HOLLAND, Mich. - Hope handed Calvin a 5-2 defeat Saturday night at Griff's IceHouse West. The contest came one night after Calvin had defeated Hope 4-1 in Grand Rapids. This weekend marked the first meeting between the two schools at the ACHA D1 level.
Hope grabbed a 2-0 lead after one period of play and then scored on a power-play goal early in the second to build a 3-0 lead.
Calvin (5-2-0) closed to within one on second period goals from
Marshall Beaker andÂ
Krzysztof Petryla. Steven Ickes assisted on both Calvin goals with
Tony Eaton also drawing an assist on the goal by Petryla.
Hope put the game away with a pair of power play goals – the first of which came with 28 seconds left in the second period and the second of which came 7:31 into the third period.
Calvin was whistled for 18 penalty minutes in the contest.
Calvin outshot Hope 50-36.
Aidan Feddema came up with 31 saves for Hope.
Calvin returns to play on Thursday when it travel to Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Indiana.
