GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- The Calvin ACHA D1 hockey team defeated Roosevelt University in the opening round of the GL6 tournament 9-1.

Calvin is now 19-7-2 overall and ranked 10^th nationally. The Knights will face rival Hope in the GL6 Tournament semifinals Friday night at Patterson Ice Center.

In its win over Roosevelt, Calvin's Marshall Beaker scored the opening goal. Beaker hit the back of the net with 17:24 left in the first period on an early power play. Charles Riordon had the assist.

Holden Pratt also scored on a power play goal from Trent Benedict, while Chase McIntyre scored Calvin's 3rd goal of the period from Devin Nabozny. Trent Benedict scored midway through the 2nd to increase Calvin's lead to 4, while Tony Eaton and Krzyzstof Petryla assisted.

McIntyre scored his 2nd of the game a minute later from Lou Vesperini. Krzyzstof Petryal closed out the period with a goal from Marshall beaker with 1:43 to play. Roosevelt scored its only goal of the game with 18:53 left in the 3rd period on a power play, Jack Quigley scored, from Bowen Lopez, and Kevin Uhlir.

Following the Roosevelt goal the 3rd period was all Tony Eaton scoring 3 straight goals to close out the game and complete the hattrick, scoring the final goal with just 47 seconds to play. Calvin had a total of 54 shots on goal to Roosevelt's 26.

COACHES COMMENT: Head Coach Josh Petrusma, "Roosevelt is a team that battles hard and for 60 minutes. We had to start fast to be successful tonight and we did. I was happy with our overall play and we got a strong performance in net from Adam Yost."

NEXT UP: Calvin Plays Hope College in the semi-final round of the GL6 tournament on Friday February 20th at 8 p.m. The game will be held at Patterson Ice Center.