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Clan fundraises for diabetes, gets win, too

The Simon Fraser University hockey club readied itself for the upcoming Great Northwest Showcase with back-to-back wins over Thompson Rivers University. The Clan team posted identical 7-1 victories in a B.C.

The Simon Fraser University hockey club readied itself for the upcoming Great Northwest Showcase with back-to-back wins over Thompson Rivers University.

The Clan team posted identical 7-1 victories in a B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League home-and-home series last week.

At Thompson Rivers, Burnaby defenceman and second star Tyler Mah scored a pair of goals, including the eventual game-winner, with his first of the season midway through the middle period.

Trevor Milner opened the scoring in the first period and Nick Sandor upped the score to 4-0 early in the third before the Kamloops team found a reply.

Jesse Mysiorek, Sandor, Milner, Taylor Swaffield and first star Taylor Piller also posted two-point outings for SFU. Goalie Graham Gordon made 29 stops to earn the game's third star.

At home, SFU team captain Christopher Hoe scored two goals and added two assists to earn the first-star nod in a 7-1 win at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Dec. 1.

Kale Wild, with a goal and two helpers, and Ben Van Lare, with three assists, also had multi-point games for the Clan.

Swaffield, who was named the B.C. Intercollegiate league player of the week, Bruin McDonald and Trent Murdoch all had a single goal and one assist for SFU in the game that saw 256 minutes in penalties blown.

Despite the penalties, SFU hockey was able to raise more than $2,400 for juvenile diabetes at the game. A cheque will be presented to the diabetes foundation at the Great Northwest Showcase to be held on Dec. 28 and 29.