VANCOUVER – Despite a second straight two-goal effort from forward Taylor Stefishen, the Calgary Dinos fell 4-3 to the UBC Thunderbirds Saturday night in Vancouver to wrap up their weekend series.

BOX SCORE

After a 5-4 shootout win Friday, Calgary moves to 1-3-0 on the young season while UBC improves to 1-0-1, taking three of a possible four points from the Dinos to start the year.

UBC Rookie forward Cole Wilson opened the scoring, draining a power play goal from the slot that beat  Dinos netminder Jacob DeSerres high glove side. DeSerres, who led the Saint John Sea Dogs to the Memorial Cup title last spring, was making his first CIS start.
 
Then Calgary tied it up with a special teams goal of their own when Stefishen tipped Teigan Zahn's point shot past White.
 
UBC goaltender Jordan White made huge saves all game long, but was never better than in the third period, when he shut the door with the Dinos down by one and pressing the action.
 
Backed by White's outstanding play, the Thunderbirds got out to a two-goal lead in the second period.
 
First, a Jordan Inglis wrist shot beat DeSerres far side to retake a one-goal lead.
 
Then the power play kicked in again as Jason Yee led a charge up ice that culminated in a goal by Scott Wasden, giving the Thunderbirds a 3-1 lead.
 
The Dinos got within one again thanks to Tyler Fiddler, who snagged a rebound on the doorstep and put the puck in the back of the UBC net.
 
But UBC stuck to the game plan, chipping pucks up the board and going hard to the net. That style of play allowed Justin McCrae to knock home a rebound to reestablish the Thunderbirds' two-goal lead heading into the third period.
 
Early in the third period, Dinos sniper Stefishen wired a wrister into the top corner past White to cut the UBC lead to one.  But that was as close as the visitors from Cowtown would come.
 
The Dinos enjoy a bye next week before opening a home-and-home series against the Alberta Golden Bears Oct. 21-22. The series starts in Edmonton Friday, then shifts to Father David Bauer Arena on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.

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