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Manitoba 4, UBC 2 by UBC Department of Athletics |
October 26 - Despite mounting a third period charge, the Thunderbirds fell 4-2 to the Manitoba Bisons at the Winter Sports Centre on Friday night. The 'Birds found themselves heading into the third period down three goals, all of which came in the first period, where UBC took seven penalties. Despite only giving up one goal on the powerplay, the 'Birds were unable to maintain any offensive pressure and it showed in the shot totals, with UBC being outshot 31-10 after two periods. "There were definitely a couple times in the first period where we were caught chasing rather than initiating," said UBC head coach Dave Newson. "That was the difference in the third. We were initiating, and they were the ones taking the penalties." The T-Birds came out much stronger in the third, and threatened the Bisons' lead with two goals from Kirsten Mihalcheon and Hilary Spires, but Meghan Ross put any hopes of a comeback to rest when she restored Manitoba's lead to two goals with just under nine minutes remaining. The Bisons were able to hold on to that lead and improve their record to a perfect 5-0-0 with a 4-2 win. UBC is still in search of it's first win, as they fall to 0-5-0 to begin the year. Stacey Corfield saved 26 of 28 shots for the win, while UBC's Melinda Choy stopped 36 of 40 in a losing effort. "The third period was positive for us, but the big negative is that we aren't gonna win many games if we come out and play one period with urgency," said Newson. "We need to start games and complete them with urgency. The good news is we showed what we are capable of against a pretty good team when we bring our A game." Stephanie Messner opened the scoring for Manitoba on the powerplay at 11:36 of the first period. Addie Miles and Sarah Stebelski had the other two first period markers for the Bisons. The same teams will meet again tomorrow at the Winter Sports Centre, where Manitoba will once again put it's perfect record on the line, and UBC will be in search of their first win of the year. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
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