GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- The Calvin ACHA D1 hockey team won its season opener at home against Cleary University. The Knights won 3-1 on Friday night. 
 
Steven Ickes scored the Knights' first goal of the season just under 5 minutes into the 1st period. Devin Nabozny and Domonic Mufarreh assisted. Calvin continued its hot start scoring 2 and a half minutes later with Marshall Beaker finding the back of the net off a pass from Josh Hooper. Devin Nabozny put the Knights ahead by 3 with 5:30 left to play in the period with assists from Trent Benedict, and Tony Eaton. Cleary got in on the action with just 1:10 left to play in the 1st period. Bailey Ewonus scored from Jared Salminen. 
 
Both teams tightened up their defenses in the 2nd and 3rd periods resulting in no additional goal scored. Calvin had 32 shots on goal while Cleary had 24.
 
COACHES COMMENT: Head Coach Josh Petrusma, "We got off to a great start in the first ten minutes and then took our foot off the gas. It's the first game of the season, so it's not going to be perfect but there were a lot of lessons to be learned last night. Hats off to Cleary who played well and played hard all night. They have a strong team and I expect a battle from them in game 2.  Overall, I'm happy with getting the result but we have a lot of work to do."
 
NEXT UP: Calvin goes on the road to complete the second leg of the matchup against Cleary in Howell Michigan. The game will be Saturday October 3rd, at 8pm.