GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- The Calvin ACHA D3 hockey team defeated Aquinas College 6-3 at home on Saturday night to complete the sweep. Calvin is now 9-0-1, and ranked 5th in the nation.

Owen Duiker got Calvin going in the 1st period scoring with 12:23 to play in the period. He was assisted by Harry Ottsen, and Joel Dieleman. With 9:46 left in the period Oleg Grishatov scored to give Calvin a 2-goal lead. Drew Klomparens had the assist. With 1:51 to play in the 1st, Nolan Brooks cut Calvin's lead to 1 with an assist from Casey Brehm. Aquinas tied it up with 21 seconds to play in the period with a goal from Tanner Guerra, and an assist from Ben LaValley.

Calvin shut down Aquinas's comeback with 3 unanswered goals. Myles Raadersma scored with 15 to play, Sergey Yakunin scored with 11 to play, and Zach Westrick scored with 53 seconds left in the period.

Luke Afman, Joel Dieleman, Gabe Sova, Josh VanSchepen, and Bennett Eisma all had assists. Aquinas scored with 3:27 left to play in the final period with a goal by Ben LaValley, and assists from Tanner Guerra and Trace Delcarmen. Nathan Sova scored for the Knights with just 3 seconds left to close out the game. Oleg Grishatov assisted.

COACHES COMMENT: Head Coach Austin Huizenga, "Credit to Aquinas tonight. They came out ready to play and gave a good challenge that I don't think we were expecting. We had stretches where we played well and stretches where we didn't play well. We're looking forward for a week off for Thanksgiving before a big week for us against nationally ranked teams before Christmas."

NEXT UP: Calvin plays Northwood University on Wednesday, Dec 3rd, at 7:30pm. The Knights will host at Eagles Ice Center.