Pioneers Complete Sweep With 3-1 Victory Over Bentley

Friday, February 11

Bridgeport, Conn.

6:05 PM

Sacred Heart

13-14-3, 10-10-2

Bentley

12-15-1, 10-11-1

Bentley

Sacred Heart

Photo by: Steve McLaughlin

Pioneers Complete Sweep With 3-1 Victory Over Bentley

2/11/2022 8:58:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

First series sweep of the year

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.- How sweep it is as the Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team completed the two-game sweep over Bentley with a 3-1 victory on Friday.

Records:

Sacred Heart Pioneers- (13-14-3, 10-10-2-1 AHA)
Bentley Falcons- (12-15-1, 9-10-1-2 AHA)

Top Performers:

Braeden Tuck (SHU)- 1 goal
Austin Magera (SHU)- 1 power-play goal
Conner Hutchison- 1 goal

Goalies:

Justin Robbins (SHU) (W, 32 saves, 1.00 GAA, 9-8-3 record)
Nicholas Grabko (BEN) (L, 24 saves, 3.00 GAA, 3-9-0 record)

Of Note:

The Pioneers jumped out to an early 1-0 lead four minutes in the first period off a goal by junior Braeden Tuck off assists by Neil Shea and Andrius-Kulbis Marino.
In the second period, senior Austin Magera tallied his second power-play goal of the season 8:07 into the period to give the Pioneers a commanding 2-0 lead.
Bentley attempted a comeback in the third as Danny Pearson scored on the Falcon power-play 1:05 into the period to narrow the SHU lead to 2-1.
In the closing minutes of the game, first-year Conner Hutchison secured the 3-1 victory for the Pioneers scoring his third goal of the season.
Shea upped his point streak to three straight games with his assist.
Robbins tallied his second highest amount of saves of the season with 32.
This is the Pioneers first two-game sweep of the year.