 1
Links:
➤ UofS: Schedule & Results
➤ UofR: Schedule & Results
This was the game at the Big River Reserve. The Banjo-Mutts uploaded the disappearing kind of Instagram blurbs throughout the evening, but none have made their way to the website or X or Facebook. I believe that the last goal was an empty-netter. The glimpses of the shot clock showed that the margin was close. The Banjo-Cats thus lose by more than one for the first time this pre-season. Perhaps they deserve to be better than 1-4-1. The Banjo-Mutts are 7-2-0, and 4-2-0 against the CW.
MACEWAN GRIFFINS 3
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 5
Links:
➤ MacU: Schedule & Results
➤ UofA: Schedule & Results
Unlike The Family Guys, The Evil Monkeys aren’t uploading pre-season games to Hockey Tech. Like Sask did, Alberta uploaded disappearing blurbs on Instagram and the final goal was, indeed, an empty-netter. This sweep moves the Monkeys to 7-1-0. They are now done with CW opponents for the pre-season, against whom they went 5-1-0. They open with a bye next week and face another Battle of Edmontown when they face NAIT. MacEwan finishes the pre-season at 4-2-0, where Alberta was their only CW opponent.
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 1
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 2
Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ MRU: Schedule & Results
➤ UBC: Schedule & Results (with boxscore)
Quick Summary
MRU: D. Milliken (05:17 3rd)
UBC: B. Schuurman (08:41 1st) , Z. Nicholson (19:47 3rd)
Goal: MRU: Maric (8 shots, 6 saves), UBC: Gee (23 shots, 22 saves)
The T-irds managed to complete a sweep here, but those uploaded stats deserve a good look. UBC managed just eight (8) shots on goal this game, and just one (1) in the 2nd period. All three goals were scored on the PP. UBC is now 4-2-2, and moves kinda over .500 at 3-2-2 against the CW. The Bluegars are 2-3-1, and 1-2-0 against the CW.
N.A.I.T. OOKS 0
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 5
Links:
➤ NAIT: Schedule & Results
➤ TWU: Schedule & Results
Somebody at Holy Trinity showed this game on Twitch, without commentary. The link disappears once the game is over. I started watching at the 1st intermission, when it was 0-0 and the scoreboard showed NAIT ahead 13-7 in shots. However, the 2nd and 3rd periods were dominated by Trinity. It was 2-0 after two, and 5-0 final. Two shut-outs, against a good ACAC team, is commendable. Trinity is 6-0-0, with five of those wins outside the CW.
NEXT UP
Exhibition games:
Sun Oct 04 Manitoba at North Dakota (NCAA) 3:07 CDT
Wed Oct 07 Manitoba at Omaha (NCAA) 7:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 N.A.I.T. (ACAC) at Alberta 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Regular season games:
Fri Oct 09 Calgary Saskatchewan 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Trinity Western Regina 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 MacEwan Mount Royal 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Manitoba U.B.C. 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
OUT EAST
Exhibition games:
Sat Oct 03 Ontario Tech 4 Lakehead 3 (ot)
Sat Oct 03 Nipissing 2 Waterloo 1
Sat Oct 03 Lake Superior State (NCAA) 5 Windsor 2
Sat Oct 03 Toronto 2 Notre Dame (NCAA) 1 (ot)
Sat Oct 03 Western Ontario 1 Western Michigan (NCAA) 5
Sat Oct 03 Carleton at Bentley (NCAA) - no report
Sat Oct 03 Brock 2 Vermont (NCAA) 4
Sun Oct 04 Carleton at Sacred Heart (NCAA) 2:00 EDT/1:00 CDT
Regular season games:
Fri Oct 09 Brock at Laurier 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Queen's at U.Q.T.R. 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Carleton at Ottawa 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Toronto at Western Ontario 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Nipissing at Concordia 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 York at Waterloo 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Toronto Metropolitan at Guelph 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Lakehead at Windsor 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Exhibition games:
Fri Oct 02 St. F.X. 4 U.P.E.I. 2 rescheduled
Sat Oct 03 Moncton 0 New Brunswick 3
Regular season games:
Wed Oct 07 Saint Mary's Acadia 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 New Brunswick St. F.X. 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Moncton Dalhousie 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 U.P.E.I. Acadia 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA: Daily Schedule
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results
OUT WEST
Exhibition games:
Sat Oct 03 Concordia-Edmonton v UA-Augustana cancelled
Sat Oct 03 Red Deer Poly 5 S.A.I.T. 3
Fri Oct 09 Concordia-Edmonton at Portage College 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 09 Briercrest College at Minot State (ACHA) 7:30 CDT
Regular season games:
Sat Oct 03 Simon Fraser 0 Vancouver Island 1
Fri Oct 09 Okanagan at Thompson Rivers 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Sat Oct 10 Thompson Rivers at Okanagan 5:45 PDT/7:45 CDT
Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube
