MANDAN, ND – After a sedate start to a Sunday matinee, the #11 University of Mary hockey team electrified the crowd with three goals in under four minutes midway through the first period. The Marauders proceeded to score nine straight goals on their way to a 10-1 victory over visiting Northern Illinois University to complete a Midwest College Hockey sweep to wrap up a busy homecoming weekend.
After scoring a trio of goals in the opening period, the Marauders tacked on three more in the penultimate period before posting four in the third. The ten goals is a season high for UMary after tallying nine twice, including Saturday night against NIU. For the weekend the Marauders lit the lamp 19 times while allowing the Huskies to score three time.
The Marauders improve to 7-1-0-0-0 overall and 4-0-0-0-0 in Midwest College Hockey league action. The Huskies slip to 2-6-0-0-0 overall and 0-4-0-0-0 against MCH competition.
Joe Gronholz opened the scoring for UMary at 9:57 of the first period. Just 2:59 later
Crae Dawson scored the first of his two goals in the game. It only took another 50 seconds for
Alex Senf to add the Marauders third goal of the period.
The Marauders three goals in the second also came in quick succession as Dawson, Senf and
Lucas Medeiros needed just 93 seconds to tally three times.
Among UMary's four goals in the third period, two came on the power play as the Marauders finished 2-for-5 with a man advantage. Northern Illinois' lone goal came in the third after UMary held a 9-goal lead and was a power play goal.
Senf added two assists to his two goals for a 4-point game while Dawson added one assist. Hunter Mangen (1 goal, 2 assists),
Derek Dropik (3 assists) and
Michael Heitkamp (3 assists) also had 3-point games while Jacob Murray added two helpers. Overall eight Marauders scored goals and 15 skaters had at least a goal or an assist in the game.
Caleb Cross, facing his former teammates for the first time after transferring to UMary from Northern Illinois prior to the season, was strong in net for the Marauders. Cross stopped 17 of the 18 shots he faced from the Huskies.
The Marauders held a 58-18 edge in shots over the Huskies in the MCH contest.
UMary returns to the ice at home against the University of Jamestown on Saturday, October 12. Face off is 7 pm at the Starion Sports Complex Schwan Cadillac Rink.
Northern Illinois University 1 at #11 University of Mary 10 - Status: Final
Sunday, October 6, 2024 - Starion Sports Complex (ND)
MD1 Northern Illinois University 0 0 1 - 1
MD1 University of Mary 3 3 4 - 10
1st Period-1, MD1 University of Mary, Gronholz 6 (Senf, Dropik), 9:57. 2, MD1 University of Mary, Dawson 4 (Murray, Tschida), 12:56. 3, MD1 University of Mary, Senf 4 (Dropik, Heitkamp), 13:46. Penalties-No Penalties
2nd Period-4, MD1 University of Mary, Dawson 5 (Mangan), 3:58. 5, MD1 University of Mary, Senf 5 (Dropik, Heitkamp), 4:43. 6, MD1 University of Mary, Medeiros 2 (Schleusner), 5:34. Penalties-Martin M1niu (high sticking), 16:14; Heitkamp M1umy (cross checking), 17:28.
3rd Period-7, MD1 University of Mary, Kelly 1 (Mangan, Murray), 8:50. 8, MD1 University of Mary, Sinclair 2 (Orr), 11:44. 9, MD1 University of Mary, Massie 4 (Senf, Cunningham), 12:46 (PP). 10, MD1 Northern Illinois University, Zimmerman 7 (Van Voorhis), 14:22 (PP). 11, MD1 University of Mary, Mangan 3 (Heitkamp, Dawson), 19:22 (PP). Penalties-Medeiros M1umy (holding), 3:05; Maldonado M1niu (elbowing), 12:39; Heitkamp M1umy (slashing), 13:48; served by Zimmerman M1niu (bench minor-coach), 18:26; Peters M1niu (tripping), 18:26; Hirliman M1niu (slashing), 18:41; Massie M1umy (holding), 19:32.
Shots on Goal-MD1 Northern Illinois University 7-6-5-18. MD1 University of Mary 17-22-19-58.
Power Play Opportunities-MD1 Northern Illinois University 1 / 3; MD1 University of Mary 2 / 5.
Goalies-MD1 Northern Illinois University, Miller 0-1-0-0 (25 shots-20 saves); Goodson 2-5-0-0 (33 shots-28 saves). MD1 University of Mary, Cross 1-0-0-0 (18 shots-17 saves).
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