Western upsets Saskatchewan in U Sports men’s hockey championship quarters

The seventh-seeded Western Mustangs upset the No. 2 Saskatchewan Huskies 3-2 in the opening quarterfinal at the U Sports men’s hockey championship on Thursday.

Reed Morison, Cordell James and Stephen Desrocher scored for the Mustangs, who finished third in the Ontario conference to earn their University Cup berth.

Carson Stadnyk and Sam Ruopp scored for the Canada West champion Huskies, who were making their fifth consecutive appearance at the University Cup.

Mustangs goaltender Luke Peresinni made 26 saves for the win.

The Mustangs will face the winner of Thursday’s evening quarterfinal between the No. 3 Guelph Gryphons and No. 6 Saint Mary’s Huskies in semifinal action on Saturday.

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The No. 1 New Brunswick Varsity Reds face the No. 8 UBC Thunderbirds and the No. 4 Ottawa Gee-Gees face the No. 5 Acadia Axemen in quarterfinals on Thursday.

The final is Sunday.

Mount Royal grabs overtime winner in women’s QF

The Mount Royal Cougars made a winning debut at the U Sports women’s hockey championship.

In the Calgary school’s first appearance at the event, the No. 7 seeds upset the No. 2 University of Toronto Varsity Blues 2-1 in overtime in the first quarterfinal on Thursday.

Tatum Amy scored the winner 1:32 into overtime.

Camryn Amundson also scored for the Cougars, while Mathilde De Serres replied for the Varsity Blues.

The Cougars will face the winner of the Thursday evening quarterfinal between the No. 3 St. Francis Xavier X-Women and No. 6 Montreal Carabins in semifinal play on Saturday.

The No. 1 Alberta Pandas face the No. 8 PEI Panthers and the No. 4 McGill Martlets meet the No. 5 York Lions in quarterfinals Thursday.

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