Lethbridge – Calgary Dinos completed the weekend sweep of the home-and-home series with the Lethbridge Pronghorns, winning 5-3 in regulation.
 
Hayley Wickenheiser, Tanya Morgan, Calaine Inglis, Erika Mitschke and Stephanie Zvonkovic tallied goals for the Dinos while Ashley Beattie, Jenna-Marie Durnin, and Chelsea Minor replied for the Pronghorns.
 
‘Horns net-minder Crystal Patterson turned aside 26 shots while Dinos’ Amanda Tapp made 17 saves on the night.
 
Boxscore
 
An early power play opportunity provided Lethbridge with the game’s first goal. Ballendine’s wrister from the slot was deflected wide but Captain Ashley Beattie quickly corralled the loose rebound, beating Dinos’ Amanda Tapp high blocker side for her first of the season.
 
Calgary bounced back less than two minutes later as Wickenheiser circled behind the net and found captain Tanya Morgan in front who would find the back of the net.
 
Capitalizing on a power play of their own, Dinos’ Inglis, taking a clean pass from Wickenheiser, notched another for the visiting team as Calgary took their first lead of the game.
 
Keeping things consistent, Lethbridge answered back in less than sixty seconds, as Chelsea Minor’s shot from the circle managed to sneak through a crowd and in, tying the game back up 2-2.
 
The ‘Horns pressed on and quickly recovered the lead as Durnin’s hard shot from the top of the circle slid through the legs of an unsuspecting Tapp, making it 3-2.
 
As a wild opening frame drew to a close, Mitschke would add another for the Dinos, tying things right back up as both teams retired to the locker room after an action-packed opening twenty minutes.
 
A sharp angle shot by Wickenheiser managed to find an opening as Calgary re-established a one goal lead midway through the second, which proved to be the only scoring in the second frame.
 
After a largely uneventful second period, shots favored the Dinos 20-14.
 
Calgary would add another one at 15:17 in the third frame as first-year Zvonkovic blasted a rocket from just inside the blue line that streaked through traffic and into the back of the net.
 
With this win, Calgary improves to 12-4-0, moving into a second place tie with the Alberta Pandas in Canada West, while Lethbridge now sits fourth at 10-7-1.
 
The Pronghorns host the University of Alberta Pandas next weekend for a two-game weekend series, January 20^th and 21^st at Nicholas Sheran Arena. The Dinos head to Vancouver where they face off against the UBC Thunderbirds at the Doug Mitchell Winter Sports Centre.