Men’s Ice Hockey Completes Sweep of Niagara

Saturday, January 10

Niagara Univ., N.Y. / Dwyer Arena

5:00 PM

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

11-7-2, 8-4-2

Niagara

7-12-0, 4-7-0

Sacred Heart

Niagara

Men’s Ice Hockey Completes Sweep of Niagara

1/10/2026 8:42:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Ellis tallied his first career multi-point game

By: Josh Smith

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. – The Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team completed the road sweep of Niagara on Saturday evening, handing the Purple Eagles a 4-2 loss at Dwyer Arena behind a multi-point showing from defenseman Noah Ellis.

Records:
SHU: 11-7-2, 8-4-2 AHA
Niagara: 7-12-0, 4-7-0 AHA

How It Happened
The Pioneers kicked today's game off with a bang, as Gavin Bryant needed just 35 seconds to give the road team the lead. Following an outlet pass from Aiden VanRooyan, Stephane Huard took the puck and wrapped around the net before finding Bryant on the doorstep as he tipped a shot over the goaltender.

Unfortunately for SHU, the Purple Eagles scored a goal of their own at 3:12 to even things at 1-1, which is where things stood heading into the second period.

The Pioneers added to their lead 4:37 into the second period on a goal by Ray Fust. The senior used his quick reflexes to rebound a saved Ellis shot and fire it past the goalie.

SHU was not done scoring in the frame, adding another goal at 13:27 after an outstanding defensive effort. With Teagan Kendrick lying on the ground after making two big saves, the puck leaked out to Ethan Wolthers, who took it the distance of the ice before firing a wrister from just outside the right circle that found the top right corner to make it 3-1.

Ellis iced the game and capped a strong showing for the defenseman with an empty-net goal at 15:33 in the third. The senior fired a shot from behind his own goal line, lifting it over all defenders and into the empty net.

A late power play goal by Niagara set the final score at 4-2 Pioneers. Kendrick finished with 27 saves to win his fourth straight game. With the victory, the first year moves to 5-2-1 on the season.

Notes

The Pioneers have won four games in a row for the first time this year.
SHU has defeated Niagara in four straight games.
Bryant is now second on the team with five goals this season.
Ellis and Fust are up to four goals this year, while Wolthers has three.
Fust and Marcus Joughin have tallied a point in four straight games, tying Felix Trudeau for the team high this season.
Fust played in his 99th career game tonight.
Joughin is second on the team with 16 points (1-15-16).
Tonight marked the first multi-point game of Ellis' career.
Kendrick is now 5-2-1 on the season.
With an assist, Driscoll tallied his 50th career point (11-39-50).

Up Next
SHU is home for the first time in 2026 next weekend, welcoming league-leading Bentley for an AHA series on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 16-17. The opening game of the set is slated for Friday at 7 p.m. at the Martire Family Arena.