October 6 - The University of Manitoba Bisons recorded their second victory over the University of Regina in as many nights after defeating the Cougars by a 3-0 score in Canada West men's hockey action at the Brandt Centre on Saturday night.

The Cougars actually outshot Manitoba by a wide margin (31-17) but Bison goalie Krister Toews was stellar all night, stopping all 31 Regina shots to record his first shutout of the season.

Manitoba opened up the scoring eight minutes into the first. With Regina's Ryan Martin in the penalty box serving a hooking penalty, defenceman Stewart Thiessen stepped into a slap shot from the top of the left circle and rifled it off the right post and in.

Rookie forward Kyle Howarth scored the first goal of his CIS career later in the first period, notching an unassisted marker to put the Bisons up by two.

The score remained 2-0 until the waning moments of the third period, when Manitoba defenceman Kip Workman's clearing attempt sailed about 190 feet straight into the Cougars' empty net, which goalie Adam Ward had vacated seconds earlier in favour of an extra attacker.

Manitoba's win improves its Canada West record to 2-0-0, while the Cougars drop to 0-3-1.

Manitoba will travel down South to play the #1 ranked University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux in an exhibition game on Sunday, October 7 at 6:07 p.m.

The Bisons will play their homeopener next weekend with a two-game series against undefeated Saskatchewan (2-0-0). Regina will play a two-game non-conference series at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont.

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