UPDATE JAN. 29, 1:30 p.m.
Online tickets for the 2019 Crowchild Classic are SOLD OUT. A VERY limited number of tickets will be available at the West Entrance of the Scotiabank Saddledome beginning at 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 each, CASH ONLY.
CALGARY – In less than 24 hours, the communities of Calgary's two largest universities will converge on the Scotiabank Saddledome for the annual celebration of university sport as the University of Calgary Dinos face off against the Mount Royal University Cougars in a hockey doubleheader.
The seventh annual Crowchild Classic begins with the women's game at 4 p.m., followed by men's action at approximately 6:45 p.m. CanadaWest.tv will have live streaming coverage.
Nearly 14,000 tickets have been scooped up by the student bodies of both institutions.
The Crowchild Classic holds the attendance record for any game between two U SPORTS teams, set in 2016 when 12,859 screaming fans jammed the Saddledome. Each and every year the event delivers outstanding hockey, with four of the six previous men's contests requiring overtime. The Dinos men are on a three-game win streak after double overtime wins in 2016, 2017, and 2018, while the Calgary women won the 2018 game 1-0.
The Dinos swept the first games of their weekend series with Mount Royal last Friday, with the Calgary women taking a 2-1 overtime win at Father David Bauer Arena while the Dinos men knocked off the Cougars 3-1 at Flames Community Arenas. The Dinos have a commanding lead in the overall Crowchild Classic series with a 12-1-1 record over the Cougars in the 2018-19 season and have clinched The Medal for the sixth time in the series' seven-year history.
NEED-TO-KNOW
- Dinos fans are encouraged to wear red!
- Fans are encouraged to take public transportation to the Saddledome - the Calgary Transit Red Line runs from University station to Victoria Park-Stampede station. Limited parking is available in the Saddledome and Stampede Park lots.
- The Scotiabank Saddledome has strict NO BACKPACKS and NO RE-ENTRY policies in place.
WOMEN'S GAME: HEAD-TO-HEAD
Puck Drop: 4 p.m. MT
|
UCALGARY DINOS |
|
MRU COUGARS |
| 3-16-1-3 |
RECORD (W-L-OW-OL) |
8-12-1-2 |
| 14 (8th) |
POINTS (PLACE) |
28 (5th) |
| 1.17 |
GOALS/GAME |
1.50 |
| 2.58 |
GOALS AGAINST AVG |
2.29 |
| 10.1 |
POWER PLAY % |
15.4 |
| 77.4 |
PENALTY KILL % |
84.1 |
| .919 |
SAVE % |
.908 |
| 1-1-1-0 |
SEASON SERIES (W-L-OW-OL) |
1-1-0-1 |
| Rachel Paul/Delaney Frey (4-4-8) |
LEADING SCORER (G-A-Pts) |
Breanne Trotter (5-9-14) |
Kelsey Roberts
(4-13-3, 2.12, .934) |
LEADING GOALTENDER
(W-L-OL, GAA, Sv%) |
Zoe DeBeauville
(8-10-2, 2.04, .917) |
MEN'S GAME: HEAD-TO-HEAD
Puck Drop: 6:45 p.m. MT
|
No. 6 UCALGARY DINOS |
|
MRU COUGARS |
| 15-6-2 |
RECORD (W-L-OL) |
11-8-4 |
| 32 (3rd) |
POINTS (PLACE) |
26 (4th) |
| 3.65 |
GOALS/GAME |
3.39 |
| 2.33 |
GOALS AGAINST AVG |
2.54 |
| 12.5 |
POWER PLAY % |
11.9 |
| 85.3 |
PENALTY KILL % |
78.8 |
| .896 |
SAVE % |
.908 |
| 3-0-0 |
SEASON SERIES (W-L-OL) |
0-3-0 |
| Riley Sheen (15-11-26) |
LEADING SCORER |
Ryley Lindgren (10-10-20) |
Matt Greenfield
(7-3-1, 2.22, .901) |
LEADING GOALTENDER
(W-L-OL, GAA, Sv%) |
Riley Morris
(9-3-0, 2.16, .918) |
ABOUT THE CROWCHILD CLASSIC
The Crowchild Classic is an annual competition between the University of Calgary Dinos and the Mount Royal University Cougars in Canada West regular season games across the sports of basketball, hockey, soccer, and volleyball. Each year, the school that wins the most games in the series is awarded 'The Medal' - a 68-kilogram cast iron City of Calgary manhole cover.
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