CALGARY – The University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team saw their four-game winning streak come to an end on Friday night, falling 4–2 to the Mount Royal Cougars at Father David Bauer Arena.

Mount Royal opened the scoring early, striking just two minutes into the first period when Jordyn Hutt buried a feed from Gabby Lindsay and Kaia Borbandy. Calgary responded well and drew a power play late in the frame, and the Dinos made it count as Hannah Reagh wired home her fourth of the season from April Klarenbach and Alex Spence to send the game into the first intermission tied 1–1.

The second period remained tight and physical, with both teams trading penalties but neither able to break through. Calgary spent significant time on the kill, forced to weather back-to-back penalties late in the period but held firm to keep the score deadlocked heading into the third.

Mount Royal finally broke the tie just four minutes into the third when Sydney Benko scored unassisted. The Cougars extended their lead minutes later as Borbandy tucked home what would stand as the game-winner at the eight minute mark.

Refusing to fold, the Dinos clawed back within one with Evelyn Lawrence finishing a rush started by Reagh to make it 3–2 and tilt the momentum back in Calgary's favour. With time winding down, the Dinos pulled goaltender Amelia Awad for the extra attacker, pressing for the equalizer but Mount Royal's Jerzey Watteyne sealed the result with an empty-netter with less than a second left in the game.

Head coach Josh Gosling credited his team's effort in the loss but also knows where they need to adjust to grab a win across town on Saturday night.

"Our players worked hard, our team worked hard. They gave us everything they got," Gosling said. "Our details put us in a tough spot and at the end of the day we have to be better for tomorrow, We gotta be ready to go." 

The loss marks the end of Calgary's four-game win streak, and saw the Dinos fall one point behind the Cougars into second place in the East Division.

The teams meet again Saturday at Flames Community Arena with puck drop at 5 p.m. as the Dinos look to bounce back and split the weekend series.

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