Back-to-back wins for Rustlers hockey club

TAYLOR WEAVER EDITOR

It was a busy weekend for the Lakeland College King’s Energy

Group Rustlers Hockey Club (5-4-1) as they hosted the SAIT Trojans (2-9-0) for back-toback homers at the Russ

Robertson Arena.

Currently on a threegame win streak, the Rustlers started the weekend campaign on Friday and came away with a 1-0 win over the Trojans. The Rustlers also outshot the Trojans 42-18.

Riding the high from Friday’s win, the Rustlers returned to the Russ for a 2 p.m. game on Saturday where they upset the Trojans 5-2.

Rustlers centre Hailey Carothers was first on the scoreboard at the 0:22 mark in the first frame before Kennedy Taylor lit the lamp at 1:15. Carothers would get another on the powerplay before SAIT made it a 3-1 game after 2o.

Lakeland’s Janay Williams put away an unassisted shorthanded goal at 9:17 in the second, making it a 4-1 game going into the third.

SAIT’s Tamryn Ward got a quick power-play goal 46 seconds into the third, but the nail in the coffin for the Trojans came at the hands of Rustlers winger Laiken Swan at the 12:02 mark.

The Rustlers travel to NAIT on Friday to face off against the Ooks before returning to the Russ on Saturday night to host the Ooks at 7 p.m.

The Rustlers also host the Red Deer Polytechnic Queens at the Russ on Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. before hitting the road to Red Deer on Feb. 4.