The Bisons women’s hockey team lost the conference league final 5-1 and 1-0 to the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds in a weekend series on March 6 and 7.
In the first game on Friday, March 6, the Bisons lost to the UBC Thunderbirds after conceding one unanswered goal in period one and tying the second period. They conceded three more unanswered goals in the third period.
The Thunderbirds came determined into the game and scored their first goal in the fifth minute [05:24]. This was the only goal in the first period, and no player was sent to the penalty box.
In the second period, the Bisons came better, but no goal was scored until less than five minutes to the end of the period. Prior to the goal, Thunderbirds’ Mya Healey was sent to the penalty box for too many players. However, the Bisons did not take advantage of the power play. The Bisons eventually converted all the pressure into a goal in the 15th minute [15:36].
Less than two minutes [16:54] after the goal, the Thunderbirds’ Kailee Peppler was sent to the penalty box for hooking but, again, the Bisons could not take advantage of the power play. In the final minute [19:32] of the second period, the Thunderbirds struck again, and the period ended 2-1.
In the third period, at the eighth minute [08:06], the Bisons’ Sadie Keller was sent off for boarding. The Thunderbirds quickly took advantage of the power play, scoring their third goal in the eighth minute [08:44]. In the 12th minute [12:31], the Bisons’ Dana Goertzen was sent off two minutes for roughing, but the Thunderbirds could not capitalize on the power play this time. However, the fourth goal was scored a few seconds [14:39] after Goertzen returned from the penalty box. At 19:40, the Thunderbirds scored their fifth goal on an empty net, and the game ended 5-1. The Thunderbirds outshot the Bisons 25-9.
On Saturday, March 7, the Bisons lost 1-0 to the Thunderbirds. In the first period, no goal was scored by either team. Despite the Thunderbirds’ Ashton Thorpe being sent off for hooking, the Bisons could not capitalize on the power play, taking the 0-0 score into the second period.
In the first minute [01:18] of the second period, Bisons’ Louise Fergusson was sent off for tripping, giving the Thunderbirds a power play advantage. However, the score remained unchanged. Goertzen was sent off for bodychecking in the fifth minute [05:58]. Again, the Thunderbirds could not take advantage of the power play. However, with less than four minutes [16:09] to the end of the second period, Cassidy Rhodes gave the Thunderbirds a 1-0 lead.
In the last few seconds [19:44] of the third period, Fergusson was sent off for tripping again, but the Thunderbirds could not cause any more damage and won 1-0. The Thunderbirds outshot the Bisons 21-17.
