For the University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team winning is everything.

At least it has been this year as they have gone 12-2 and look to finish at the top of the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference league with eight games remaining.

Helping maintain the superior level of domination throughout the year is fourth-year netminder Katie Urness.

And dominant she is. Urness notched her fifth shutout of the season against the Mount Royal Cougars on Jan. 10. The shutout broke an ACAC record.

The University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team received the best Christmas gift since Pogs, Trolls and Lego as they unwrapped a 2-0 win over the SAIT Trojans Saturday night. The victory over the Trojans places the Dinos atop the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference standings heading into the holidays. The Dinos controlled the play for the majority of the game, outshooting the Trojans 34-11.

For Christmas the University of Calgary men's hockey team is asking for a clean bill of health.

The team is-- for a second year in a row-- stricken with illness, which is part of the reason they went on a six-game losing streak.

The streak ended with 4-1 win over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds last Saturday. Dinos head coach Scott Atkinson said the six-game winning drought is not indicative of their ability.

The University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team finally fulfilled their vendetta against the Grant MacEwan Griffins for defeating them in the championship series last year.

The Dinos got revenge by beating the Griffins 2-0 at the Olympic Oval on Saturday. The Dinos came out of the gates flying and took the game to the Griffins in the first period. They peppered Grant MacEwan goalie Kristin Sugiyama with eight shots while Dinos goalie Katie Urness only faced two in the period.

The Olympic Oval was rocking and the boards were shaking Saturday night as the University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team played an extremely physical game against the Mount Royal Cougars. Despite the rough play, the Dinos were unable to win their sixth in a row, losing 2-1 Saturday after a 4-1 win on Friday.

With Saturday's game less than a minute old, Dinos forward Danielle Boyce grabbed a Mount Royal turnover and went in alone on goalie Sarah Oswald.

History is defined by moments of grandeur and genius. On Saturday night pure genius was achieved at the Olympic Oval in a game featuring the University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team. Calgary defeated the NAIT Ooks 2-1 with one of the most beautiful shootout goals ever seen in hockey outside of the NHL.

Calgary preceded this game with a 3-0 win over the Ooks on Friday night in Edmonton. With the two wins Calgary continues its dominance of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference.

The old adage is undeniably true: if you put the puck on net you will score goals.

The University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team peppered Red Deer College Queens goalie Grace Gaska with 32 shots and came away with the 1-0 win on Saturday at the Olympic Oval.

The win puts the Dinos at 2-0 on the season as they also beat Red Deer 5-2 on Thursday.

Physically demanding practices and intense off-ice training is how University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey coach Danielle Goyette plans to prepare her team for Canadian Interuniversity Sport league play as they hope to join in the 2009-10 season.

Until then, the team will enter another season in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference with a championship title in mind.

Hope springs eternal for all teams before the start of a new season and the Dinos were no exception heading into their season opening series against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Sept. 26-27.

Despite the 10-1 rout on Saturday, head coach Scott Atkinson felt that his team's 4-3 losing performance a day earlier could have garnered a win as well.

"I was disappointed we didn't get two wins," he said.

The University of Calgary Dinos enter Canada West play this year looking to carry last years' second half surge forward into this campaign.

Complicating matters for the team is the loss of former NHLer and short-lived Canadian Interuniversity Sport superstar Jared Aulin and former all-star captain Ryan Annesley.

Together Aulin and Annesley combined for 25 goals and a whopping 72 points, pacing the team to a 16-8-4 record-- good for third in Canada West competition.