It's hard to imagine that CIS hockey could have had any better showcase than it did during No. 2 Alberta's home series vs. No. 3 Saskatchewan, which the Golden Bears swept, just barely, winning 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday after taking the first game 6-5 in overtime in Friday.
The second game, when the U of A's Jesse Gimblett, an Ontario boy amid all that Prairie stock, scored to force overtime, even drew a crowd of 1,241. That came on a night when the CIS game was up against an Oilers-Flames match on Hockey Night in Canada. Let that be a standard for other schools to shoot for.
Much obliged to Andy Grabia at Battle of Alberta for the heads-up.
The other battle in Alberta...
even drew a crowd of 1,241.
ReplyDeleteI thought it looked empty for a Saturday night game, actually. Normally there'd be more people at the game. There was a basketball game on next door, and the BoA game was on HNIC. That might have impacted attendance.
Shows what I know here in Ontario, A.G.!
ReplyDeleteA lot of teams would love to have that crowd out any night.
GAME ONE OF THE SERIES HAD OVER 2000 ON FRIDAY. TWO GOOD, BUT VERY DIFFERENT TEAMS. ALBERTA MORE OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER, SASKATCHWAN FAR MORE PHYSICAL
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