Bavaro and Mcllmurray Net Two Goals A Piece in 6-2 Victory Over Robert Morris

Friday, February 1

Pittsburgh, Pa. / Colonials Arena

7:05 PM

Sacred Heart

8-9-29-13-3; AHA

Robert Morris

8-12-19-17-1; AHA

SACRED HEART

Robert Morris

Bavaro and Mcllmurray Net Two Goals A Piece in 6-2 Victory Over Robert Morris

2/1/2019 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa.- The Sacred Heart University Men's Ice Hockey team defeated Robert Morris for just the second time in program history tonight as SHU tallied six goals in the 6-2 victory over the Colonials. The Pioneers will look for the weekend sweep tomorrow as SHU faces off with Robert Morris tomorrow afternoon for a 4:05 p.m. puck-drop.

First Period

The Pioneers and Colonials would tie each other in shots as both sides tallied 17 each.
SHU would score early as the Pioneers would tally two goals just six minutes into the first period.
The opening goal would come off the stick of junior Vito Bavaro off a pair of assists by freshman duo Nick Boyagian and Ryan Steele to put the Pioneers up 1-0 at 2:28 in the opening period.
The second goal would come at 5:35 in the period as Bavaro would score his second goal of the game to put the Pioneers ahead 2-0 off assists by the same freshman duo to account for Bavaro's seventh goal of the season.
Robert Morris would tally one goal in the first period to make the score 2-1 heading into the second.

Second Period

The Colonials would outshoot the Pioneers in the second period as SHU took 15 shots with eight on goal while Robert Morris took 21 shots with nine on goal.
Robert Morris would tie the game up at 2-2 at the 11:10 mark in the period off a goal by Aiden Spellacy to kick off the scoring in the period.
But the Pioneers would answer right back with a goal scored by sophomore Matt Tugnutt, his second straight game with a goal at 15:01 off assists by junior Austin Mcllmurray and senior Mike Lee to put the Pioneers ahead 3-2.

Third Period

The third period would be all about the Pioneers as SHU would tally three goals in the period.
The first goal would come off the stick of freshman Nick Boyagian while SHU was on the power-play at 7:05 in the period. Assists were credited to Mike Lee and Liam Clare. That goal would be Boyagian's fourth of the year.
Then just two minutes later, Mcllmurray would switch from giving assists to netting goals as he fired a shot passed the netminder at 9:16 in the period giving him five on the year to put the Pioneers ahead 5-2.
The final goal and closer for the Pioneers would come off the stick of Mcllmurray again this time at 11:34 off assists by Matt Tugnutt and redshirt junior Jason Cotton to make the final score 6-2 in favor of the Pioneers.