The Cougars won the third and deciding game 2-1, with forward Sydney Benko scoring the winning goal on the power play with just over five minutes left."I knew there wasn't much time left in the game, so it was pretty crazy to be the one to score the goal. I can't give enough credit to my teammates. We played unreal all game, so just having that moment with them was something I'll never forget."She allowed just two goals in the three games.
The Thunderbirds are the defending Canada West champs and finished in first place in the regular season.The T-Birds won the first game 2-0.Benko says the Cougars have a lot of momentum heading into the final. "I think we just need to stick to what we've been doing the last two weekends. We've played a lot of hockey recently, six games in the last nine days." She said.
"I think if we stick to our keys, the momentum we have will keep us rolling and just keeping it simple and not making anything too complicated.""It's going to be a tough battle," she said. "But we've had two playoff series under our belt and we've faced them before. We split with them and kind of know what we're expecting and we know we just have to stick to our game and I think we're on a roll right now, so I think we'll be good."Friday, March 5; Mount Royal @ UBC; 8 p.m. MT