WINNIPEG - The Manitoba Bisons (7-4-0-0) returned to Wayne Fleming Arena Friday night, picking up their third win in a row with a 3-0 shutout of the Calgary Dinos (5-5-0-1).
Neither team would find the net early, though the Bisons would control the attempts, leading 13-4 in shots on goal after the first. Mid-way through the second,
Seanna Price would get on her horse to catch up to a
Addilyn Nohlgren (third assist) play down the ice and hold off the Calgary defender while putting a one-handed backhand over the pad of the Dinos' Alyssa Barrette to open the scoring at 8:19. Manitoba would again win the shot battle 9-5, for a total of 22-9, and a 1-0 lead.
Norah Collins would find the puck on the half-wall in the Bisons' zone and turn the jets on, taking it all the way down with a top-shelf backhand shot for her conference-leading eighth goal of the season at 10:37.
Sadie Keller would pick up her sixth assist to move into a tie for the team lead with
Claire Moorman, and
Julia Bilous would get her second.
Sara Harbus would round out the scoring with her second into an empty net, cleaning up a shot off the post from
Norah Collins, who gets her first assist of the season at 19:46.
Jenna Goertzen (7-2-0-0) picks up her U SPORTS-leading seventh win of the season, stopping all 16 shots she faced for her fourth shutout of the season - also leading the nation - and lowering her goals against average to 1.00, first in the conference and second in the country. Alyssa Barrette (1-2-0-0) stopped 33 of 35 saves in the loss.
Round two goes in an afternoon tilt, as the teams meet at Wayne Fleming Arena Saturday at 2:00 MBT.
Tickets are available here.
