CALGARY – For the fourth time this season, overtime was needed to decide a winner between the University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team and the Saskatchewan Huskies.

Alli Borrow's ninth of the season at 2:55 of the second overtime gave the Dinos a weekend split, defeating the No. 9-ranked Huskies 3-2 on Saturday night at Father David Bauer Arena.

The Dinos improve to 7-10-1 going into the winter break while the Huskies move to 10-6-2.

The Huskies started the scoring when defender Meg Dyer took a shot from the blue line that was tipped in by Kenzie Lausberg from the top of the slot to give Saskatchewan an early lead. The goal was her first of the season.

However, the Dinos responded less than five minutes later when Brooke Dennett got the puck on her stick in the neutral zone and drove toward the net. She then found Annaliese Meier who took a shot that was stopped, but Elizabeth Lang was wide open in front of the net and collected the rebound for her eighth of the campaign.  

The last few minutes of the first period and opening minutes of the second saw both teams play a physical game, utilizing their bodies but also taking some penalties. 

"It was a physical game, after yesterday's game the comments our coaching staff made was to be more physical and play the body. We needed to disrupt them so we made that a priority in this game," Dinos team captain Jordyn Burgar explained. 

At the halfway mark of the second frame, Calgary had a great chance to take the lead when Sydney Mercier was centred in front of the net and ripped a shot but the puck just seemed to trickle off the crossbar. 

The Huskies finally capitalized on a power play with Isabella Pozzi taking a shot from the blue line that was blocked but after fighting through a scramble in front of the net, Kara Kondrat managed to finish the rebound and collect her third goal of the year.

But, yet again, the Dinos quickly responded to even the score with Brette Kerley driving down the right side of the ice into the Huskies' zone and taking a shot that was stopped but Jada Leung was following her teammate down the middle of the ice and collected the rebound to notch her first goal as a Dino. 

The third period saw intense back-and-forth action between the two teams, including Calgary netminder Gabriella Durante coming up big and making some crucial saves to keep the game even. 

Nevertheless, 60 minutes just was not enough time to settle the score between the evenly matched opponents, forcing the game into OT.

Finally, in the second overtime frame, Borrow ended the game by speeding down the ice and capitalizing on a breakaway.

"I thought it was a really good game, everybody on the team from our goalie out and all came out to play today," Burgar continued. "There really was no player of the game, there are lots of honourable mentions, it really was a collective team effort. We had lots of players play their role in key moments, like getting the goal at the end of the game in overtime, we had lots of girls kill penalties and Gabby played amazing in net." 

Durante notched 34 saves in the win while Saskatchewan goalie Colby Wilson made 36. 

The Dinos are back in action next year on Jan. 6 when they begin a weekend set against the MacEwan Griffins at home.

The Huskies face the Trinity Western Spartans to begin 2023.