ST. CHARLES, Mo. (February 10, 2023)- In the first-ever meeting between the Stonehill College men's ice hockey team and the Lindenwood University Lions, it was the hosts who came out on top by a score of 5-2 Friday evening.
Scoring
LIN: Caige Sterzer (Mitch Allard and Ryan Finnegan), 07:48-2nd period
Hunter Johannes (Caleb Price and Andy Willis), 16:27-2nd period
Kyle Jeffers (David Gagnon and Joe Prouty), 17:36-2nd period
David Gagnon (Jack Anderson and Ryan Finnegan), 04:39-3rd period
Drew Kuzma (Ryan Finnegan and Aidan Yakimchuk), 09:27-3rd period
STO: Dean Schwenninger (Frank Ireland), 18:16-1st period
Carter Rapalje (Dean Schwenninger), 05:46-3rd period
Goaltending
LIN: Trent Burnham (59:49)-23 saves
STO: Gavin FitzPatrick (60:00)-34 saves
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Carter Rapalje netted his 20th goal on the year Friday (Photo Credit: Mary Gettens). |
The Details
- After a hard fought opening period and despite Lindenwood outshooting Stonehill, 16-9, it was the Skyhawks who struck first. With 1:44 left, Ireland set up Schwenninger with a nice look which allowed the freshman to put home his shot home for the 1-0 lead after one.
- However, at 12:12 of the second, the Lions evened things at one when Allard took the puck into the Stonehill zone and found Sterzer on the back door for the easy tap in. A little later in the frame at 03:33, Price found Johannes in front of FitzPatrick and he made it 2-1.
- Lindenwood pushed their lead to two when Jeffers sent his shot past FitzPatrick with 2:24 left in the second.
- As the third got underway, the hosts tacked on their fourth goal of the evening courtesy of Gagnon. However, the squad cut the defict to two (4-2) when Rapalje netted his 20th goal of the season. Rapalje is the program's first 20-goal scorer since Matt Curran did so in the 2006-07 season when he netted 30 goals. Despite cutting it to two, the hosts added one more nearly midway through the period for the 5-2 win.
Up Next
Stonehill wraps up their two-game set with Lindenwood tomorrow, February 11 at 3:10 p.m.
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