The Purdue Northwest ACHA D3 Hockey team fell in both games of their weekend series against Purdue. Losing Game 1 on Friday night, 7-1, and Game 2 on Saturday evening, 6-1.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (8-8), #19 Purdue (13-2)
- Location: The Kube - Hammond, Ind.
- Attendance: 350
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Inside the Numbers
- Freshman Brett Bandstra (Schererville, Ind./Lake Central) led Purdue Northwest with one goal.
- Senior Zander Zafiro (Williams Bay, Wis,/Morris) contributed with an assist.
- Senior Zander Zafiro (Williams Bay, Wis,/Morris) played all 60 minutes in goal for the Pride and made 27 saves.
- Evan Spadafora led Purdue with 3 goals and an assist.
- Aidan Lowinger played all 60 minutes in goal for Purdue and had 32 saves.
The Breakdown
- Purdue scored the first goal of the game in the first period from Spadafore to take a 1-0 lead after one.
- Purdue Northwest ended period one trailing by two goals. As Spadafore and Groen of Purdue each netted a goal in period 1.
- The Pride would get on the board in period 2 with a goal from Bandstra.
- The Pride would fall to Purdue with a final score of 7-1.
Game 2
Inside The Numbers
- Senior Cole Bocock led The Pride with a solo goal.
- Freshman Anthony Caserta (Perth, Ontario/Perth District Collegiate Institute) dished out an assist
- Junior Vincent DiDonato (Dyer, Ind./Lake Central HS) played all 60 minutes in goal for the Pride and made 46 saves.
- Tyler Groen led Olivet Purdue with two goals.
- Nathan Rutledge played all 60 minutes in goal for Purdue and had 9 saves.
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The Breakdown
- The Pride scored their first goal in period one with Bocock netting a goal to make the score 2-1 heading into Period Two.
- Purdue would add 2 powerplay goals in period two to expand their lead and make the score 4-1
- In period three Purdue would put the game out of reach with 2 more powerplay goals to secure a 6-1 victory.
Up Next
- The Pride next hit the ice to take on Indiana in a weekend series. Game one is set for Friday, January 27 at 7:00 p.m. at The Kube in Hammond, Indiana.
