BOX SCORE VANCOUVER - Walker Wintoneak and Taylor Stefishen each picked up two goals and an assist as the Calgary Dinos took over fourth spot in the Canada West conference with a 6-2 victory over the UBC Thunderbirds men's hockey team Friday night at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.

The Dinos have now won four straight games, while UBC has lost four of their last five regular season games.

The Thunderbirds had trouble shaking the holiday rust off early as the visitors from Calgary got off to a great start scoring a pair of goals in the first 4:59 of action. Kevin King potted his eighth goal of the year and Taylor Stefishen scored his second of the year to give the Dinos the early 2-0 lead. UBC had some chances early,  but couldn't convert as both Joe Antilla and Michael Wilgosh had opportunities to get the Thunderbirds on the board.

UBC would finally click on the power play as Brad Hoban (Victoria, BC) took a nice feed from Max Grassi that just slipped past Dinos goaltender Dustin Butler to cut the lead to 2-1 with 3: 28 left in the opening frame. That is how things would stand through 20 minutes of play.

After killing off a power play to start the second period, the Thunderbirds started to turn up their offensive game, led by leading scoer Max Grassi. The fourth year product had three chances on one shift, including a point blank opportunity on a two on one, but Dustin Butler was there to deny him every time. Butler's counterpart Jordan White was no slouch himself stopping Dinos captain Brock Nixon twice, once on a shorthanded partial breakaway and again on the power play with an outstanding left pad save on a one timer.

The 'Birds would score the equlizer with 3:32 left in the second period as Neil Manning's wrister found the back of the net for his first career CIS goal, tieing the game at 2-2. However, the excitement wouldn't last long as Walker Wintoneak scored on the power play with 4.9 seconds left in the frame to give Calgary a 3-2 lead after two periods of play.

Jordan White came up with a big save to start the third period, stopping Corey Banfield off the rush, then he swiped away the rebound from the crease just as a pair of Dinos were about to pounce on it. That would be the only highlight of the period for the Thunderibrds, as they came out flat in the frame and Calgary would make them pay scoring three goals on route to a 6-2 victory. Stefishen and Wintoneak both scored their second goals of the game, while Corey Banfield chipped in with a single. UBC was outshot 10-7 in the period and 27-26 overall. White gave up six goals on 26 shots in the UBC net and was replaced by Steven Stanford with 6:17 left in the game.

With the loss UBC falls to fifth place in thd Canada West conference with a record of 9-7-1, one point behind Calgary (10-7-0) and just one point up on sixth place Regina (8-7-2).

Stefishen and Wintoneak each finished with two goals and an assist, while Kodie Curran chipped in with three helpers for the Dinos. Butler made 24 saves in net for the victory.

These two teams will be back in action Saturday at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. Puck drop is 8 p.m. MT.

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