The #6 Bison women's hockey team stay at home as they host the Lethbridge Pronghorns on January 20-21 weekend at the Wayne Fleming Arena (U of M Fort Garry campus). Puck drop versus the Pronghorns will be 7 p.m. CT on Friday and 1 p.m. CT on Saturday. Tickets available at the Arena door. The University of Manitoba Bisons has designated their Bell Let's Talk event at the Fort Garry campus on Friday, January 20.

The Bisons look to continue their winning ways at home as Manitoba holds a 5-3-1-1 record so far at Wayne Fleming Arena this season and plays second consecutive weekend at home.

Heading into the two game weekend series, Manitoba sits in third place in the Canada West standings entering the weekend with a 10-5-3-2 record for 38 points (three points given out for regulation win) and one point back of second place Alberta, five points ahead of Saskatchewan. Lethbridge is seventh in the eight team conference with a 3-13-1-3 record for 14 points and has gone 1-9 in last ten games.

This is the second weekend series between the two teams this conference season. Earlier in 2016-17, the Herd swept the Pronghorns on the road (W 2-0 on Oct. 7/16 and W 6-1 on Oct. 8/16).

Manitoba has four players in the Canada West Top 15 scoring. For the Bisons, third year forward Lauryn Keen is tied for third place with 19 points (six goals, 13 assists), third year forward Venla Hovi (7g, 8a) is tied for ninth with 15 points while third year forward Alanna Sharman (7g, 7a) is tied for 11th with 14 points and third year defenceman Alexandra Anderson (3g, 10a) is tied for 15th with 13 points. Keen is tied for third in Canada West with 13 assists while Hovi, Sharman are T-7th with seven goals.

In the nets, Bison fourth year netminder Rachel Dyck has played in 15 conference regular season games and in third place in Goals Against Average with 1.47, second in Save Percentage at .935, tied for first with ten conference wins, first with four shutouts. Bison fourth year goalie Amanda Schubert has 1.83 GAA with .896 Save Pct. and three conference wins plus one shutout.

Bison Notes: Manitoba has allowed the third lowest goals against so far this conference season at 34 and scored the second most goals in Canada West with 59, heading into the weekend series.