The University of Manitoba men’s hockey team played a tough home series against the second-ranked University of Saskatchewan Huskies this weekend. The Bisons lost a close game on Friday, falling 2-1 in overtime, but came out with a big 5-2 win on Saturday.
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This weekend the Bison men’s hockey team was in Edmonton to take on the Alberta Golden Bears in a two-game series. The Bisons lost 6-3 on Friday night, and were bested 5-2 on Saturday.
This weekend, the sixth-ranked University of Manitoba women’s hockey team took on the Alberta Pandas in a two-game series at home. They lost 4-3 in a shootout on Friday night, and were shutout 1-0 on Saturday afternoon.
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On Saturday afternoon at the Wayne Fleming arena, the Bisons and Pronghorns did battle again, this time with the herd coming out on top with a 6-4 victory to split the weekend series.
The Bisons outshot the Pronghorns 32-24 but were unable to get enough past Garret Hughson, who was dynamite for the Pronghorns in goal.
The Dinos were the team to knock Manitoba out of the playoffs last season, and they got the better of them on Friday with a comeback 4-3 win. Manitoba came out strong in Saturday’s contest and took the game 3-2 to manage a split.