Thanks to their first sweep of the season over the Pronghorns the Huskies men’s hockey team reached .500 on the season.

The Huskies men’s hockey team swept the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns on Oct. 25 and 26 at Rutherford Rink in Saskatoon. The Dogs are now 4-4 on the season and are tied for third in Canada West with the University of Regina Cougars.

Derek Hulak was the main offensive force in a 5-2 win for the Huskies on Friday night, scoring two goals and adding two assists to lead the home team to victory.

Rookie Charles Inglis opened scoring for the Huskies when he buried a goal off of a tic-tac-toe play five minutes into the first period. Captain Brennan Bosch and Hulak assisted on the play during a one man advantage for the Dogs. Hulak recorded his first goal of the night 13 minutes later when he snapped a long rebound past Pronghorns goalie Damien Ketlo.

Hulak scored his second point at 2:51 into the second frame while the Dogs were short handed. After intercepting a pass in the neutral zone, Hulak broke away towards the net and beat Ketlo stickside to push the Huskies’ lead to 3-0. Less than five minutes later Hulak sent a cross-ice pass toward Bosch, which he quickly netted for a 4-0 home team advantage.

Lethbridge got on the board four minutes into the third period when Cass Mappin snuck the puck past Huskies netminder Ryan Holfeld. Six minutes later the Pronghorns brought the score to 4-2 after Daniel Iwanski’s goal.

The Pronghorns had a chance to cut the lead down even further when the Huskies took a five minute major and two minute cross-checking penalty in the final five minutes of the game, but the visiting team could not find the net.

Kenton Dulle scored the final goal of the night for the Dogs into an empty Pronghorns net while the Huskies were short handed.

The Huskies outshot the Pronghorns 40-26 and Holfeld made 24 saves while Damien made 35.

The Dogs posted a convincing 7-0 win over the Pronghorns on Saturday night. The Huskies were potent during power plays, with four of their goals coming during a one man advantage.

Ryan McDonald started scoring for the home side two minutes into the game, firing a slap shot through the five-hole of Pronghorns goalie Damien Ketlo during a power play. At 7:51 in the same frame Sean Aschim scored off a penalty shot into the top of the net.

In the second period the Huskies extended their lead to 3-0 on yet another power play after a pass from Inglis set Jesse Ross up for a backhand goal. The Dogs scored two more goals before the period was over, one from Bosch and another from Andrew Bailey, putting the score at 5-0 for the home team.

The Huskies weren’t finished scoring yet and added their final two goals during the third period. At 1:21 into the frame Josh Roach scored on a breakaway and at 10:04 McDonald scored his second power play goal of the night to cap off scoring.

The Huskies travel to Calgary to take on the University of Calgary Dinos on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2.

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