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Nothing quite like going back-to-back for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team.
For the second consecutive season, the Huskies are the best in Canada West after a 4-2 victory in Game 2 of Canada West men’s hockey finals to sweep the best-of-three series over the Mount Royal Cougars in Calgary.
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The Huskies are celebrating their 13th conference title in program history and will be raising another banner inside Merlis Belsher Place following the victory.
Coming off a 5-0 shutout victory in Game 1 of the series on Friday night following a hat-trick from Chantz Petruic and 33 saves from goaltender Nolan Maier, the Huskies entered Saturday’s game with a chance at closing out the series.
The Huskies needed just 4:38 to open the scoring on Saturday, as Dawson Holt finished off a passing play off the rush to beat Mount Royal goaltender Shane Farkas.
Holt’s offensive prowess was on display later in the period with a highlight-reel pass to Carter Stebbings after batting the puck out of the air, setting up the former Swift Current Broncos for the 2-0 goal.
Near the midway mark of the second period, that lead stretched to 3-0 with Petruic springing Canada West rookie of the year Conner Roulette on a breakaway who buried the puck for the insurance goal.
Huskies continued to strike in the middle frame on the power play with 4:31 remaining, as Chase Bertholet sniped a shot past Farkas off the post and in to put the visitors comfortably out front with 20 minutes to go.
Mount Royal tallied back-to-back goals in the third period from Josh Tarzwell and Clay Hanus to cut the deficit to 4-2 with 7:09 remaining, but Maier shut the door the rest of the way to preserve the Game 2 championship victory.
In his first Canada West playoff run, Maier was named the series’ most valuable player with just two goals allowed on 63 shots against.
The win comes nearly a year to the day after the Huskies won their first Canada West championship since 2020, blanking the Cougars 3-0 in a winner-take-all Game 3 contest at Merlis Belsher Place.
Read more:
- Huskies survive low-scoring affair, advance to U Sports women’s basketball championship game
- Huskies aim to repeat in Canada West men’s hockey final rematch with Mount Royal
- Huskies men’s hockey team set for UBC rematch in Canada West semis
Both the Huskies and Cougars will now advance to the 2026 U Sports University Cup in Halifax, N.S. which will run March 19 to 22.
Last year, the Huskies brought home a national bronze medal following a 4-1 victory over the TMU Bold.
