2026-27 MANITOBA BISONS/USPORTS

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October 23, 2026: BRUCE’S HAT-TRICK LEADS BISONS TO WIN

MANITOBA BISONS 4
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre ∞ Game Report ∞ Tabbed Boxscore
➤ UofM: Team Website
➤ UofA: Team Website

Quick Summary
Man: S. Bruce (18:46 1st) , S. Bruce (10:03 3rd) , D. Pasternak (12:22 3rd) , S. Bruce (19:04 3rd)
Alta: C. Doherty (02:24 3rd) , A. Thacker (09:15 3rd)
Goal: Man: Holt (20 shots, 18 saves), Alta: Langkow (17 shots, 14 saves)

I was watching this one without sound due to being at a loud night with a bar band. Not to mention the vain attempts to keep updated with the World Series, the CFL, and the out-of-town scoreboard. This was a key win for the Bisons, enabling them to dream of the possibility of hosting a playoff series this year.

Both sides were focussed on playing strong defence. Skylar Bruce scored his first of three goals late in the 1st period, a period in which the Bisons carried the play. Things changed in the 2nd period, however the pressure by the Evil Monkeys never produced any goals. Thus the game was 1-0 Bisons after two periods.

Then came the 3rd period explosion. Colin Doherty scored after two minutes after sustained Monkey pressure. Then the Apes took their first lead of the evening when Alex Thacker scored after nine minutes. Oddly, that go-ahead goal breathed life into the Bisons. Less than a minute passed before Bruce scored his second goal of the game to tie it up. Sustained pressure by the Bisons resulted in a powerplay, where Dawson Pasternak notched the winner. The Monkeys still had almost eight minutes to tie it up, but never looked overly dangerous down the stretch. Bruce’s empty-netter completed his hat-trick and lifted the Bisons to a 3-2-0 record.

Despite the winner coming off a powerplay, each side had just two minor penalties on the night. No game stories have yet been posted by either side.


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 3
REGINA COUGARS 2
(in a shootout)

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ Huskie Fan: Huskies open home and home with shootout win over Cougars
➤ UofR: Team Website

Quick Summary
Sask: R. Rhinehart (06:53 1st) , R. Pelletier (14:50 3rd)
Reg: C. Wirun (19:59 1st) , O. Hanson (05:45 2nd)
Goal: Sask: Maier (24 shots, 22 saves), Reg: Cunningham (40 shots, 38 saves)

The Banjo-Cats came up with another good performance. Could they be the “real thing” at long last? This was a tight game throughout. However, the Banjo-Mutts took control in the 3rd period and overtime, where they outshot the Banjo-Cats 16-5. In this game, even the shootout went to overtime. It took 5 rounds before the Banjo-Mutts won it 2-1. The only game story here comes from Huskie Fan.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 4
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 1

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ UofC: Dinos score twice shorthanded to hand Cougars first loss (with boxscore)
➤ MRU: MHKY: Dinos take a commanding victory over Cougars (with boxscore)
➤ YouTube: CBC YouTube Channel

Quick Summary
Calg: J. Poole (10:39 1st) , H. Pakkala (17:32 1st) , L. Hauer (14:55 2nd) , C. Massier (12:26 3rd)
MRU: B. Singleton (15:21 2nd)
Goal: Calg: Tetachuk (35 shots, 34 saves), MRU: Zahara (31 shots, 27 saves)

It appears to me that the CW has “squished” this year, with the leading teams coming back to the pack. With this result, none of the Alberta teams could win three straight to start the season. The Bluegars had an edge in the shots department. However, the powerplays were the turning point. Bedrock U scored two shorthanded goals, plus one on the powerplay. Calgary is now 2-3-0, and MRU falls to 2-1-0. Remember that Saturday’s rematch is available free on CBC Gem and YouTube.

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 4
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 3

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ MacU: Sundar's clutch finishing kick rallies Griffins to 4-3 triumph over Spartans for their first win of 26-27 (with boxscore and video)
➤ TWU: Spartans Battle Macewan at Home (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
MacU: C. Chorney (05:50 1st) , K. Chabot (10:59 2nd) , L. Hughes (17:37 3rd) , E. Sundar (18:19 3rd)
TWU: M. Simchuk (12:25 1st) , A. Knutson (01:35 2nd) , Z. Whittaker (19:07 2nd)
Goal: MacU: Ironside (39 shots, 36 saves), TWU: Audet (35 shots, 31 saves)

Holy Trinity has a hard time holding onto the lead thus far. They surrendered two late goals to blow another lead here, and never even got a point. This is the first win for The Family Guys, who now stand at 1-3-1 for 3 points, one point behind the rest of their division.

These results are beginning to make it look like the Bisons have a knack of being assigned to the better division in the CW’s rotation plan. Division “B” (the Bisons’) now has the first four teams in the overall standings and Division “A” has teams 5th through 8th.


NEXT UP
Sat Oct 24 Regina Saskatchewan 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 Manitoba Alberta 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 Mount Royal Calgary 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 MacEwan Trinity Western 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Bye: UBC


OUT EAST

Thu Oct 22 U.Q.T.R. 2 McGill 1
Thu Oct 22 Western Ontario 2 Guelph 5
Thu Oct 22 Laurier 4 Toronto 5 (ot)
Fri Oct 23 Ottawa 5 McGill 4 (ot)
Fri Oct 23 Carleton 2 Nipissing 8
Fri Oct 23 U.Q.T.R. 4 Concordia 2
Fri Oct 23 Waterloo 1 York 3
Fri Oct 23 Toronto Metropolitan 3 Toronto 5
Fri Oct 23 Windsor 4 Lakehead 5 (ot)
Fri Oct 23 R.M.C. 2 Queen's 6
Sat Oct 24 Western Ontario at Brock 2:00 EDT/1:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 Carleton at Nipissing 4:00 EDT/3:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 R.M.C. at Ontario Tech 5:00 EDT/4:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 Windsor at Lakehead 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 Toronto Metropolitan at Waterloo 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 Laurier at York 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 Ottawa at Concordia 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT

Fri Oct 23 St. F.X. 4 Dalhousie 1
Fri Oct 23 Acadia 3 Moncton 6
Fri Oct 23 Saint Mary's 1 New Brunswick 5
Sat Oct 24 Dalhousie U.P.E.I. 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 Saint Mary's Moncton 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 Acadia New Brunswick 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA Hockey Tech: Daily Schedule
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Fri Oct 23 N.A.I.T. 6 Concordia-Edmonton 2
Fri Oct 23 Portage College 3 UA-Augustana 6
Fri Oct 23 Red Deer Poly 2 Briercrest College 4 (ot)
Sat Oct 24 Red Deer Poly at Briercrest College 2:00 MDT/3:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 UA-Augustana at Portage College 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Oct 24 N.A.I.T. at Concordia-Edmonton 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT

Fri Oct 23 Vancouver Island 8 Simon Fraser 4
Fri Oct 23 Okanagan 6 Thompson Rivers 4
Sat Oct 24 Vancouver Island at Okanagan 5:45 PDT/7:45 CDT

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube

 

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October 24, 2026: BISONS SWEEP THE MONKEYS

MANITOBA BISONS 5
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 2

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre ∞ Game Report ∞ Tabbed Boxscore
➤ UofM: Team Website
➤ UofA (preview): Bears & Pandas Weekly Preview - October 19, 2026
➤ UofA (Friday late): Bruce’s hat trick lifts Bisons past Golden Bears (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Man: C. Zaplitny (08:41 1st) , E. Pastro (04:13 2nd) , S. Bruce (07:22 2nd) , E. Alarie (08:21 2nd) , L. Brennan (09:58 3rd)
Alta: G. Tkach (01:27 2nd) , S. Popowich (06:35 3rd)
Goal: Man: Kieper (27 shots, 25 saves), Alta: Langkow (27 shots, 22 saves)

As I post, the Saturday game stories have not been posted. However, the Evil Monkeys posted the Friday game story on Saturday. They got both sides’ records wrong in that story. They stated Alberta fell to 1-2 and Manitoba improved to 2-3.

Turning to Saturday’s game, the shot totals were deceptive. The Evil Monkeys pulled even due to outshooting the Bisons 12-4 in the 3rd period, when they trailed 4-1 and the Bisons seemed to be running oout the clock. Once Alberta reduced the margin to 4-2, the Bisons woke up. I believe that when Lucas Brennan scored mid-period, it was their first shot. Skyler Bruce scored his 5th of the season (and 4th of the weekend), Caden Zaplitny scored his 2nd, and Erik Pastro, Eric Alarie, and Brennan all recorded their 1st.

Unofficially, this is the first weekend sweep for the Bisons away to Alberta. They have had back-to-back wins on separate weekends.

Also, I should point out that the goaltending rotation continued. Matthew Kieper and Braden Holt are now both 2-1-0. Kieper’s save percentage is .933 and Holt’s is .922. While NHL save percentages are going down, the top ten goalies in the CW are now .900 or better.


OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

MACEWAN GRIFFINS 6
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 3

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ MacU: Team Website
➤ TWU: Team Website

Quick Summary
MacU: M. Gauld (06:05 1st) , E. Sundar (08:25 1st) , Z. Coutu (19:19 1st) , K. Chabot (05:21 3rd) , E. Sundar (14:04 3rd) , T. Kowaluk (17:25 3rd)
TWU: M. Simchuk (04:38 3rd) , D. Korzhyletskyi (09:11 3rd) , C. Schmidt (12:13 3rd)
Goal: MacU: Onyskiw (34 shots, 31 saves), TWU: Savage (12 shots, 12 saves), Bacovsky (17 shots, 14 saves)

The start times of two games changed without me noticing, including this one. The Hockey Tech stats appear to be wrong. The Spartan goaltenders had a combined 26 saves on 29 shots, yet gave up 6 goals. They also said each TWU goaltender played 20 minutes. Makes no sense to me. Those dang AI robots doing their thing, I guess.

Anyhow, this was a 4-3 game with 6 minutes left. So it was a bit of a misleading scoreline. Anyhow, a loss is a loss for Holy Trinity. Of note, Mikhailo Simchuk scored his 6th goal of the season for the Spartans, to go with 3 assists. Not to mention Aiden Knutson (6 GP, 2 G, 5 A, 7 Pts) and Christian Lowe (6 GP, 0 G, 6 A, 6 Pts). They visit the Bisons next weekend, and those are players I’ll be watching.

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 3
CALGARY DINOSAURS 2
(in overtime)

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UofC: Dinos rally twice but fall to Mount Royal in overtime (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
MRU: V. Watterodt (05:24 1st) , C. Bouchard (15:39 2nd) , L. Feist (03:12 1st OT)
Calg: L. Hauer (14:31 2nd) , B. Lee (18:23 3rd)
Goal: MRU: Zahara (23 shots, 21 saves), Calg: Tetachuk (30 shots, 27 saves)

In a season where rotating goalies is in vogue, Carl Tetachuk has now started 5-out-of-6 for Bedrock U. A split was likely the common forecast in this one, so no surprise here. The Dinos get the satisfaction of a 3-2 “win” on points. I was disappointed when I discovered the change of start times here. It was due to be my post 9:00 p.m. backup game. I might just watch the “on demand” broadcast on Sunday.

REGINA COUGARS 0
SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 5

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ UofR (Friday late): Cougars push No. 3 Saskatchewan to shootout in 3-2 loss (with boxscore)
➤ UofR (Saturday): Cougars shut out 5-0 by Huskies in Saskatoon (with boxscore)
➤ UofS: Maier’s Shutout, First Period Fireworks Lead Huskies to UPC Win Over Cougars (with boxscore)
➤ Huskie Fan: Men’s Hockey

Quick Summary
Reg: none
Sask: L. Keeler (01:07 1st) , J. Dureau (04:36 1st) , R. Pelletier (15:32 1st) , K. Sorensen (18:41 1st) , C. Bertholet (18:30 3rd)
Goal: Reg: Hawryluk L (19 shots, 15 saves), Cunningham (24 shots, 23 saves), Sask: Maier (19 shots, 19 saves)

After escaping in overtime on Friday, the Banjo-Mutts outshot the Banjo-Cats 19-2 and outscored them 4-0 in the 1st period. From there on in, it was time to coast to victory. Break out the moonshine!


NEXT UP
Fri Oct 30 Trinity Western at Manitoba 7:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 MacEwan at Calgary 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Alberta at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Saskatchewan at U.B.C. 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Bye: Regina

STANDINGS

OUT EAST

Sat Oct 24 Western Ontario 4 Brock 3 (so)
Sat Oct 24 Carleton 3 Nipissing 6
Sat Oct 24 R.M.C. 2 Ontario Tech 5
Sat Oct 24 Windsor 3 Lakehead 4 (ot)
Sat Oct 24 Toronto Metropolitan 2 Waterloo 4
Sat Oct 24 Laurier 4 York 1
Sat Oct 24 Ottawa 3 Concordia 1
Thu Oct 29 R.M.C. Ottawa 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Thu Oct 29 Toronto Brock 6:00 EDT/5:00 CDT
Thu Oct 29 Lakehead Toronto Metropolitan 6:15 EDT/5:15 CDT
Thu Oct 29 Western Ontario Laurier 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT

Sat Oct 24 Dalhousie 2 U.P.E.I. 3 (ot)
Sat Oct 24 Saint Mary's 2 Moncton 3 (ot)
Sat Oct 24 Acadia 4 New Brunswick 6
Wed Oct 28 Acadia Saint Mary's 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 St. F.X. New Brunswick 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Dalhousie Moncton 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Acadia U.P.E.I. 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA Hockey Tech: Daily Schedule
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Sat Oct 24 Red Deer Poly 3 Briercrest College 2
Sat Oct 24 UA-Augustana 5 Portage College 2
Sat Oct 24 Concordia-Edmonton 4 N.A.I.T. 3
Fri Oct 30 Red Deer Poly at N.A.I.T. 6:00 MDT/7:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Concordia-Edmonton at S.A.I.T. 6:30 MDT/7:30 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Briercrest College at UA-Augustana 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT

Sat Oct 24 Vancouver Island 9 Okanagan 2
Fri Oct 30 Thompson Rivers at Simon Fraser 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Vancouver Island at Victoria 7:30 PDT/9:30 CDT

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube

 

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October 25, 2026: SUNDAY MORNING LINKS

Links:
➤ UofM: Bisons complete weekend sweep of Golden Bears (with boxscores on both games)

GoBisons.ca uploaded a story on the weekend as a whole. They are using the panda logo instead of the Evil Monkey logo, however. The UofA has yet to upload an article.

Skyler Bruce carrying the puck during a 4-goal weekend, with Kaycee Coyle in the foreground.

Links:
➤ MacU: Griffins complete weekend sweep of Spartans with offensive explosion in 6-3 triumph (with boxscore and video)

The Family Guys uploaded a game story complete with video highlights of all their goals, as usual. Holy Trinity hasn’t uploaded a thing, despite playing at home. This is unusual for them.

Calgary uploaded a story yesterday, but MRU has nothing but silence.

Links:
➤ Huskie Fan: Huskies dominate Cougars in Saturday night contest

Both Banjo teams uploaded stories yesterday, but Huskie Fan was late. Here is their link. It is the best of the fan sites in USports.

To summarize, we have nothing from Alberta, Trinity, or MRU about their Saturday games.

 

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When was the last time the Bisons swept the Bears?

Depends how you look at it. On October 15, 2011, the Bisons won the Friday game 5-4. The Saturday game went into overtime. The Evil Monkeys scored with too many monkeys on the ice, so the goal was called off. Overtime continued, and the Bisons scored the winning goal. However, the Monkeys appealed and the CW gave them the win.

The historical records just go back to 2008 on the Bison website. On CWTV they said Manitoba had consecutive wins in Alberta before, but not on the same weekend.

Links:
➤ Winnipeg Free Press: U of M men’s hockey team at No. 2, despite dispute over win
➤ UofM: History from Jan 4, 2008 - Feb 8, 2020

My posts on those games from back in the day:

October 14, 2011

TIC TAC TOE, THREE IN A ROW!

The game started earlier than I expected so I missed the first period on CanadaWest.tv. At that time the Bisons had built a 2-0 lead on goals by Blair Macaulay and Myles Rumsey, and held a 13-10 edge in SOG. However, they were also two men shorthanded to start the second.

The officiating in the 2nd period was highly questionable. The Bisons started the period two men short and then were assessed a further 12 minutes in minors, a 5 minute major, and three 10 minute misconducts. The Evil Monkeys had a total of four minutes in minors. That means they had about 17 minutes of power play time during the period, often including two minute stretches of a 2-man advantage. On one play a little monkey named Ian Barteuax hacked and pushed at Jered Walker after the whistle. Walker pushed back and Barteaux flew Sedin-like to the ice. Walker got 5 minutes for his efforts.

Yet the Bisons out-scored the Monkeys by 2-1 in the period for a 4-1 lead. Tylet Dittmer scored on a rare even-strength situation. The Monkeys were able to finally score on a PP about 14 minutes in. Then, to rub salt in the wounds, the Bisons got a PP goal from Ian Duval in the final minute.

Joe Caligiuri was doing great work in the Bison goal, and the PK was very effective. However, the team looked tired in the 3rd. The Primates scored three unanswered goals to tie the game. But in the last 90 seconds Dane Crowley made a cross-ice pass to Mike Hellyer who one-timed it into the net for a 5-4 victory.

Saturday's game is also on CanadaWest.tv at 8:00 CDT.

October 15, 2011

HERD COMPLETES GRAND SLAM!

I saw this one on CanadaWest.tv. They had three games on tonight but since they all started at the same time I saw very little of the other two games. The game did not have the mean streak of Friday's game. It was still a well-played hockey game but was basically a normal 1-1 tie. Until the end.

The game went into overtime and the first OT (4 on 4) was scoreless. So they went to the second OT (3 on 3). The Evil Monkeys had two extra Monkeys jump out on the ice when they should have been swinging from a branch. One was fed a pass and before you know it the puck was in the net. But not so fast. The linesmen noticed the skullduggery and pointed it out to the referees. Since linesmen can call too many men, but cannot whistle the play dead, the call had to await the next whistle, which happened when the Primates were celebrating their "goal". After a pow-wow the call was made, a bench minor was called and the goal waived off. On the ensuing powerplay, Blair Macaulay notched his 3rd goal of the year and the Herd had their sweep.

Dane Crowley had Manitoba's first goal. Joe Caligiuri stopped 34 of 35 shots for his 4th straight win. The Bisons gradually too control of the game, and outshot the Monkeys 8-5 in the 3rd period and 8-3 in overtime.

Folks, that's four wins in four games in Saudi Alberta against the top two rated CW teams in the pre-season coaches' poll. The Bisons will only play 10 more away games this season (double-headers in Sask, UBC, Regina, Lethbridge, and Calgary)

 

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Preview: October 30-31, 2026: TRINITY WESTERN at MANITOBA

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (0-5-1, 6-5-1, OHT35 #32)
MANITOBA BISONS (4-2-0, 8-6-0, OHT35 #5)

Friday, October 30th at 7:00 CDT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg
Saturday, October 31st at 1:00 CDT at Wayne Fleming Arena, Winnipeg

Live Links:
➤ Video: CanadaWest TV
➤ Hockey Tech Game Centre: Friday ∞ Saturday

Manitoba Links:
➤ GoBisons: Team Website
➤ CW Hockey Tech: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ CW Prezly: CW BioSteel Athletes of the Week: Oct. 27

Other Links:
➤ TWU: This Week In Sparta
➤ USports: Men’s Hockey Page ∞ Top 10
➤ USports: Schedule/Links ∞ Standings
➤ CW: Home Page ∞ Season Schedule
➤ CW Hockey Tech: Daily Schedule
➤ CW Hockey Tech: Stats ∞ Schedule/Results/Links
➤ CW LeagueStat: Media Access

Last series:
➤ Jan 16/26: UM 4, TWU 3: Game Centre
➤ Jan 17/26: UM 4, TWU 3: Game Centre

Skylar Bruce, with four goals against Alberta, was named CW Athlete of the Week in men’s hockey. The story is at the CW Prezly section.

Although in last place, Holy Trinity is showing steady improvement since joining the CW in 2020-21. Their only point thus far is from an OTL against UBC. They are 0-4-0 against MacEwan and Regina, teams they must beat if they want to top last year’s total of 11 points. That was a school record high.

That said, the Bisons need the full four points here, plus next week against Regina for that matter. Their 4-2-0 record is better than expected, and they can really cash in to cement a position in the CW’s upper echelon. They might just be a step closer to securing a home playoff series than I had anticipated.

Although they are in last place, the Spartans have had mostly pretty good games. They have some good players. Forwards Mikhailo Simchuk (6 GP, 6 G, 3 A, 9 Pts), Aiden Knutson (6 GP, 2 G, 5 A, 7 Pts), Christian Lowe (6 GP, 0 G, 6 A, 6 Pts), and Danylo Korzhyletskyi (6 GP, 3 G, 2 A, 5 Pts) would be coveted on any CW line-up. Simchuk, Korzhyletskyi, and Artem Hrabovetskyi form their “Kyiv Connection” of players imported from Ukraine, which is unique in U-Sports hockey. On defence, Riley Joslin has good numbers (5 GP, 1 G, 4 A, 5 Pts).

Scoring has not been the Spartans’ problem. They are tied with Regina (!) for most goals in the CW, with 19. (Although MRU and UBC both have 15 goals in 4 games, for a higher goals-per-game ratio.) Their problem is the 31 goals they have surrendered. MacEwan’s 22 goals against is a distant second-worst. Their goalies’ combined save percentage is .860, and the rest of the CW is .894 or higher. Although their goaltenders have faced the most shots in the CW (221), that is not extraordinarily more than Regina (217) or MacEwan (214).

The Bisons’ two losses have been shut-outs, and they have scored 14 goals in the four wins. Skyler Bruce’s four goal weekend against the Monkeys boosted his numbers (6 GP, 5 G, 3 A, 8 Pts). Dawson Pasternak (6 GP, 2 G, 4 A, 6 Pts), Lucas Brennan (6 GP, 1 G, 4 A, 5 Pts), and Caden Zaplitny (GP 6, 2 G, 2 A, 4 Pts) also lead the offence. My guess is that those players, and others, are looking at an offensive break-through this weekend.

The Bisons have only allowed 14 goals as well, and have played the toughest schedule so far. The Bisons have rotated goaltenders, with Braden Holt (2-1-0, 2.67 GAA, .922 S%) starting the Friday games and Matthew Kieper (2-1-0, 2.0 GAA, .933 S%) starting on Saturdays. I would expect that rotation to continue.

Finally, here’s a reminder that the Bisons are not at home in November. Thus, this series is the last chance to see them in Winnipeg until December 4, 2026.


ELSEWHERE IN THE CW

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS (2-2-0, 11-3-0, OHT35 #3)
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (3-1-0, 5-4-1, OHT35 #13)

Links:
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ MRU: Championship DNA: Zach Zahara and Harry Ahlberg bring a winning mentality to MRU men's hockey

This, like all series in the Alberta Division, is a home-and-home series. Friday’s game is in Calgary, and Saturday is in Nisku on the outskirts of Edmontown.

The Evil Monkeys had an incredible pre-season run, but I don’t believe they will hold onto that pace. The Bluegars have had their ups and downs, so this is a match-up of interest. The Monkeys trail the Bluegars by two points, so at least a split is needed to stay in the hunt for first in the Alberta Division.

The MRU article is about two players added from the Brooks Bandits, goaltender Zach Zahara and Swedish forward Harry Ahlberg. The Bandits are one of the Alberta teams in the BCHL, and won the title last year.

These teams never met in the pre-season. Against common opponents, the results are mixed. Alberta has a pre-season sweep of UBC, while MRU was swept by UBC. Alberta has a pre-season and a regular season sweep of MacEwan (one in OT), while MRU had two big wins over MacEwan.

MACEWAN GRIFFINS (2-3-1, 6-5-1, OHT35 #16)
CALGARY DINOSAURS (2-3-1, 6-6-1, OHT35 #18)

Links:
➤ MacU: Three Stars: Yildiz, Sundar, Kunn earn honours
➤ UofC: Team Website

Like the other Alberta series, these teams play Friday in Calgary and then Saturday in Edmontown. MacEwan’s three stars link says that Ethan Sundar from men’s hockey was the second star.

With both sides sporting a 2-3-1 record, a sweep here could bury the loser. Their only common regular season opponent is MRU. Calgary had a win and an OTL, while MacEwan had two losses. Both teams also beat Waterloo in the pre-season.

Including pre-season, MacEwan’s only wins are the two over Trinity last weekend, three exhibitions over the OUA, and one over the ACAC. They’re going to need some wins over CW teams if they want a third straight playoff berth.

Meanwhile, Bedrock U has been a little wobbly but still rotate wins and losses against all kinds of teams. They are a veteran-laden team and could find their form any week now.

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SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES (5-1-0, 12-3-0, OHT35 #1)
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS (3-1-0, 7-3-2, OHT35 #8)

Links:
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ Huskie Fan: Month end trip to Vancouver
➤ Huskie Fan (audio): Coach's Show with Brandin Cote - October 28, 2026
➤ UBC: Team Website

Here’s the feature match-up of the weekend. In 2025-26, the T-irds were first overall in the regular season, before the Banjo-Mutts caught fire in the playoffs and won the conference championship, eliminating UBC in the semi-finals.

In the common opponent comparison, both sides have a regular season split with Manitoba. Both sides had an exhibition series against Alberta, with Sask getting a split and UBC losing both. Against Calgary, UBC played in pre-season and had a win and OTL while Sask split a pre-season series and swept a regular season series. Overall, I would give a slight edge to Sask thus far.


COMPLETE SCHEDULE

Fri Oct 30 Trinity Western at Manitoba 7:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Alberta at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 MacEwan at Calgary 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Saskatchewan at U.B.C. 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Trinity Western at Manitoba 1:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Saskatchewan at U.B.C. 3:00 PDT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Calgary at MacEwan 5:00 MDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Mount Royal at Alberta 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Bye: Regina


OUT EAST

Thu Oct 29 Toronto at Brock 6:00 EDT/5:00 CDT
Thu Oct 29 Lakehead at Toronto Metropolitan 6:15 EDT/5:15 CDT
Thu Oct 29 R.M.C. at Ottawa 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Thu Oct 29 Western Ontario at Laurier 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Lakehead at Toronto Metropolitan 6:15 EDT/5:15 CDT
Fri Oct 30 McGill at Ontario Tech 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Nipissing at U.Q.T.R. 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Windsor at Waterloo 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Concordia at Queen's 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Fri Oct 30 York at Guelph 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Sat Oct 31 McGill at Ontario Tech 3:00 EDT/2:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Nipissing at U.Q.T.R. 4:00 EDT/3:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Concordia at Carleton 5:00 EDT/4:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Western Ontario at Waterloo 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Toronto at Guelph 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Sat Oct 31 York at Windsor 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Sun Nov 01 Queen's at Ottawa 3:00 EST/CDT
Sun Nov 01 R.M.C. at Carleton 7:00 EST/CDT

Wed Oct 28 Acadia 5 Saint Mary's 4
Fri Oct 30 St. F.X. at New Brunswick 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Dalhousie at Moncton 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Acadia at U.P.E.I. 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 St. F.X. at Moncton 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Saint Mary's at U.P.E.I. 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Dalhousie at New Brunswick 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT

Links:
➤ OUA: Daily Schedule
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Fri Oct 30 Red Deer Poly at N.A.I.T. 6:00 MDT/7:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Concordia-Edmonton at S.A.I.T. 6:30 MDT/7:30 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Briercrest College at UA-Augustana 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Briercrest College at UA-Augustana 2:00 MDT/3:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 N.A.I.T. at Red Deer Poly 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 S.A.I.T. at Concordia-Edmonton 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT

Fri Oct 30 Thompson Rivers at Simon Fraser 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Fri Oct 30 Vancouver Island at Victoria 7:30 PDT/9:30 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Thompson Rivers at Okanagan 5:45 PDT/7:45 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Victoria at Vancouver Island 7:15 PDT/9:15 CDT

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: YouTube Channel

 

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October 30, 2026: HERD TAKES FOURTH IN A ROW

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 1
MANITOBA BISONS 4

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre ∞ Game Report ∞ Tabbed Boxscore
➤ TWU: Spartans Fall to Bisons in Winnipeg (with boxscore)
➤ UofM: Bisons continue strong start with 4-1 win over Spartans (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
TWU: Z. Whittaker (03:19 1st)
Man: G. Lane (10:34 1st) , E. Pastro (16:09 1st) , L. Brennan (07:06 2nd) , D. Pasternak (11:38 2nd)
Goal: TWU: Audet (41 shots, 37 saves), Man: Holt (37 shots, 36 saves)

Holy Trinity scored first, on their second shot of the game, then it was all-Bisons. The game got a little chippy after a while, and ultimately it was the powerplay that made the difference (the Bisons were 3-for-7, the Spartans were 0-for-2).

Here’s how they lined up:

MANITOBA
Goal:
31 Holt (30 Kieper)

Defence:
4 Bonni - 6 Coyle
8 Toth - 3 Borschowa
27 Turner - 28 Longo

Forwards:
21 Pasternak - 11 Purdom - 17 Bruce
23 Lane - 20 Zaplitny - 24 Brennan
22 Willick - 13 Pastro - 19 Funk
16 Lodoen - 29 Wheddon

Scratches:
F: 9 Alarie - 15 McAllister - 18 Chastko
G: 34 Perreault

TRINITY WESTERN
Goal:
35 Audet (90 Bacovsky)

Defence:
28 Landmanis - 2 Joslin
20 Camaazzola - 94 Whittaker
8 May - 15 Leitch

Forwards:
24 Korzhyletskyi - 19 Simchuk - 17 Hrabovetskyi
91 Lowe - 27 Farren - 43 Schmidt
9 Hungle - 7 Lamoureux - 16 Edwards
93 Knutson - 10 Shearon - 11 Bessey

Scratches:
G: 1 Capton - 31 Savage
D: 4 Abbott - 5 Easton - 6 Wruck
D: 12 Foster - 25 Serrao
F: 14 Moledina - 18 Sinclair - 21 Davis
F: 22 Metastasio - 26 Ayotte - 44 Paulsen - 77 Desabrais

The first major note on the lineups is that the Bisons were one man short. Eric Alarie joined fellow forwards Teague McAllister and Nolan Chastko in the press box. Justin Perreault, as the 3rd string goaltender, is always up there as well. There were also five players there, so somebody new could be coming in. So the Bisons had 10 forwards and seven defencemen dressed, and once again used Tanner Willick up front instead of on defence.

Shortage of bodies is not an issue with Holy Trinity. They have a 34-man roster!

The 2nd period is what did it for the Bisons. They outscored the Spartans 2-0 (both on the powerplay), outshot them 15-6, and all four penalties were assessed upon TWU.

The shot clock (in my opinion) was overstated in the 3rd period (officially, 20-13 in favour of Trinity). The Bisons seemed to just want to run down the clock, hold onto their commanding lead, and get ready for Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The Bisons responded to some chippiness but otherwise seemed satisfied to mail it in.

(Lucas Brennan scored for the Bisons.)

(Trinity uploaded a picture of Raphael Audet’s save on Tanner Willick.)

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 3
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 5

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ UofA: Team Website
➤ MRU: MHKY: Cougars overcome lengthy delay to beat Golden Bears (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Alta: A. Thacker (17:53 1st) , H. Lolacher (18:57 1st) , A. Hutchinson (01:00 2nd)
MRU: B. Singleton (05:21 1st) , V. Watterodt (08:24 1st) , C. Bouchard (15:23 2nd) , H. Ahlberg (07:57 3rd) , C. Kemkaran-Humble (19:17 3rd)
Goal: Alta: Langkow (18 shots, 14 saves), MRU: Zahara (27 shots, 24 saves)

I was wondering why a game that started at 8:00 CDT (same as MacEwan v Calgary) was so far behind. Well, the Evil Monkeys had no jerseys! Here’s a clip from the Bluegars’ report:

In a night that saw a 43-minute delay, one team forgetting their jerseys at home and 16 combined minor penalties, a hockey game somehow broke out and the Mount Royal University Cougars men's hockey team downed the University of Alberta Golden Bears by a score of 5-3 on Friday evening.

Before the game had even started the Golden Bears were forced to scramble for some yellow practice jerseys in a closet deep in Flames Community Arenas. They dawned bright yellow sweaters that read "Western Elite Hockey" across the central emblem. Good enough for a game against the navy-wearing Mount Royal Cougars.

I got home from the Bison game when the Monkeys were leading 3-2. I wondered what this new jersey was all about. They also had generic white socks! Their usual away jersey this year was white with their monkey logo. However, they have had yellow 3rd jerseys in the past. I’d like to get a good picture of tonight’s jersey. I spent a long time trying to find out what this was all about.

The Bluegars are now 1st in the Alberta Division, despite not looking particularly impressive thus far. This was a streaky game. The Bluegars built a 2-0 lead in the 1st period, the Monkeys took a 3-2 lead early in the 2nd period, then three unanswered MRU goals ended it. Powerplays were key here. MRU was 3-for-6, Alberta was 2-for-7. There was an empty-netter, thus leaving each side with one even-strength goal.

I am betting that the Monkeys will have official jerseys when the scene shifts to Edmontown on Saturday.

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MACEWAN GRIFFINS 3
CALGARY DINOSAURS 1

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ MacU: Team Website
➤ UofC (late preview): Dino Tracks: Oct, 28- Nov, 4 2026
➤ UofC: Dinos fall 3-1 to Griffins after slow start (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
MacU: E. Sundar (10:56 1st) , S. Simard (07:00 2nd) , J. Parker (18:58 3rd)
Calg: R. Gannon (03:25 3rd)
Goal: MacU: Ironside (28 shots, 27 saves), Calg: Tetachuk (20 shots, 18 saves)

On a night where jerseys are a story, Go Dinos uploaded a picture which displays a new away jersey for The Family Guys. They just got a new logo last year, and it appears that this one is stylized for the hockey team. Their white jersey used to be a circle with their logo shrunken to fit. (I don’t care for that look.) I wonder if their home jersey will follow suit. I hope so, this is sharp.

In this one, Bedrock U held to three shots in the 2nd period, and Mac U was held to two shots in the 3rd period. This is a big win for The Family Guys, as it vaults them into 2nd place in the Alberta Division. I have a sense now that the four teams in Alberta will fight tooth-and-nail all season.

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 6
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 3

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ UofS: Landon Kosior Named to Team Canada Roster for Changchun 2027
➤ Huskie Fan: Quick start propels Huskies to victory over Thunderbirds
➤ UBC (late preview): Battle lines drawn between two top five contenders as T-Birds host Huskies
➤ UBC: Huskies down Thunderbirds in Friday night showdown (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Sask: C. Stebbings (02:01 1st) , L. Bairos (06:59 1st) , L. Bairos (10:27 1st) , L. Keeler (02:23 2nd) , R. Pelletier (12:03 2nd) , T. Parr (19:59 3rd)
UBC: Z. Nicholson (18:29 1st) , T. Thorpe (08:01 2nd) , J. Williams (18:20 3rd)
Goal: Sask: Maier (34 shots, 31 saves), UBC: Schwebius (27 shots, 22 saves)

This was part of a unique triple-header, since Sask and UBC played simultaneously in hockey, football, and volleyball. The football game was for first place in the CW, and UBC won. Here, however, they were not really in this game from the start. The Banjo-Mutts outshot the T-irds 16-5 in the 1st period, en route to a 3-1 lead. It was then 5-2 after the 2nd period and the Mutts were playing run-out-the-clock in the 3rd. It took UBC over 18 minutes to make it 5-3, then an empty-netter wrapped it up.

This makes Sask 6-1-0 and keeps them two points ahead of the Bisons. UBC is now 3-2-0 and now needs a win on Saturday to stay in contention for 1st place.


NEXT UP
Sat Oct 31 Trinity Western at Manitoba 1:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Saskatchewan at U.B.C. 3:00 PDT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Calgary at MacEwan 5:00 MDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Mount Royal at Alberta 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Bye: Regina


OUT EAST

Thu Oct 29 R.M.C. 0 Ottawa 7
Thu Oct 29 Toronto 1 Brock 2 (ot)
Thu Oct 29 Lakehead 2 Toronto Metropolitan 5
Thu Oct 29 Western Ontario 2 Laurier 0
Fri Oct 30 McGill 1 Ontario Tech 2
Fri Oct 30 Lakehead 3 Toronto Metropolitan 2 (so)
Fri Oct 30 Nipissing 3 U.Q.T.R. 0
Fri Oct 30 Windsor 4 Waterloo 3
Fri Oct 30 Concordia 3 Queen's 4 (so)
Fri Oct 30 York 3 Guelph 2 (ot)
Sat Oct 31 McGill at Ontario Tech 3:00 EDT/2:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Nipissing at U.Q.T.R. 4:00 EDT/3:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Concordia at Carleton 5:00 EDT/4:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Western Ontario at Waterloo 7:00 EDT/6:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Toronto at Guelph 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Sat Oct 31 York at Windsor 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT
Sun Nov 01 Queen's at Ottawa 3:00 EST/CDT
Sun Nov 01 R.M.C. at Carleton 7:00 EST/CDT

Fri Oct 30 St. F.X. 1 New Brunswick 6
Fri Oct 30 Dalhousie 4 Moncton 2
Fri Oct 30 Acadia 2 U.P.E.I. 4
Sat Oct 31 St. F.X. at Moncton 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Saint Mary's at U.P.E.I. 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Dalhousie at New Brunswick 7:00 ADT/5:00 CDT

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA Hockey Tech: Daily Schedule
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Fri Oct 30 Red Deer Poly 3 N.A.I.T. 5
Fri Oct 30 Concordia-Edmonton 10 S.A.I.T. 8
Fri Oct 30 Briercrest College 6 UA-Augustana 1
Sat Oct 31 Briercrest College at UA-Augustana 2:00 MDT/3:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 N.A.I.T. at Red Deer Poly 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Sat Oct 31 S.A.I.T. at Concordia-Edmonton 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT

Fri Oct 30 Thompson Rivers 6 Simon Fraser 4
Fri Oct 30 Vancouver Island 5 Victoria 3
Sat Oct 31 Thompson Rivers at Okanagan 5:45 PDT/7:45 CDT
Sat Oct 31 Victoria at Vancouver Island 7:15 PDT/9:15 CDT

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube

 

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October 31, 2026: BISONS TRICK OR TREAT AS A TEAM ON 5-GAME WINNING STREAK

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS 2
MANITOBA BISONS 3

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre ∞ Game Report ∞ Tabbed Boxscore
➤ TWU: Spartans’ Late Push Falls Short Against Bisons (with boxscore)
➤ UofM: Bisons improve to 6-2 with weekend sweep over TWU

Quick Summary
TWU: M. Simchuk (11:04 1st) , C. Farren (19:29 3rd)
Man: D. Pasternak (13:12 1st) , D. Pasternak (15:22 1st) , S. Bruce (13:24 3rd)
Goal: TWU: Bacovsky (37 shots, 34 saves), Man: Kieper (32 shots, 30 saves)

The Bisons make it five in a row, and that has not happened for a long time. Combined with the results from elsewhere, the odds of them not only qualifying for playoffs, but hosting a playoff series, have increased greatly.

Line-up-wise, things were mostly the same as on Friday.

For the Bisons, Matthew Kieper rotated into the net, as is usual. Eric Alarie returned to the line-up, hence they had a full 20 dressed. This prompted a rotation on the left wing. Alarie was with Pastro and Funk, Willick with Lodoen and Wheddon, Pasternak with Zaplitny and Wheddon, and Lane with Purdom and Bruce. However, Joel Purdom did not play after a few early shifts. At least not that I noticed. Bruce and Lane continued to play together with assorted linemates, and they killed penalties and were on the powerplay. Thus, the Herd was back to a 19-man line-up for the bulk of the game.

For the Spartans, Landmanis was scratched from the blueline, and they dressed an extra forward, #21 Cyprus Davis. Their alignment was altered somewhat in that Christian Lowe replaced Artem Hrabovetskyi on the Ukrainian line.

Once again, Holy Trinity opened the scoring but the Bison powerplay turned things around. Dawson Pasternak’s scored his 4th and 5th goals of the season about two minutes apart.

The 2nd period was fairly uneventful, with no goals and much sloppy play by the Bisons. This culminated with a too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty late in the period.

In the 3rd period, Skyler Bruce scored his 6th of the season for what proved to be the winner. The Bisons nursed the 2-goal lead until Trinity registered a powerplay goal with 31 seconds left. There was a brouhaha after the final whistle. Holy Trinity is generally a fairly chippy team, and this game was not really different.

For reasons which really call for an explanation, the Bisons lose a home game against Regina next weekend. They want to have men’s and women’s teams in Virden on Saturday. The women were already scheduled to play in Regina. The men could have played at home Friday, then ventured out to Virden on Saturday. I’ll address this later in the week. For those unaware, Virden is straight west of Winnipeg just inside the Manitoba/ Saskatchewan border.

(One of three Bison celebrations.)

(One of 30 saves by Matthew Kieper.)

OUT-OF-TOWN SCOREBOARD

SASKATCHEWAN HUSKIES 3
U.B.C. THUNDERBIRDS 2
(in overtime)

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ UofS: Team Website
➤ Huskie Fan: Bertholet beauty seals Huskies OT victory in Vancouver
➤ UBC: ‘Birds rally to force overtime but drop second straight to Huskies (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
Sask: K. Sorensen (11:34 1st) , A. Ferster (15:36 1st) , C. Bertholet (01:39 1st OT)
UBC: A. Fraser (04:48 2nd) , J. Williams (05:00 3rd)
Goal: Sask: Thomson (25 shots, 23 saves), UBC: Gee (29 shots, 26 saves)

This sweep, albeit a 4-1 on points sweep, places the T-irds in a difficult situation. They are now level with Regina at 3-2-1. That said, this was a good battle and could have gone either way. The Banjo-Mutts thus remain two points ahead of the Bisons in the race for first place.

CALGARY DINOSAURS 2
MACEWAN GRIFFINS 4

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ UofC: Late goals lift MacEwan past Dinos (with boxscore)
➤ MacU (Friday late): Parker caps Griffins' revenge game win over Dinos with his first Canada West goal (with boxscore and video)

Quick Summary
Calg: R. Gannon (07:44 1st) , L. Hauer (11:02 3rd)
MacU: K. Chabot (01:22 1st) , K. Chabot (01:05 3rd) , W. Erickson (16:11 3rd) , M. Gauld (18:56 3rd)
Goal: Calg: Pyne (23 shots, 20 saves), MacU: Onyskiw (34 shots, 32 saves)

MacEwan posted a story on Friday’s game too late for me, and it is now linked.

During the CWTV broadcast, they pointed out that this was the Dinos’ first loss at MacEwan since they entered the CW. This win came at a good time for The Family Guys. They entered the weekend level with the Dinos, now they lead them by a full four points. Could we see the Dinos and Evil Monkeys battling for a playoff berth? That would be something. They face each other next weekend.

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MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS 2
ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS 0

Links:
➤ Summary: Game Centre
➤ MRU: Team Website
➤ UofA (Friday late): Mount Royal rallies past Golden Bears 5-3 (with boxscore)

Quick Summary
MRU: J. Lies (00:23 2nd) , C. Bouchard (19:12 3rd)
Alta: none
Goal: MRU: Zahara (25 shots, 25 saves), Alta: Lawczynski (24 shots, 23 saves)

I saw a good portion of this game. The first thing I noticed was that the Evil Monkeys had full uniforms! Their late post of a Friday game story is accompanied by a photo, which I have linked for posterity.

This was a very evenly-played game and, to coin a cliche, could have gone either way. The Alberta Division thus had a pair of sweeps which really shifts this division. The Evil Monkeys face the Dinos next week, and neither could survive another sweep.

(Here’s what the Evil Monkeys looked like on Friday night, with borrowed practice jerseys and generic white socks.)

NEXT UP
Fri Nov 06 Trinity Western at Saskatchewan 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 Manitoba at Regina 7:00 CST/8:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 U.B.C. at Mount Royal 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 Alberta at Calgary 7:00 MDT/8:00 CDT
Bye: MacEwan

STANDINGS

OUT EAST

Sat Oct 31 McGill 1 Ontario Tech 4
Sat Oct 31 Nipissing 4 U.Q.T.R. 5 (ot)
Sat Oct 31 Western Ontario 4 Waterloo 3
Sat Oct 31 Guelph 4 Toronto 3
Sat Oct 31 York 1 Windsor 6
Sun Nov 01 Queen's Ottawa 3:00 EST/CDT
Sun Nov 01 Concordia Carleton 5:00 EST/CDT
Thu Nov 05 Concordia Ottawa 7:00 EST/CDT
Thu Nov 05 Guelph Windsor 7:30 EST/CDT

NOTE: The Concordia-Carleton game was moved from Saturday to Sunday and the RMC-Carleton game was moved from Sunday to Dec 5th.

Sat Oct 31 St. F.X. 6 Moncton 3
Sat Oct 31 Saint Mary's 3 U.P.E.I. 0
Sat Oct 31 Dalhousie 1 New Brunswick 4
Wed Nov 04 Dalhousie U.P.E.I. 7:00 AST/6:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 Moncton Saint Mary's 7:00 AST/6:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 New Brunswick Acadia 7:00 AST/6:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 U.P.E.I. St. F.X. 7:00 AST/6:00 CDT

Links:
➤ USports: Presto Schedule & Results
➤ OUA Hockey Tech: Daily Schedule
➤ AUS: Schedule & Results


OUT WEST

Sat Oct 31 Briercrest College 4 UA-Augustana 0
Sat Oct 31 N.A.I.T. 0 Red Deer Poly 5
Sat Oct 31 S.A.I.T. 5 Concordia-Edmonton 4 (ot)
Wed Nov 04 Portage College at Concordia-Edmonton 8:15 MDT/9:15 CDT
Fri Nov 06 Red Deer Poly at S.A.I.T. 8:00 MDT/9:00 CDT
Fri Nov 06 N.A.I.T. at Briercrest College 6:00 MDT/7:00 CDT

Sat Oct 31 Victoria 0 Vancouver Island 3
Sat Oct 31 Thompson Rivers 2 Okanagan 6
Fri Nov 06 Vancouver Island at Thompson Rivers 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT
Sat Nov 07 Vancouver Island Thompson Rivers 7:00 PDT/9:00 CDT

Links:
➤ ACAC: Schedule & Results
➤ BCIHL: Schedule & Results : YouTube