SASKATOON – In a heavyweight battle between two of the top teams in the country, the No. 6 University of Calgary Dinos men's hockey team powered its way to a 5-2 win over the No. 7 Saskatchewan Huskies Friday night from Merlis Belsher Place. 

Calgary hit the scoreboard first just under two minutes into the game, with a quick snipe from first-year forward Jake Poole. Dakota Krebs fired one on net from distance and Poole was right there for the rebound to give the Dinos the 1-0 lead just 1:49 into the game.
 
Extending Calgary's lead was third-year forward Jake Gricius, who shot one past Roddy Ross into the top right corner of the net just five minutes later. Zach Wytnick and Jadon Joseph both nabbed assists on the power play goal.
 
The Dinos would not let up, capitalizing yet again on the power play with a goal from third-year forward Jaeger White, his second of the season, at 12:43 into the period, increasing the Calgary lead 3-0. Saskatchewan Head Coach Brandin Cote would make a change in net after Calgary's third goal, with third-year Jordan Kooy heading into net for the Dogs.  
 
Closing out the first period would be second-year forward Carter Stebbings, who was perfectly positioned in front of Calgary goaltender Carl Stankowski to take the pass in from Rhett Rhinehart and Cade Hayes, nabbing his fourth goal of the season. Heading into the first intermission, the Dinos led the Huskies, 3-1.   
 
It was the Colson Gengenbach show in the second. The third-year forward netted his conference-leading ninth goal of the season just 3:42 into the frame, before adding another at the 6:12 mark for his 10th of the season to give the Dinos a commanding 5-1 lead. 

Josh Pillar would add the second goal of the game for the Huskies at 15:44 into the period, with assists from Chantz Petruic and Dawson Holt. Saskatchewan would head into the second intermission trailing 5-2. 
 
Scoring would end in the second period, as the third was very much a defensive battle. With no scoring and no penalties until the last minute of play, the game would end with a 5-2 win for the Dinos.  
 
With the loss, the Huskies now have a 9-2 record, while the Dinos improve to 8-2.  
 
The Huskies and Dinos hit the ice again on Saturday for game two of the weekend series. Puck drop is at 5:00 PM at Merlis Belsher Place.

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