Men's Ice Hockey Completes Sweep of Bentley With 4-2 Victory

Friday, February 5

Bridgeport, Conn.

5:05 PM

Sacred Heart

4-5-1

Bentley

3-8-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Bentley	0	1	1	2
SHU	0	2	2	4

Men's Ice Hockey Completes Sweep of Bentley With 4-2 Victory

2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

WALTHAM, Mass.- How sweep it is as the Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team completed the two-game sweep of Bentley tonight defeating the Falcons by a final score of 4-2.

Records:

Sacred Heart: 4-5-1, 4-3-1 AHA

Bentley: 3-8-0, 3-8-0 AHA

Top Performers:

Braeden Tuck (SHU) – 1 goal, 1 assist

Austin Magera (SHU)- 1 power-play goal

Josh Benson (SHU)- 21 saves

Goaltenders:

Josh Benson (SHU)- (W, 4-4-1, 21 saves. 2 goals)

Nicholas Grabko (Bentley)- (L, 3-6-0, 20 saves, 3 goals)

Up Next:

The Pioneers get right back on the ice on Monday as they kick-off a home-and series against Army West Point at Webster Bank Arena. Puck-drop is set for 7:05 p.m.

Of Note:

Junior Todd Goehring got the scoring going for the Pioneers as he tallied his first goal of the year 6:58 in the second period off feeds from seniors Alex Bates and Evan Wisocky.
A power-play goal by Bentley evened the score up at 1-1 off the stick of Dylan Pitera 15:18 into the second period.
But SHU answered right back as sophomore Braeden Tuck recorded his fourth goal of the year off a tip in on the end-boards to give the Pioneers a 2-1 lead.
SHU would maintain the lead with two more goals coming in the third period off the sticks of junior Austin Magera and sophomore Kevin Lombardi to put the nail in the coffin of the Falcons.