No. 14 PNW D1 men’s hockey sweeps Roosevelt

Game 1

Inside the numbers

• The Lions outshot the Lakers 59-20, controlling the offensive pace throughout the contest.
• Purdue Northwest finished 1-for-1 on the power play, while Roosevelt did not have a power-play opportunity.
• Freshman Sam Harper (Chicago, Ill.) led the Lions with two goals and an assist.
• Freshman Danylo Tsybulskyi recorded two goals, while freshman Cameron Krause (Channahon, Ill.) dished out three assists.
• Junior Carson Finney (Holt, Mich.), freshman Gavin Elkins (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and sophomore Brock Behrend (Luverne, Minn.) each added a goal.
• Freshman Gustav Martinsson (Kungalv, Sweden) contributed two assists, while junior Kolin Leduc (Macomb, Mich.), freshman Dylan Toth (Torrance, Calif.), sophomore Francesco Denti, sophomore Sam Morganti (Rimersburg, Pa.) and junior Baden Powell (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) each recorded an assist.
• Sophomore Caleb Kril (Whitmore Lake, Mich.) stopped all 20 shots he faced to earn the shutout for Purdue Northwest.

The breakdown

• Purdue Northwest struck early, with Finney opening the scoring at 2:54 of the first period off assists from Krause and Denti.
• Elkins doubled the advantage at 7:43, with Krause and Toth picking up assists, before Tsybulskyi made it 3-0 at 8:42 with help from Martinsson.
• Harper extended the lead to 4-0 at 11:22 of the second period, finishing a play set up by Leduc and Finney.
• Harper scored his second goal of the night at 3:14 in the third period, assisted by Martinsson and Powell.
• Behrend pushed the lead to 6-0 at 10:24, with Krause and Kril earning assists.
• Tsybulskyi capped the scoring with a power-play goal at 19:46, assisted by Morganti and Harper, completing the 7-0 shutout.

Game 2

Inside the numbers

• Purdue Northwest outshot Roosevelt 58-26, maintaining pressure across all three periods.
• The Lions recorded three goals in each period to complete the 9-0 victory.
• Martinsson led the way with a hat trick, scoring three times in the third period.
• Behrend finished with one goal and two assists, while Toth recorded two assists.
• Denti, Tsybulskyi, Krause, senior Bryce Jacobsen (DeForest, Wis.) and Leduc each scored a goal.
• Leduc added an assist, while junior Easton Tok (Eau Claire, Wis.), sophomore Lucas Whitehead (Barrie, Ontario, Canada) and Powell also recorded assists.
• Freshman Keegan Waldo (Rochester, N.Y.) turned aside all 26 shots he faced to record the second consecutive shutout for the Lions.

The breakdown

• Denti opened the scoring at 4:01 of the first period before Tsybulskyi added another goal at 5:29. Krause capped the opening-period scoring at 18:23, assisted by Tok, giving Purdue Northwest a 3-0 lead.
• Jacobsen scored 2:03 into the second period, followed by Leduc at 3:57 to extend the advantage to 5-0.
• Behrend made it 6-0 at 16:32, with assists from Leduc and Whitehead.
• Martinsson took over in the third period, scoring three times at 5:50, 6:55 and 11:31 to complete his hat trick and seal the 9-0 victory.
• Waldo completed the shutout with 26 saves, giving Purdue Northwest back-to-back games without allowing a goal.

Purdue Northwest returns to action with a home-and-home series against Saginaw Valley State starting with the Lions hosting the Cardinals on Thursday, Oct. 22. Puck drop is slated for 7:30 p.m. CT at The Kube in Hammond, Indiana.