Game Information

Date: Saturday, Oct. 30
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Calgary, AB 
Watch Live: On campus: at The Den // Online: Canadawest.tv

KAMLOOPS – For the fourth season in a row the Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's soccer team will see postseason action when they head to Calgary to face the Mount Royal Cougars in a Canada West quarter-final match this weekend.
 
Taking on the Cougars on Saturday at noon, a win would send the WolfPack to a third Canada West final four in program history.
 
Sitting near the top of the West division throughout most of the season, the WolfPack finished the regular season with a record of 4-3-5, a mark that earned them the fourth and final playoff spot in their division. Most recently the 'Pack travelled to Prince George where they picked up a 1-0 win over the UNBC Timberwolves on Saturday before falling 1-0 on Sunday.
 
In front of them this weekend is a Cougars team that finished atop the Central division with a mark of 6-1-3. Mount Royal enters the playoffs on five game winning streak including a 2-0 victory over the Lethbridge Pronghorns last weekend.

There is plenty of recent history between the two teams.
 
Mount Royal picked up a 1-0 win over the 'Pack earlier this year in preseason play and in 2019 the Cougars ended TRU's season with a 2-1 victory in the quarter-finals.

3 Things
 
1: The game can be watched live at The Den. The on-campus eatery is opening specifically on Saturday so that WolfPack fans have a place to safely gather and watch the games.

2: In three trips to the Canada West playoffs the 'Pack hold a record of 4-3.

3: The WolfPack are one of just two West division teams to qualify for the playoffs in each of the last four seasons alongside the UBC Thunderbirds

By the Numbers
 
10 – One of the stingiest defences in the league, the WolfPack surrendered just 10 goals through their 12 regular season games and only once allowed more than one in a game.
 
27 – Mount Royal features the most prolific offence in the conference. The Cougars have scored 27 times through their 10 games, including a 12-3 victory over the MacEwan Griffins.
 
1-2-1 – The WolfPack hold a record of 1-2-1 vs. the Cougars in Canada West play. TRU's lone victory came at home with both losses coming on the road in Calgary.
 
Scouting the Cougars
 
Mount Royal has five players that have scored three goals or more: Mohamed El Gandour (8), David Schaefer (6), Migue Da Rocha (4), Dane Domic (4) and Justin Anderson-Louch (3). Both Da Rocha and Domic scored a hat-trick in the team's 12-3 thumping of the MacEwan Griffins. Sterling Kerr has started seven of the team's 10 games in net, allowing eight goals and making 27 saves.