LANGLEY, B.C. – Trinity Western fell 10-5 to No. 7-ranked Alberta on Friday at the George Preston Arena.
 
The Spartans (2-18-1) got an early 2-0 start courtesy of goals from Daine DuBois (Williams Lake, B.C.) and Mitchell Joss (Winnipeg), but the Golden Bears (14-5-2) motored back with five unanswered goals to put the game out of reach.
 
TWU's goals were scored by DuBois (6:00 1^st, 0:09 3^rd), Joss (11:58 1^st), Jonathan Krahn (Chilliwack, B.C.) (10:37 2^nd), and Joshua Bruce (Surrey, B.C.) (19:41 3^rd).
 
On the other end, the Golden Bears got goals from Justin Hall (15:09 1^st), Eric Florchuk (16:40 1^st, 14:52 2^nd), Jared Freadrich (1:18 2^nd, 10:21 2^nd), Josh Prokop (2:33 2^nd, 1:47 3^rd), Tyler Preziuso (12:49 2^nd), Daneel Lategan (12:02 3^rd), and Dylan Plouffe (15:29 3^rd).
 
In net, Spartans goaltender Raphael Audet (Rimouski, Que.) stopped 43 of the 52 shots he saw before being relieved by Berk Berkeliev (Calgary) – who stopped five of six attempts on his net. For Alberta, Matt Berlin earned his fourth victory of the season, making 19 saves on 24 TWU shots.
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The Spartans came out of the gates hot, riding a DuBois short-handed marker before Joss potted his 10^th goal of the season at the 11:58 mark. Still, the Golden Bears had an answer as Hall and Florchuk found the back of Audet's net to end the period at 2-2.
 
Alberta outscored the Spartans 5-1 in the second period, ending the frame at a 7-3 line favouring the visitors.

DuBois netted his second of the night only nine seconds into the third period to bring the Spartans within three, but Alberta rallied for three more goals in the final period. Bruce would end the night's scoring at 10-5.
 
NOTABLE

• Friday was TWU's highest scoring game since joining Canada West men's hockey. The Spartans recently broke their record on Jan. 6, 2023 (7-6 L vs. Saskatchewan)

UP NEXT
The Spartans rematch Alberta at the Langley Events Centre on Saturday (7:00 p.m.).