The Mount Royal University Cougars defeated the University of Manitoba Bisons 4-0 for their second victory in as many nights.
 
MRU drew first blood early in the game. Third year forward, Athena Hauck picked up the puck with space at the top of the circle and ripped a wrister past Bisons netminder, Emily Shippam.
 
The Bisons pushed back and found a breakaway, but Kaitlyn Ross flashed the leather to keep Manitoba off the board. Ross, who was making her second straight start, has been solid all season.
 
In the second period, both teams were shaken up by a scary incident. Camryn Amundson was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for crosschecking Bisons' defenceman, Bailey Fiala. Fiala stayed down for a few minutes and had to be helped off the ice by athletic therapy staff.
 
The Cougars killed off the five-minute Bisons powerplay with Ross standing tall and her penalty killers keeping the play to the outside.
 
Mount Royal gained their own powerplay immediately after killing the major. MacKenzie Butz slapped a shot that made its way through the screens untouched and went post-and-in.
 
Despite late period pressure by Manitoba, MRU headed into the intermission up 2-0.
 
Halfway through the third, the Cougars extended their lead. Morgan Ramsay scored from her knees off a centering pass by Hauck.
 
With under two minutes to play, Tatum Amy banged in a loose puck to make it 4-0 for MRU.
 
Ross registered the shutout, and the Cougars took two of two wins against Manitoba this weekend.