ERIE, Pa.- The Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team skated to a 3-3 tie but earned the extra point after winning the 11 round shootout over Mercyhurst for the second day in a row on Saturday afternoon.
 
Records
 
Sacred Heart Pioneers: (3-4-3 overall, 1-1-2-0 AHA)
Mercyhurst Lakers: (1-3-4 overall, 1-1-3-2 AHA)
 
Top Performers
 
Neil Shea: 2g
Rourke Russell: 2a
Kevin Lombardi: 1g (Shootout GW)
 
 
Of Note

• A pair of Pioneers scored their first goals in the Red & White as Neil Shea and Troy Conzo scored goals featuring two by Shea on the day.
• Graduate student Rourke Russell tallied two points with two assists on the day.
• The Pioneers outshot the Lakers 44-23 on the day while going 1-5 on the power-play.
• Goals flied back and forth all game as SHU tallied two in the first coming from Conzo (7:36) and Shea (19:23) while Mercyhurst answered in the second period even the score up at 2-2 off the stick of Marko Riefenberger at 9:53 into the period.
• Shea's second goal of the day was clutch coming in the third period just 1:37 into the third with a pair of assists coming from Rourke Russell and Braeden Tuck.
• Neither team scored in the over-time period sending the game into a dynamic shootout where eventually junior Kevin Lombardi tallied the extra point for the Pioneers with his goal.

 
 
Up Next

• The Pioneers return to action on Saturday, November 13 when they travel to face Yale for an exhibition game. Puck-drop is set for 7:00 p.m.