DULUTH, Minn. (October 25, 2024) – The Stonehill College men's hockey team dropped a 5-1 decision to Minnesota-Duluth inside the AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota Friday night. With the loss, the Skyhawks fell to 2-4 overall, while the Bulldogs improved to 2-4 on the year.

Highlights

• Senior Kyle Heath lit the lamp on his first goal of the season off junior captain Frank Ireland's first assist of the year.
• Sophomore Anthony Galante tallied a team-high five shots on goal for the Skyhawks.
• Junior Alexander Tertyshny and freshman Justin Gibson each posted a game-high of four blocks on the night, respectively.
• Graduate netminder Connor Androlewicz set a career-high in total saves, registering 38 in between the pipes for Stonehill.
• Sophomore Aaron Pionk and senior Dominic James paved the way for the Bulldogs offense, each registering three points on the night.
• Freshman Jayson Shaugabay, freshman Callum Arnott, and sophomore Anthony Menghini lit the lamp on their fourth, second, and first goals of the season, respectively.
• Freshman goaltender Adam Gajan picked up his second win of the season after stopping 16 of his 17 shots faced inside the crease for Minnesota-Duluth.

How It Happened
Minnesota-Duluth started the first period off strong, edging Stonehill out on the shot chart by a narrow 5-2 margin over the first three minutes of play. At the 5:46 mark, however, the Bulldogs would break through and get a puck past Androlewicz off the stick of Arnott, putting Minnesota-Duluth up by one early in the first. The Bulldogs would double their advantage at the 15:48 mark of the opening frame when James lit the lamp on his first of two goals on the night.
 
Coming out of the first intermission, Stonehill would cut into its two-goal deficit within the opening five minutes of the second period when Ireland and Heath connected on a two-on-one break into the offensive zone. Heath received a cross-ice pass from Ireland and sent a wrist shot over Gajan's glove for his first goal of the season.
 
However, less than three minutes later, Minnesota-Duluth would regain its two-goal lead when Menghini netted his first of the year off assists by freshman Harper Bentz and sophomore Braden Fischer. Midway through the second period, Minnesota-Duluth jumped out to a 4-1 lead when James found the back of the net on the power play for his second goal of the night.
 
Minnesota-Duluth continued to apply offensive zone pressure in the third period, outshooting the Skyhawks 20-4 over the final 20 minutes of regulation while also adding its fifth goal of the contest off the stick of Shaugabay on the power play for his team-leading fourth goal of the season. Despite the effort late in the frame, registering five shot attempts in the last three minutes of play, the Bulldogs lead proved too much to overcome as Stonehill fell by a final score of 5-1.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (2-4-0) wraps up its two-game weekend series against Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday. Puck drop between the Skyhawks and Bulldogs is set for 6:07 PM CST inside the AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota.    
 
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