VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds earned a third straight win with a 5-1 victory over the University of Calgary Dinos men's hockey team on Friday night.

Breaking out a 3-0 lead by the early stages of the second period, the T-Birds (7-5-1) limited the Dinos (6-4-1) to just 15 total shots including two in the final period.

A physical opening period, which came as little surprise to anyone who has paid attention to this rivalry in recent years, saw the Thunderbirds slowly take control after the Dinos held the early edge in puck possession and offensive zone time. 

Josh Williams got the T-Birds on the board with his fourth of the season at the 12:36 mark. Carl Tetachuk made the initial save off a deflection from a Matthew Smith point shot, but the third-year T-Bird put his own rebound past the Dinos netminder for his third goal in as many games.

Tian Rask doubled UBC's lead with just 20 seconds remaining in the first with a sharp angle try that snuck in short side.

Sasha Mutala took a beautiful spin-o-rama centring feed from Sam Huo early in the second to extend UBC's lead to 3-0.

The Dinos got one back on what proved to be their only goal of the contest at 15:34 when Dinos captain Noah King scored his second of the season with a point shot on the power play. 

But UBC restored their three-goal advantage just 46 seconds later with Huo's team-leading sixth of the season. Jake Lee stole the puck high in the offensive zone and fed it to the slot for Huo who snapped it over Tetachuk's glove.

Lee earned his second assist of the night on Cyle McNabb's second of the season five-and-a-half minutes into the third. 

Puck drop for the final home tilt this regular season against the Dinos is set for 4:00 p.m. MT Saturday at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.