Box Score WINNIPEG - The Bison men's hockey team fell to the Calgary Dinos 3-0 on Nov. 15 at Wayne Fleming Arena. Undisciplined play by the Bisons made things easy for the visitors to protect a two-goal lead in the third period as Calgary split the weekend series after losing 4-1 the night before. Calgary received goals from defensemen Kodie Curran, Davis Vandane and foward Kevin King.

With the win, Calgary improves to 10-4-0 while Manitoba falls to 6-8-0 on the season.
 
Jacob DeSerres got the call and the shut out for the Dinos, after Kris Lazaruk let in four goals on 31 shots the night before. Meanwhile, Deven Dubyk got his 12th start of the season for the Herd.
 
Manitoba tried to ride the momentum of the previous night's victory to start the game. The Bisons had the first power play opportunity of the night, after Calgary's Kevin King was called for unsportsmanlike conduct, but couldn't beat DeSerres.
 
"We had clear-cut scoring opportunities that we didn't score on, and other times where we had a lot of pressure in the offensive zone and just didn't get a stick on a puck to put in a rebound," said Bisons head coach Mike Sirant.
 
Curran got the Dinos on the board first. He beat Dubyk in close for his team-leading 16^th point of the season, with Ryan Harrison and Elgin Pearce picking up assists. Calgary nearly scored another in the final minute of the period, but Warren Callis managed to clear the puck off the goal line. Shots were pretty even in the first, as the visitors took a 1-0 lead into the second period.

Calgary scored another just over five minutes into the second, as they continued to find scoring from the back end. Vandane's unleashed a hard shot from the blue line while on the rush, catching Dubyk by surprise. With the visitors up 2-0, the intensity of play ratcheted up as the Bisons pushed for a response. Manitoba had their best chance to score late in the second on the power play, but could not convert. Frustration seemed to set in for some on the home side as the Dinos continued to stifle the Bisons scorers heading into the third period.
 
"We shouldn't have been down 2-0 heading into the third period," said Sirant.
 
"Based on the play we had in the offensive zone and the chances we had, it should at least have been a 2-1, 2-2 game going into the third. And in the third, we just didn't have a chance."
 
Manitoba found themselves shorthanded early and often in the third. Bison forward Dylan Kelly was called for slashing after spraying DeSerres with snow. Moments after Kelly's minor penalty expired, Darren Bestland was sent off for roughing.  Manitoba's penalty troubles continued as Bestland found himself back in the penalty box on a hooking call les than a minute after his first penalty had expired. The Bisons did good work to kill the penalties, but the penalties allowed the Dinos to control the puck and kill clock with a two-goal lead.
 
Back at even strength, the Herd continued to work to create scoring chances. Things got real chippy after Bestland laid a huge hit around centre ice with just five minutes remaining in the game. The play resulted in offsetting roughing penalties, but was only a sign of things to come. Less than a minute later, the Bison penalty box was packed as Jesse Paradis and Josh Elmes received minors for slashing and Taylor Dickin was sent off for a 10-minute major.
 
Calgary capitalized on Manitoba's frustration, eating away at the remaining time. King iced it for the Dinos with an unassisted empty-net goal with 17 seconds remaining.

"We weren't satisfied with a split here," Said Sirant. "We played a real good performance Friday night, and we expected to continue that into tonight and come away with a second win."
 
''it was a good effort tonight, but not good enough. We've got to find ways to put a puck in the net and we didn't, and we took some uncharacteristic penalties in the third period that never got us a chance to mount a comeback."
 
The Bisons will head out west for their next two games against the UBC Thunderbirds on Nov. 22 and 23. The Dinos head back to Alberta for a home-and-home against the conference-leading Alberta Golden Bears.