EDMONTON — Alli Borrow, Emma Tait and Sophia Zuck all scored in the second period and Amelia Awad tallied 22 saves in her first U SPORTS start in goal as the University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team finished the regular season with a 3-1 win over the MacEwan Griffins Saturday evening from the Downtown Community Arena.

The win is the fourth in a row for the Dinos, who finish the regular season at 15-9-4 and are heading into the postseason as winners in nine of their last 11 and have dropped just four points since the start of December.

Meanwhile, MacEwan closes out the year with a 6-20-2 mark.

The first period was filled with back-and-forth action as Griffins goaltender Brianna Sank and Dinos goalie Amelia Awad had to be at their best. The Dinos outshot MacEwan 12-7, and Sank made arguably the best save of the season, not just for the Griffins, but throughout the entire conference. Sank flew across and made a diving stick save with the paddle of her stick, denying Dinos forward Rebecca Clarke, midway through the opening period.

Sank made 39 saves in the loss for MacEwan.

After a scoreless opening frame, the Dinos opened the scoring just 29 seconds into the second period as Borrow cashed in a loose puck in the crease for a Dinos power play marker. The goal is the 15th of the year for the senior from Clearwater, B.C., giving her the Canada West scoring title for the season.

Penalty trouble hurt the Griffins in the second period as they had to kill off four straight penalties, including a double-minor.

MacEwan killed off the rest of their penalties in the second period, but Calgary was able to steal momentum away.

Tait would score her first goal of the season at the 5:48 mark of the period, and Zuck broke in on a two-on-one and elected to shoot and she made no mistake beating Sank with a perfect shot, top corner.

Despite the three-goal deficit, the Griffins weren't going to back down. They knew a comeback would be tough, but they were determined to finish their season on a positive note.

They certainly did as they put together one of the better periods of their season, and Allee Isley's silky tip in from a point shot from Sydney Hughson would get the Griffins on the board with 5:07 left in the game.

It was an emotional night for the Griffins graduating players, as the team said goodbye to several of their longtime players, who had ties to their time playing in the ACAC.

For the Dinos, they now finish as the fourth seed in this year's Canada West standings and return to Calgary for a home playoff series against fifth-seeded Saskatchewan starting Friday.

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