BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (November 11, 2023) – The Stonehill College men's ice hockey team dropped its two-game weekend series finale to Alaska-Fairbanks, 8-1, on Saturday. With the loss, the Skyhawks fall to 0-11 on the season, while the Nanooks move to 6-3-1 on the year.

Highlights

• Junior Henri Schreifels netted his third goal of the season on sophomore defender Greg Japchen's team-leading seventh assist of the year.
• Japchen now leads the team with eight total points (1 G, 7 A) on the season.
• Sophomore goaltender Dylan Meilun made his eighth-straight start in net for the Skyhawks and tallied 27 saves in between the pipes.
• Junior Gavin FitzPatrick made his second appearance stopping all 13 of his shots faced for Stonehill during the third period.
• Sophomore defender Xavier Jean-Louis and freshman Broten Sabo each recorded their first career goals.
• Graduate student T.J. Lloyd and redshirt-junior Chase Dubois led the Nanooks offense, each tallying three points on the night.
• Senior netminder Pierce Charleson picked up the win in net after stopping 16 of the 17 shots he faced in between the pipes for the Nanooks.  

How it Happened

• Alaska-Fairbanks wasted little jumping out to an early lead as Rubtsov got the scoring started for the Nanooks just three minutes into the contest with an unassisted goal.
• The Nanooks would not let up in the first tacking three more goals on the board throughout the opening 20 minutes of action to take a commanding 4-0 lead into the first intermission.
• Stonehill looked to flip momentum early in the second period as Schreifels netted the lone Skyhawks goal of the game at the 5:46 mark of the middle frame.
• However, Alaska-Fairbanks would regain its momentum from the first and score four goals over the final 10 minutes of the middle period, extending its advantage to 8-1 heading into the third.
• Despite shutting out the Nanooks in the third, their lead grew too much for the Skyhawks to mount a comeback as they eventually fell by a final score of 8-1.

Up Next

Stonehill (0-11-0) returns to action on Saturday, November 18th, hosting Anna Maria College at the Bridgewater Ice Arena at 5 P.M.

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