Huskies open Merlis Belsher Place with shutout win
It didn’t take long for the new shine and smell of Merlis Belsher to wear off.
The smell of buttery popcorn and stale beer soon overtook the new home of the hockey Huskies as the women’s team blanked the University of Alberta Pandas 1-0 in the first competitive game in the new arena on Friday.
It was the dream start and finish to the first game that ushers in a new era of university hockey in Saskatoon after the hockey programs moved away from the 88-year-old Rutherford Rink.
Leah Bohlken, a fourth-year Huskies defenceman, began Friday’s excitement by grabbing the puck at her own blueline following a turnover by the Pandas powerplay unit late in the first period.