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SPORT B2 MONDAY. MARCH 21, 2016 CALQARY HERALD Carabins take crown in women's CIS hockey spelled the end for veteran UBC netminder Danielle Dube. At the other end, Marie-Pier Chabot continued her stellar play, notching her second shutout in three games. She was chosen as tournament MVP. "It's the best moment of my hockey career, for sure," said the third-year goalie.

"If so easy to play well with this team, they play so well defensively. They make my job so much easier. We put it in the net every chance we get and it makes it so much easier to play when you get the lead." Also scoring for Montreal were Alexandra Paradis, Casandra Du-puis, Maude Laramee, Emmanu-elle Passard and Ariane Barker. The Dinos, meanwhile, rebounded smartly from a heartbreaking loss to Montreal in their tournament opener. The next morning they dumped Western Mustangs 3-1, then early Sunday took care of the Tommies in the consolation final.

"I talked to them about how proud I am of them," Calgary head coach Danielle Goyette explained. "I told them this team is some-thingspeciaL If a team that never quit We didn't have a good start of the season and we had that window of hope to make the playoffs and they went after it "We lost our game against Montreal and they went to the final. Man, we showed up today," she said. "I keep telling them, you build your life with what you go through. Ifs not how many times you fall down, ifs how many times you're going to get up.

And this team this year just keeps getting up." In Sunday's game, graduating forward and all-Canadian Iya Gavrilova had a goal and two assists, while Delaney Frey, Sasha Vafina and Heather Berzins added singles. Hayley Dowling made 33 saves for the shutout "Iya is a great player, but when you think about four years ago when she came to the program, Iya had a problem with the defensive zone," chuckled Goyette. "She improvedso much because of the work she's put into it, on and off the ice. She's such a great role model for our student-athletes." RITA MINGO The moral of the story on Sunday afternoon, determined quite early on, was this: Stay out of the penalty box or the Montreal Carabins will make you pay. Alas, the UBC Thunderbirds paid the heftiest price, with the loss of an opportunity to win their first CIS women's hockey title.

Special teams, as in alethal pow-erplay and a smart penalty-kill, help make up one special team and the Carabins proved that Sunday in Calgary, winning their second national crown the first came in 2013 with an 8-0 whitewash of the Thunderbirds. "It means that after winninggold, we kept moving in the right direction, having this program continue to progress to what we are today," said head coach Isabelle Leclaire. "The future is really bright for us. We lose four huge pieces, but if you look at the young players, we have abright future and that" very encouraging." Not so much for the rest of the country. Saint Mary's claimed its first bronze medal with a 3-1 upset over the top-seeded Guelph Gryphons hile the host Calgary Dinos ended the tournament on an up-side, blankingSL Thomas Tommies 4-0 to finish in fifth place.

The opportunistic Carabins, the Quebec champs, made the most of their chances, scoring on just 18 shots. It's not the first time they've been outshot in this tournament but, unlike other teams, they bury the ones they get "Thaf what I like about this edition," saidLeclaire. "Here wedidn't get many shots while in the regular season we have an average of 40 shots per game. What we learned is you have to find a way to win, if we stick to the plan." "I'm very proud of the team," pitched in Alexandra Labelle, who had a hat trick. "The Carabins get a lot of good opportunities.

And we have a really good goalie. She had a great season in Quebec and she had the confidence." Montreal's fourth powerplay goal and fifth overall, coming on just 10 shots at 17:05 of the second, Members of the Carleton Ravens gather around the W.P. McGee Trophy following their 101-79 victory over the Calgary Dinos in the final of the CIS men's basketball tournament in Vancouver Sunday. It marks the sixth straight year that the Ravens have won the championship and 12th time in the last 14 years, mark van manen Ravens' defensive game plan a rousing success were," Cooper said in the post-game interview room before being handed a final box score. "Oh my God.

Sixteen threes," he continued. "No one did that to us all year. Six-time champs. They just proved why." Added Calgary head coach Dan Vanhooren: "And some of those (threes) were right at the end of the shot clock when we di all the right things. That can be disappointing.

We made our runs at them. We sot "But today it was everybody." Energized by their defence, Carleton got eight players into their first-half scoring mix, five ofwhom scored six or more points. The Ravens continued to exert their dominance throughout the third quarter, but Calgary's 8-2 run just past the midway mark of the frame caught coach Smarf attention and he immediately brought rising star forward Ryan Ejim off the bench. All Ejim proceeded to do was score three straight baskets and set the tone for the remainder of the contest. The Ravens' balance? On the night, five of them ftn-ishedin double-figures on offence.

Behind Wood and Resch, Kaza Ka-jami-Keane had 15, Payen Boucard and Ejim 12 points each. "It was great to see Gavin and Connor really get us going," said Smart "Kaza was really creating for them and Guillaume did a great job of wearing (Cooper) down. (Calgary) is a great team and we had to be firing on all cylinders to beat them." Three Ravens were picked CIS Final 8 all-stars: Boucard, Ejim and Wood. Joiningthem were Calgary's Cooper and Ryerson's Adika DINOS FROM Bl Multiple points of attack. Everyone ready to step up based on evolving matchups.

And most importantly, everything stemming from its commitment to team defence. Thatmuch was apparent right off the openingtip with key plays coming from a pair of fifth -year seniors. Forward Guillaume Payen Bou-card twice blocked Dinos' star guard Thomas Cooper before the game was even a minute old. And guard Gavin Resch twice drew charges in the paint on drives by both David Kapinga and Cooper. Those hustle plays keyed not only transition points, but efficient half-court ball movement to the degree that Carleton got 16 triples (16-of-36) from five different players on the night Defensively, the game plan was to make Cooper work for his buckets, but even more so, to hold back the rest of the Dinos' lineup.

With a 48-32 lead at the break, it was a rousing success. Cooper scored 14 of game-high 25 points by the half, but shot 5-of-13 from the field while the rest of the Calgary team shot 5-of-20. On the game he went 8-of-18. Teammate David Kapinga scored 15. "I don't know what the stats yr.

The Montreal Carabins celebrate after winning the CIS Women's Hockey Championship on Sunday. Their 8-0 win over the UBC Thunderbirds marks the second time they've won the national title, ltle aspinall Angry Chelsea Carey rink still rockin' at the Worlds Controversial hog-line violation puts a damper on win over U.S. Some of those (threes) were right at the end of the shot clock when we did all the right things. That can be disappointing. within 13.

But then they'd just hit another three." Resch went 6-of-12 from downtown and scored 18 points while Wood went 5-of-12 and finished with 22 points. "Most games, some guys are hot andsome guys are cold," said Wood. a With Canada scoring four points in both the first and sixth ends, the U.S. conceded the game early and both teams headed to the dressing rooms. Ifs a fortunate turn for the Canadians, who admitted they were still rattled by the hog-line violation but are scheduled to be IS) 0 4,0 4 fe if J.

back on the ice Monday morning for a massive game against a Russian team many consider to be the front-runners. Canada will take on Sweden in the evening draw. daustiniSipostmedia.com Thelopsidedwinmoved Canada to 3-0 that included a 7-4 win over Switzerland earlier on Sunday and into a tie at the top of the standings with Japan, but skip Chelsea Carey was irate afterward. "Luckily it wasn't a turning point in the game, but it could have had To play in a world championship andplay in that situation is, needless to say, not my favourite. massive ramifications on the outcome," Carey said.

"It was entirely not our fault, and even then it didn't get fixed. Technology's great, but as far as I'm concerned just give everyone handles without sensors in them DANIEL AUSTIN SWIFT CURRENT, SASK. For a game that ended with their opponents conceding after the sixth end when they fell behind 10-2, Canada's win on Sunday night at the World Women's Curling Championships couldn't have been much more stressful. Up 4-1 in the third end against the U.S., Canadian third Amy Nixon wrongly had one of her shots removed from play when a faulty hog-line sensor on her rock went off. Replays showed the sensor was clearly wrong, as Nixon released her rock well before the hog-line, but officials nonetheless removed the rock.

That left Team Can ada incensed, and not even a gorgeous double takeout for a point to finish the end could ease the bitterness of the moment. "That was not apleasant feeling, it was a difficult situation," Nixon said afterward. "Toplayinaworldehampionship and play in that situation is, needless to say, not my favourite." Canada's Chelsea Carey, centre, watches her shot as lead Laine Peters and second Jocelyn Peterman sweep against the U.S.at the Women's Worlds in Swift Current Sunday. Jonathan hatwardthe Canadian press and if you have a problem with the other team just call the official out or something. "We play at all the other events, the Grand Slams and everything without sensored rocks.

Having experienced that, that would be my preference.".