CALGARY- The University of Calgary Dinos' Elgin Pearce scored two goals to tie the game and rally his team to come from behind and defeat the University of Manitoba Bisons, 4-3, Friday evening, Nov. 4th at the Father David Bauer Arena in Calgary. 

The Bisons opened the scoring early in the first period off of the stick of Jonah Wasylak.

On a Dino clearing attempt, Channing Bresciani held the puck in at the blue line and fed Wasylak in the slot. Wasylak spun and fired a quick wrist shot over Dinos' goaltender Steven Stanford's pad and in.

Calgary wasted no time in the middle frame to tie the game at one-a-piece. Braiden Doucette chipped the puck in down low in the Bisons zone for Coda Gordon who immediately passed to Dinos leading goal scorer, Pearce, in which he put a one-timer low past Bison Byron Spriggs.

"We knew we had to be better, our start wasn't very good," said Pearce. "We regrouped between periods and came out with some good energy into the second period."

Manitoba wasn't going to let Calgary back into the game that easily, regaining its' lead midway through the period. Shaq Merasty sent a saucer pass from just outside the Dinos blue line to a breaking Justin Augert who put a snap shot on net that dribbled off of Stanford's glove and in.

Pearce once again tied the game for the Dinos mid-way through the third period. Dylan Walchuk stripped a Bison of the puck in their own zone where he and Pearce were all alone in front. Walchuk faked the shot, passed to Pearce who buried the puck.

The Dinos continued to find the back of the net late in the period to take their first lead of the game on the power play. Adam Kambeitz hit Doucette, who skated down from the point, with a high slot pass. Doucette fired a high wrist shot just over Spriggs and in for his first of the season, giving the Dinos a 3-2 lead.

Coda Gordon added an empty netter one minute later to solidify the Dinos lead.

The Bisons weren't giving up yet, with just over a minute to go in the game, Garrett Johnson passed the puck to a waiting Shawn Bowles who made no mistake putting the one-timer under Stanford's blocker and in to cut the Dinos lead to one.

"We took our foot off the pedal in that last shift, we thought we had it in the bag and forgot there was a minute left," stated Pearce. "It was still good to get the win in the end."

It wouldn't be enough as the Dinos empty netter would be the game winner.

"We need to take tonight's momentum into tomorrow's game," explained Pearce. "We were able to pull it off in the third period. We just have to bring that into the first period of next game and make sure we don't give them any life to start."

The two teams will face off again in a matinee game. Puck is set to drop at two o'clock at the Father David Bauer Arena in Calgary.

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