There aren’t too many ways a season could have ended in a more devastating way for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team last February.
The team led 1-0 in their opening playoff round against the Alberta Golden Bears, before falling by one goal in Game 2 to even up the best-of-three series.
That set up a winner-take-all Game 3 at Merlis Belsher Place, which was eventually captured by Alberta with a Daneel Lategan overtime tally to complete the reverse sweep and knock out the Huskies.
“It’s never fun to lose in those games in overtime,” said Huskies veteran defenceman Gunner Kinniburgh. “You feel like you were that close. I think we bring a lot of experience and remembering what that felt like will carry us through. It will be huge for us, I believe.”
Missing out on Canada West semi-finals by a single goal, the loss is still being felt by those in the Huskies …