REGINA – Sydney Mercier scored the decisive goal as the University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team beat the University of Regina Cougars 5-4 on Friday night.
The Dinos picked up their first win of the season in their first road game, improving their record to 1-1-0-1, while Regina drops to 1-2.
The two teams were tied four times in a thrilling back-and-forth contest. Sophia Zuck opened the scoring after 6:34 into the first period for the Dinos, before Aliyah Teixeira answered for Regina at 10:17.
The second period saw the most scores of the night. Amy Dvernichuk put the Cougars ahead 35 seconds in, but Mikayla Blomquist tied ithe scores soon after before April Klarenbach gave Calgary the lead just 44 seconds later to put her side ahead. Tessa Stewart tied it again for Regina at 11:40, when Evelyn Lawrence restored the Dinos' lead with nine seconds left in the period.
Jade Pelland tied the game once again 6:35 into the third, but Calgary responded quickly. Mercier broke the 4-4 tie at 8:10 on a feed from Lawrence and Brooklin Fry, and the Dinos held on from there. It was Mercier's third goal of the season, and she has now scored in each of Calgary's three games. She also assisted on Blomquist's goal and led the Dinos with six shots on net. Alyssa Barrette made 18 saves for Calgary, while Amy Swayze stopped 36 shots for Regina.
Fry assisted on three of Calgary's goals. Blomquist and Lawrence each had a goal and an assist, and Jada Johns led all shooters with seven shots.
The Dinos will return to action Saturday, Oct. 17 when they travel to face the Cougars again. The game can be seen live on Canada West TV.
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