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Game Information
Date Fri/Sat, Jan. 26-27
Time 7 p.m.
Location Saskatoon, SK
Venue Rutherford Rink
Series ('99) SSK leads 41-25-2
Home SSK leads 23-12
Current Streak SSK W 2
Last Meeting Nov. 11, 2017
SSK 2 @ UBC 1
5 Things
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With six games left in the Canada West season, the Huskies have clinched one of six playoff spots. Four points separate the top four teams, with UBC sitting in first.
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The Huskies are 43-26-2 overall versus the T-Birds. Earlier this season, the Huskies swept the then-No.1UBC in Vancouver.
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Jessica Vance has the second lowest GAA at .820 in the conference while her .961 save percentage has her tied for first.
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The Huskies have surrendered 26 goals all year, the only mark in the conference below 30.
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The Huskies raised $5,760 for cancer research at their 2017-18 Play For A Cure game on January 5.
By The Numbers
3 - The T-Birds have three forwards in the CW's top 10 for scoring. Only Alberta (4) has more.
6 - Shutouts in 2017-18 by Jessica Vance.
16 - Points by fifth-year Kaitlin Willougby, third-most in the conference.
22 - Shots surrendered by Saskatchewan last weekend in Calgary, their lowest series total this year.
Scouting The Thunderbirds
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Fifth-year Kristen Toth has 2.77 PIMs per game, second highest in the conference.
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Third-year Hannah Clayton-Carroll has 11 goals thus far, tied for first in the conference.
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Second-year Tory Micklash has 10 wins between the pipes, the only double-digit mark in the conference.
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The Thunderbirds enter the weekend the hottest team in the conference at 8-0-2 in their last 10 games.