Clutch Comeback: U of S Huskies Beat Regina Cougars

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Husky 4, Cougar 3

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Once again, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies have their hands full with the visiting University of Regina Cougars during conference play at Marlis Bershire on Tuesday night in a rescheduled game from earlier this month due to Watermain’s break. I made it

In the end, Saskatchewan came from behind to win 4-3 thanks to three unanswered goals in the third period.

Phew.

Huskies head coach Brandin Court said the team improved its record to 10-4-2 while the Cougars fell to 3-10-1.

“I don’t think we took them lightly. I honestly thought our first period was one of the best in years (Saskatchewan beat Regina 11- 4, then hit two more irons and trailed 1-0.) It just didn’t come out on the right edge of the scoresheet. May be, but their guy (former Blade Landen Schmidt) made an incredible shot on his strong side, Top Shelf.

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“So far there are only one or two mental errors, a minute or two of mental loss and a shift after the goal. We found a way to fight.”

Schmidt scored twice and Riley Kane scored once for Regina, who won 33-20 but led 3-1 after two periods.

Huskies rookie forward Kael Zimmerman sparked the comeback in the third with a 9:35 power play marker.

“They play hard, very hard. Hard check game. We know it’s going to be a dogfight whenever we play against them, but luckily tonight we came out on top. .”

Zimmerman, Liam Keeler, Jared Dmytriw and Carter Stebbings each scored once for Saskatchewan to win 8-3 on the power play.

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Jordan Kooi made 17 saves to win the game, but three of them were breakaways as he rejected Tyler Adams, Jaden Davis and Kane.

“We take the momentum and take the positive energy that we have. We came back and fought to win,” Court said.

“Other than that I can’t think of anything really negative. Right now we still need to strengthen some things and be more detailed in how we approach things and we have some tough opponents coming up so it will be. It’s a great weekend to end the last part of the first half.”

Calgary (13-3-0) are currently on an 11-game winning streak. The Huskies and Dinos split a two-game series in Calgary earlier this season.

“This season has had its ups and downs lately, but that’s what every season and every team does,” Zimmermann said. “For sure this is a good confidence booster going into this weekend. It’s a big weekend for us.

dog story: Attendance on Tuesday was 1,094…the three stars announced were 1) Keeler, 2) Zimmerman, 3) Regina D-Mann and Saskatoon native Tyler Hait…The Huskies will head to the SaskTel Center on Friday and Saturday. Host Calgary Dinos at Game time is 7pm on both nights.

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