MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (January 5, 2024) – The Stonehill College men's ice hockey team dropped its series opener at Robert Morris University, 8-1, Friday night. The Skyhawks fall to 0-19 overall, while the Colonials improve to 5-13-3 on the season.
Highlights
- Senior Nolan FitzPatrick lit the lamp for his first goal of the season off assists from both graduate student Matthew Allen and senior captain Max Pineo.
- Sophomore netminder Dylan Meilun and junior Gavin FitzPatrick split time in between the pipes for the Skyhawks, totaling 37 saves on the night.
- Freshman Jake LaRusso made his collegiate debut for Stonehill, registering one shot on net.
- Freshman Michael Craig, freshman Gabriel Lunn, graduate student Dallas Tulik, and freshman Walter Zacher each led the Colonials with three points apiece.
- Freshman Tanner Klimpke recorded his first career two-goal game, while freshman Luke van Why, freshman Jackson Reineke, freshman George Krotiris, and graduate student Rylee St. Onge each added goals of their own.
- Postgrad goaltender Chad Veltri picked up his fifth win in goal for RMU after stopping 25 of his 26 shots faced in between the pipes.
How It Happened
- RMU came out of the gates strong, as Krotiris scored his fourth goal of the season at the 5:01 mark of the opening frame to jump out to an early one-goal lead.
- Just over three minutes later, the Colonials would tack another goal on the board after Reineke converted on assists by freshman McKay Hayes and Craig.
- Klimpke capped off the scoring in the first period for RMU after netting his first goal of the game and fifth on the season.
- The Colonials would extend their lead again in the second period to 5-0 after back-to-back goals from St. Onge and Zacher.
- Stonehill found a way to respond at the 14:11 mark of the middle frame, as FitzPatrick scored his first goal of the season after cross-ice passes from Pineo and Allen found the stick of FitzPatrick, who sent a one-timer into the back of the cage.
- However, Robert Morris would tack three more goals on the board over the next 25 minutes of game action to secure the 8-1 victory over the Skyhawks.
Up Next
Stonehill (0-19-0) rounds out its two-game weekend series against Robert Morris University tomorrow at 5 p.m., at the Clearview Arena in Moon Township, Pa.
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