Campione is now tied for the defensive team lead at three goals on the season. (Photo Credit Miles Jordan).

FAIRBANKS, Alas. (March 6, 2024) – The Stonehill College men's ice hockey team dropped its series opener to Alaska Fairbanks, 9-1, Wednesday night at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. With the loss, the Skyhawks fall to 2-33 overall, while the Nanooks improve to 16-14-3 on the season. 

Highlights

• Freshman Dominick Campione netted his third goal of the season. Campione is now tied with sophomore Greg Japchen for the defensive team lead in goals scored.
• Freshman Jake LaRusso dished out his second career assist on Campione's power-play goal.
• Sophomore Dylan Meilun registered his seventh game of the season with 40+ saves, tallying 41 total against Alaska Fairbanks.
• The sophomore duo of Braden Birnie and AJ Macaulay each recorded their third goal for the Nanooks. At the same time, Macaulay also added his fourth of the year.
• Junior Brady Risk extended his team lead in points to 33 after he netted a pair of goals and dished out two assists on the night. 
• Sophomore Will Hilfiker and freshman William Lawson-Body scored their first collegiate goals.
• Junior Anton Rubtsov tied his season-high with three assists for Alaska Fairbanks.
• Sophomore goaltenders Lassi Lehti and William Hambley split time inside the crease, combining for 14 saves on the night.

How it Happened

• Stonehill scored the game's opening goal on the power play just over 10 minutes into the opening frame after Campione sent a shot off the point from the point past Lehti into the back of the Fairbanks cage. 
• In the waning minutes of the first, the Nanooks would tie the game up at one aside when Birnie rifled a shot from just inside the blue line into the back of the net for his third goal of the year. 
• Coming out of the break, Alaska Fairbanks wasted little time gaining its first lead of the contest just 1:06 into the second period off Macaulay's third goal of the season.
• At the 7:50 mark of the second, the Nanooks scored their third goal off the stick of Risk, the team leader in scoring. 
• The Nanooks would open the floodgates in the third, tacking six unanswered goals on the board off the sticks of Hilfiker (6:15), Risk (8:46), graduate student Jonny Sorenson (14:50), Macaulay (16:35), junior Arvils Bergmanis (19:23), and Lawson-Body (19:53). 
• The Nanooks' offensive attack proved too much for the Skyhawks to overcome, and they eventually fell to Alaska Fairbanks by a final score of 9-1. 

Up Next

Stonehill (2-33-0) rounds out its 2023-24 campaign tomorrow against Alaska Fairbanks. Puck drop between the Skyhawks and Nanooks is set for 11:07 p.m. EST, at the Carlson Center. 

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