BOX SCORE VANCOUVER - The Calgary Dinos won their fifth straight game, defeating the UBC Thunderbirds 2-1 in overtime Saturday night at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. Jesse Ismond scored 2:31 into the extra frame to give the Dinos the victory and a weekend sweep of the 'Birds.

Corey Banfield scored Calgary's other goal while Jessi Hilton recorded UBC's lone goal.

Unlike Friday night, in which the Thunderbirds were shell shocked in the first five minutes giving up two goals, UBC took it to the Calgary Dinos early firing five shots on Jacob DeSerres in the first three minutes. Unfortunately for the Thunderbirds, the 2011 Memorial Cup Champion was up to the task stopping them all, including a Brad Hoban wrap around attempt and Jessi Hilton  alone in front.

Just after a failed power play opportunity for the 'Birds, Calgary opened the scoring as Corey Banfield came off the bench and took a great feed from Walker Wintoneak, beating Steven Stanford to give the visitors a 1-0 lead 8:39 into the opening frame. UBC had an opportunity to tie things up late in the period as they had a two man advantage for 1:11, but were unable to beat DeSerres. The best chance came off the stick of Max Grassi who hit the post on the short side. DeSerres stopped all 11 shots in the first period to keep the Dinos up 1-0 on UBC after 20 minutes.

UBC wasted little time scoring the equalizer in the second period as Hilton scored just 52 seconds into the frame to tie the game 1-1. After that Calgary controlled much of the play, taking advantage of some sloppy passing  from the Thunderbirds. Fortunately, UBC was able to weather the storm and would get a couple of chances late, but once again Jacob DeSerres was there to close the door. His best save of the period coming off the stick of Scott Wasden on a 3-on-2 with 5.7 seconds left in the period. 1-1 is how things stood through 40 minutes.

Three minutes into the third period the Dinos thought they had the go ahead goal, but Brock Nixon's tip shot went off the post keeping the game deadlocked at 1-1. After registering just one shot on their own power play, UBC got into penalty trouble late in the period taking back to back penalties; however, it was the shorthanded 'Birds with the best chances. Cole Pruden had a couple, as did Dillon Wagner, but DeSerres stopped them all. The game would remain tied through 60 minutes of regulation time. Shots were 27-21 in favour of UBC.

In overtime, the Dinos would get the winner as Ismond, streaking to the net, tipped home a nice feed from Colton Grant to give Calgary a 2-1 victory, sweeping the weekend series.

Final shots were 27-22 for UBC. DeSerres made 26 saves, while Stanford stopped 20 of the 22 shots he faced.

Both teams finished the night 0-for-4 on the power play.

With the victory the Dinos (11-7-0) remain in fourth place in the Canada West conference one point behind Manitoba (10-5-3), while UBC (9-7-2), who picked up one point in the overtime loss, is tied for fifth with Regina (9-7-2), two points behind the Dinos.

Calgary and Regina will meet up next weekend in a two-game series Friday and Saturday at Father David Bauer Arena in Calgary. The puck drops at 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday.

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