Box Score WALTHAM, Mass.- It's a good day to be a Pioneer as the Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team picked up their first win in almost a month and did it in style with a 4-0 shutout victory over Bentley.
Records:
Sacred Heart: 3-5-1, 3-3-0 AHA|
Bentley: 3-7-0, 3-7-0 AHA
Top Performers:
Braeden Tuck (SHU) – 2 assists
Austin Magera (SHU)- 1 goal
Marcel Godbout (SHU)- 1 power-play goal
Goaltenders:
Josh Benson (SHU)- (W, 3-4-1, 31 saves)
Nicholas Grabko (Bentley)- (L, 3-4-0, 22 saves, 3 goals)
Up Next:
The Pioneers look to sweep the home-and-home set tomorrow night at 5:05 p.m. at Webster Bank Arena.
Of Note:
- Senior Josh Benson recorded his first shutout of the year and the sixth of his career tallying 31 saves.
- The Pioneers continued their dominant penalty kill holding the Falcons to going 0-3 on the power-play.
- For the fourth time this season the Pioneers scored first as junior Austin Magera nailed his second goal of the season off an assist by sophomore Braeden Tuck 4:46 into the first period.
- The Pioneers scored three more goals in the game including a power-play goal by senior Marcel Godbout for his fourth of the year and his third power-play goal of the season.
- Tuck tallied two assists in the game upping his season total to seven on the year.