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Sacred Heart University Pioneers

Men's Ice Hockey

Men's Hockey Comeback Attempt Fall Short, AIC Wins 7-4

Box Score

(West Springfield, MA) – The AIC Yellow Jackets staved off a third-period comeback attempt by the Sacred Heart Pioneer Hockey team, as SHU fell 7-4 Friday night at the Olympia Ice Center.

Nathan Sliwinski scored 1:55 into the game and Nick Grasso added another at 6:10 to give the Yellow jackets an early 2-0 lead.  Tye Lewis (Vancouver, WA) brought SHU within one, scoring on a vacated net off a weird bounce on a dump in to the backboards by Will Rayner (Newton, MA). 

In the second period, Jason Popek scored on the power play at 11:32 and once again even strength at 15:48 to open up a 4-1 lead.  In the final minute of the second period, Brandon Fagerheim and Adam Pleskach scored short-handed goals eight seconds apart to take a 6-1 lead into the second intermission.

Brian Sheehan (St. Louis, MO) scored twice in the third, with a goal by Matt Gingera (Winnipeg, MB) sandwiched in between to bring the Pioneers within two.  Sheehan took a pass from Ben Lake () off a feed from behind the net and one-timed his third goal in at 6:44.  Gingera added another at 8:34, with assists to Eric Delong (Oakville, MB) and Ben Ketchum (Greenwich, CT).  Sheehan added another from Delong and Jordan Ciccarello (New Hartford, CT) at 17:04, however Michael Penny went on to score an empty-netter to close the scoring.

Steven Legatto (Kelowna, BC) stopped all 15 shots AIC put on his net, after relieving Andrew Bodnarchuk (Saskatoon, SK).

The Pioneers take on Air Force in two games next weekend in Colorado Springs, CO.

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Players Mentioned

Andrew Bodnarchuk

#31 Andrew Bodnarchuk

Goaltender
6' 1"
First Year
Jordan Ciccarello

#27 Jordan Ciccarello

Defense
5' 11"
Sophomore
Eric Delong

#15 Eric Delong

Forward
6' 0"
Junior
Matt Gingera

#26 Matt Gingera

Forward
5' 10"
Senior
Ben Ketchum

#13 Ben Ketchum

Forward
5' 11"
Junior
Ben Lake

#9 Ben Lake

Forward
5' 11"
First Year
Steven Legatto

#1 Steven Legatto

Goaltender
5' 10"
Junior
Tye Lewis

#12 Tye Lewis

Forward
5' 10"
Sophomore
Will Rayner

#4 Will Rayner

Defense
6' 1"
First Year
Brian Sheehan

#22 Brian Sheehan

Forward
5' 9"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Andrew Bodnarchuk

#31 Andrew Bodnarchuk

6' 1"
First Year
Goaltender
Jordan Ciccarello

#27 Jordan Ciccarello

5' 11"
Sophomore
Defense
Eric Delong

#15 Eric Delong

6' 0"
Junior
Forward
Matt Gingera

#26 Matt Gingera

5' 10"
Senior
Forward
Ben Ketchum

#13 Ben Ketchum

5' 11"
Junior
Forward
Ben Lake

#9 Ben Lake

5' 11"
First Year
Forward
Steven Legatto

#1 Steven Legatto

5' 10"
Junior
Goaltender
Tye Lewis

#12 Tye Lewis

5' 10"
Sophomore
Forward
Will Rayner

#4 Will Rayner

6' 1"
First Year
Defense
Brian Sheehan

#22 Brian Sheehan

5' 9"
First Year
Forward