Fort Wayne, Ind. — The Aquinas College men's hockey team traveled down to Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Saturday (Nov. 16) to take on the No. 16-rated Indiana Tech Warriors for game two of their two-part series. AQ made the Warriors work till the end, as IT stepped out in the end with an open net goal to secure the two point lead and win.
#16 Indiana Tech 6, Aquinas 4
The Warriors opened the night's scoring late in the first with just over five minutes remaining in the period. The Saints found a rebuttal in time via a power play sub nine minutes into the second.
Xavier Erickson tallied the score with assists from
Matt Denhartigh, and
Arseniy Malyutin.
IT re-upped close to four minutes later making it 2-1. AQ then found an answer to even the playing field to two. This time Denhartigh finished the shot with passes from
Alex Johnson, and
Christian Look. Late into the second, Tech bounced back on a counter attack and collected an additional goal to regain the lead 3-2.
Indiana Tech went on to tally two goals in the third only to see AQ equal it out with two of their own. Erickson connected with a touch from
Brody Traxler. Next
Gavin Rozema made due with passes from
Nick Dashner, and
Alex Johnson via a power play. AQ now trailed by just one in the third.
In an effort to extend this game into overtime with another tying goal. The Saints pulled the keeper and began the offensive onslaught. But IT managed to get out of the danger zone and collected an open net goal to cement their lead and the win.
No. 16 Indiana Tech defeated the Saints valiant comeback strides by a score of 6-4.
By the Numbers
- Erickson earns two goals on the evening
- AQ collected two power play goals, while also denying all of IT's power play attempts
Up Next
AQ will continue to push its boundaries by taking on tough competition as on Thursday (Nov. 21) the team will make way to Adrian, Michigan, to take on the No. 4-rated Adrian Bulldogs.
