The Calgary Dinos needed a hero to send them off to the University Cup and former Prince George Cougar Josh Maser was happy to oblige.
The 23-year-old from Houston scored with 3:16 left in the third and deciding game of the U SPORTS Canada West Conference men’s hockey final Sunday in Calgary in a 2-1 victory over the Alberta Golden Bears.
Maser’s goal, his fourth in six playoff games, gave the Dinos a 2-1 series victory in the Canada West final.
Another former Cougar forward, Tyson Upper, scored the tying goal Sunday, 10 minutes into the third period.
The Dinos, who went into the playoffs on a conference-record 23-game winning streak, and the Golden Bears, their archrivals from Edmonton, will both advance to the University Cup national championship tournament, March 16-19 in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Maser is a former Cougar captain who played four seasons in Prince George from 2016-20. The arts major is in in his second year at U of C.
He had a goal and an assist in the Dinos’ 3-2 win Friday in Game 1 of the best-of-three final. Maser also drew an assist in Calgary’s 5-4 overtime loss on Saturday.
Upper, a 21-year-old native of Calgary, is also in his sophomore season with the Dinos, having played three years with the Cougars from 2018-21.
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