The Purdue Northwest ACHA D3 Hockey team took both games over Wheaton this week comfortable. Winning Game 1 on Friday night 15-3, and Game 2 on Saturday evening, 18-4.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (6-0), Wheaton (0-2)
• Location: Carol Stream, Illinois
• Weekend Series Sweep

Game 1 
Inside the Numbers

• Senior Cole Bocock led Purdue Northwest with four goals goals.
• Junior Brendan Kerrick (St. John, Ind./Lake Central HS) and Freshman Sam Heffernan (Carmel, Ind./Zionsville Community High) each had three goals.
• Cody Graniczny (Beecher, Ill./Beecher), Michael Deady (St. John, Ind./Bishop Noll HS), and Kevin Pietrucha each contributed goals as well.
• Goalie time for The Pride was split evenly between Alexander Broschek, Vincent Didonato, and Jake Kiebles (Alsip, Ill./Alan B. Shepard).

The Breakdown

• Purdue Northwest took an early lead in period one and didn't look back as they netted six goals from Ansari, Deady, Bocock, and Heffernan.
• Wheaton would get on the board on in the second period with a goal from Bennink however The Pride would keep answer back with 4 goals themselves.
• Wheaton would try there best in period 3 to get back in the game scoring two goals, but The Prides offense was just too much to handle as they added another 5 goals to secure the comfortable victory.

Game 2
Inside The Numbers

• Freshman Sam Heffernan (Carmel, Ind./Zionsville Community High) and Junior Kevin Pietrucha led The Pride with three goals.
• Zarren Zafiro (Williams Bay, Wis./Williams Bay HS), Luke Hoffman (Valpo, Ind./Valpo), Aiden Boukal (Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel HS), Nate Allerding (Munster, Ind./Munster), and Michael Deady (St. John, Ind./Bishop Noll HS) all each contributed two goals.
• Brendan Kerrick (St. John, Ind./Lake Central HS) and Cole Bocock also contributed a goal.
• Jake Kiebles (Alsip, Ill./Alan B. Shepard), Vincent Didonato, and Alexander Broschek each split time in the goal for The Pride.
• Warner Mehl played all 60 minutes in the goal for Wheaton.

The Breakdown

• The Pride would pick up where the left off yesterday as they scored 6 goals in the first period.
• Wheaton would end up scoring there only goals in period two as they added 4.
• The Pride would shutdown any hopes of a comeback however as they added 8 goals in period two.
• The Pride would cap off this dominating victory by adding 4 more goals in period three to secure the 18-4 victory.

Up Next

• The Pride next hit the ice to take on Northwestern in a weekend series. Game one is set for Friday, October 28, at 7:00 p.m. in Evanston, Illinois.