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Alberta Golden Bears' Brett Ferguson, right, reacts after Jordan Hickmott, bottom, scores on UNB Varsity Reds goaltender David Shantz in Canadian Interuniversity Sports first period championship hockey action in Halifax on Sunday, March 15, 2015.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

The Alberta Golden Bears used a stifling defence and clutch scoring to win their second consecutive Canadian university men's hockey championship with a 6-3 win over the UNB Varsity Reds on Sunday.

It's the 15th CIS title in the program's storied history.

In the final of the CIS women's hockey tournament in Calgary on Sunday night, the No. 1 McGill Martlets played the No. 2 Western Mustangs.

The Golden Bears jumped ahead early when Colin Archer made a great rush to gain the offensive zone and set up Stephane Legault with a nifty cross-ice pass. Legault wristed a shot high on the short side of UNB goalie David Shantz.

Alberta made it 2-0 on the power-play when Jordan Hickmott, the Golden Bears' top sniper in the regular season, beat Shantz with a screened shot.

The Varsity Reds showed some spark early in the second and cut the lead in half when Dylan Willick caught Alberta goalie Kurtis Mucha off guard after Matt Boudens made a slick backhand pass from behind the net.

UNB almost tied it midway through the second period when Taylor MacDougall blasted a slap shot off the post.

The Varsity Reds had another great opportunity to tie it when they had back-to-back power plays, but didn't get any decent scoring chances.

Alberta's Johnny Lazo scored with 3.6 seconds in the second period as he redirected a nice no-look pass from Levko Koper to make it 3-1.

Phillippe Maillet deflected a point shot from Dana Fraser 7:55 into the third period to cut the lead back down to one goal.

Alberta captain Kruise Reddick scored the clincher when he put a wrist shot through a crowd with UNB trying to kill a too many men penalty.

That made it 4-2 Alberta.

Adrian Robertson brought UNB to within one goal again with a point shot that flipped high over Mucha before dropping into the net.

With UNB pressing for the equalizer, Koper finished off a rare 2-on-0 rush to pot a short-handed goal at 17:24 and make it 5-3. Jordan Rowley added another short-handed marker into an empty net with 1:49 left.

Earlier in the day, Kyle Neuber scored the overtime winner as the Guelph Gryphons beat the UQTR Patriotes 3-2 for the bronze medal.

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