CALGARY – A night after receiving their first loss of the season, the Mount Royal Cougars responded and beat the University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team 2-1 on Saturday at Flames Community Arenas.

The victory moves Mount Royal to a 5-1-0 record while the Dinos fall to 3-2-1.

Mount Royal went to work on a power play mid-way through the first and applied sustained pressure on the Dinos. However, Calgary was getting in the way of almost every shot the Cougars took and would not allow the puck to reach the net.

April Klarenbach gave Calgary the period's best scoring chance when she barely missed a point-blank shot from the low slot while on the power play. 

Early in the second, Mount Royal team captain Lyndsey Janes skillfully stole the puck from a Calgary defender at the blue line. Janes propelled herself to a breakaway and attempted to deke Amelia Awad, but the Dinos netminder held firm and kept the game tied at zero.

Shortly after the near chance, the Cougars finally broke the deadlock. Lyvia Butz gathered the puck behind the Calgary net and fed a pass to Jordyn Hutt, who was positioned at the bottom of the faceoff circle. Hutt fired a low shot, squeaking through Awad's pads and trickling across the line.

Five minutes into the final frame, the Dinos knotted things up at one. In a play similar to Mount Royal's goal, Calgary winger Solana Cooper whipped a pass across the centre of the ice to a wide-open Caitlyn Perlinger. The blueliner one-timed a shot low and hard, beating Kaitlyn Ross to even the score.

The Cougars were determined to regain the lead, and five minutes after Perlinger tied it up for the Dinos, Mount Royal took back the momentum.

After being stopped on a breakaway earlier in the game, Janes found the back of the net. A Dinos defensive breakdown gave Janes an abundance of time and space, allowing her to shoot one past the glove of Awad.

Calgary was awarded two late power plays but was unable to convert as the Mount Royal's defence stayed strong and held on for the win.

The Dinos will travel to the west coast next weekend for a matchup versus the Trinity Western Spartans, while the Cougars will host the Saskatchewan Huskies. Both weekend sets start on Friday, Oct. 25.