The Simon Fraser Clan men鈥檚 hockey team remains unbeaten on the season after thrashing the .

The Spartans kept the game close through 20 minutes, trailing 2-1, but the visiting Clan used a four-goal second period to take control in the game on Friday at the .

The Clan outshot the Spartans 45-21 and improved to 13-0-3. Trinity Western fell to 3-9-3.

鈥淲ell, 21 shots isn鈥檛 going to beat a team like this,鈥� commented coach Dwayne Lowdermilk.

鈥淭here were times when we had them hemmed in their own zone and making plays but then we would only get one shot and they would get two or three shots and finish their chances.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e a strong club.鈥�

Josh Gordon had the lone Spartans goal.

鈥淲hen we skate, we can skate with anyone but we need to be able to drive the net at the right times and put the puck on the net at the right times but in the end, we got outshot 45-21 and that鈥檚 indicative of the score,鈥� Lowdermilk said.

Trinity Western hosts a pair of games at the LEC, Friday against the Selkirk Saints and Saturday versus the Okanagan Coyotes.