EDMONTON – For the second-straight night, the Griffins scored first on U SPORTS No. 2-ranked Calgary Dinos.

Also, for a second-straight night, they couldn't hold the lead.

Calgary scored two quick late second-period goals and added two more late in the third to net their program-record 15th win in a row – 4-1 over the Griffins on Saturday night at the Downtown Community Arena.

The victory follows a high-octane 7-5 win over MacEwan on Friday in Calgary.

With the result, the Dinos improve to 17-3-0, while the Griffins fall to 6-12-0 and are now three points back of the final playoff spot in the conference.

Spencer McLean, who has seen limited minutes on the fourth line and/or spent time in the press box for the Griffins this season, chopped home a rebound at 10:51 of the second period to open the scoring for the Griffins. 

It was the third-year forward's second goal in as many games after also tallying in Calgary.

Abel gave the Dinos fits for the first half of the game, coming up with several huge saves, including stopping a breakaway and a pair of one-timers in the first period. Calgary finally solved him from an unlikely place when Marty Westhaver fired a shot from the corner and it found a hole and trickled past the line.

A neutral zone turnover led to the game-winning goal with 22.8 seconds left in the second period when Tyson Upper was sent in alone and made no mistake with a rip blocker side.

Carl Stankowski made 21 saves for the Dinos including robbing Kole Gable on a two-on-one one-timer with just less than seven minutes left that would have tied the game.

The Dinos put the game away in the final 1:32 when Jake Gricius and Riley Stotts scored empty net goals from their own end.

Calgary now is off until Thursday, Jan. 19 with a two-game series at Regina. 

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