UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich.- The Calvin ACHA D1 hockey team defeated Saginaw Valley State University 8-1 on the road. Calvin is 8-1 on the season and ranked 9th in the Nation.
Steven Ickes scored the only goal of the 1st period with just over a minute to play.
Dominic Mufarreh assisted to give Calvin a 1-0 lead at the end of the period.
Calvin picked it up in the 2nd period scoring 4 unanswered goals. William VanSumeren scored in the 3rd minute of the period with assists from
Dario Sacino and
Devin Nabozny. Nabozny scored a goal of his own in the 8th minute of the period off passes from
Dominic Mufarreh and
Steven Ickes.
Kai Clayton scored in the 16th minute of the period off the assists from
Nick Justice and
Brayden Goncalves. William VanSumeren scored his 2nd of the game and the Knights 5th of the game with just over a minute left in the period.
Joel Fonovic had the assist.
Trent Benedict scored just 12 seconds into the 3rd period to increase Calvin's lead to 6.
Hayden Zimmerman and
Steven Ickes assisted. Saginaw got on the board at the 11 minute mark of the period with a goal by Pierce Ashcroft, and assists from Case Van Single, and Lucas Millmine.
Trent Benedict scored his 2nd of the game with just under 5 minutes to play off the passes from
Marshall Beaker and
Steven Ickes.
Steven Ickes opened the scoring and closed it with the final goal of the game with 4:26 left to play.
Trent Benedict and Devin Nabozy assisted.
Aiden Feddema saved 17 of 18 shots on goal for the Knights while Brendan Cobb saved 61 of Calvin's 69 shots on goal.
COACHES COMMENT: Head Coach
Josh Petrusma, "We found our groove tonight and made the most of our chances. It feels like we've been on the verge of a breakout game offensively and the last two have certainly shown us what we're capable of on that end of the ice. Tonight was our most complete game across each zone and all three periods. We're looking forward to getting our conference slate of games started."
NEXT UP: Calvin hosts Grand Valley State University at Eagles Ice Center in what has become a local rivalry. The game will be Friday, November 6th at 7:30 pm
