Men's Ice Hockey Picks Up Third Straight Win With 7-1 Dominating Victory Over Air Force

Friday, November 1

Bridgeport, Conn.

6:05 PM

Sacred Heart

3-3-1, 3-1-0

Air Force

0-7-0, 0-3-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Air Force	0	0	1	1
Sacred Heart	3	3	1	7

Men's Ice Hockey Picks Up Third Straight Win With 7-1 Dominating Victory Over Air Force

11/1/2019 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.-The Sacred Heart University Men's Ice Hockey team picked up the teams third straight victory tonight with a convincing 7-1 victory over Air Force. The Pioneers will look for the two-game sweep tomorrow afternoon. Puck-drop is set for 1:05 p.m.

First Period

The Pioneers would outshoot the Falcons 13-6 in the opening period.
Sophomore goalie Josh Benson tallied six saves in the period.
SHU jumped on the scoreboard early as sophomore Ryan Steele would tally his first goal of the season just 4:21 into the opening period off assists by senior Vito Bavaro and first-year Jeppe Urup to put SHU ahead 1-0.
The Pioneers kept firing as just four minutes later first-year Braeden Tuck nailed his first-collegiate goal off an assist by sophomore Austin Magera 8:06 in the first to put the Pioneers even further ahead 2-0.
But the Pioneers weren't done yet, as senior Vito Bavaro fired off a power-play goal at 19:28 in the period off assists by Magera and Johnstone to give SHU a 3-0 lead heading into the second period.

Second Period

The Pioneers dominated the second period racking up 12 shots on goal in period while holding Air Force to just three.
The SHU defense made Benson's work easy in the second as he only needed to tally three saves.
SHU racked up three goals in the period first coming off the stick of sophomore Austin Magera just 2:27 into the period off a pair of assists by first-years Daniel Petrick and Braeden Tuck to put the Pioneers ahead 4-0.
Then 11:41 into the second, SHU once again found the back of the net this time coming 11:41 into the period on the power-play courtesy of Jason Cotton for his fifth goal of the season off a pair of assists by junior Matt Tugnutt and Braeden Tuck to put the Pioneers ahead 5-0.
SHU capped off the second period with a last second goal coming off the stick of junior Marc Johnstone with 0:02 seconds left in the period off an assist by Alex Bates to push the Pioneers ahead 6-0 heading into the third period.
SHU went 1-2 on the power-play in the period while holding the Falcons to going 0-1.

Third Period

Both teams were held to single digit shots in the period as SHU tallied eight on goal while Air Force recorded nine.
Air Force attempted to comeback getting passed Benson for the first time of the night as Brady Tomlack scored the Falcons first and only goal of the game 3:05 in the period off a pair of assists by Shawn Knowlton and Alex Mehnert to cut the SHU lead to 6-1.
But the Pioneers answered right back as Tugnutt would want a piece of the action tallying a goal just fifty seconds later off an assist by senior Austin McIlmurray to put SHU ahead and prevailing by a score of 7-1.

Notes

First-year Braeden Tuck tallied his first collegiate goal of the year and tallied three points on the day.
SHU dominated shots on goal as SHU recorded 33 shots on goal while holding Air Force to just 18.
SHU would go 2-5 on the power-play and hold the Falcons to going 0-3.
SHU improves to 3-3-1 overall on the year and 3-1-0 in Atlantic Hockey play.
Sophomore goalie Josh Benson tallied 17 saves in the win.