The Purdue Northwest ACHA D3 Hockey team took two losses this week in their weekend series against Northwestern. Losing Game 1 on Friday night 4-1, and Game 2 on Saturday evening, 5-4 in overtime.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (6-2), Northwestern (6-0)
• Location: Evanston, Illinois
• Weekend series

Game 1 
Inside the Numbers

• Sophmore Joey Ansari scored the lone goal for Purdue Northwest.
• Junior Luke Eenigenburg (Munster, Ind./Munster HS) dished out the lone assist for the Pride.
• Senior Zander Zafiro (Williams Bay, Wis,/Morris) played all 60 minutes in the goal for The Pride.
• Hannah Goldenberg played all 60 minutes in the goal for Northwestern.

The Breakdown

• Purdue Northwest took an early lead in period one with a goal from Ansari assisted by Eenigenburg.
• In period two Northwestern would strike back with 3 goals. Two of the goals came off powerplays.
• In period three Northwestern would put the game out of reach with a final minute goal to secure the 4-1 win.

Game 2
Inside The Numbers

• Junior Kevin Pietrucha led The Pride with two goals.
• Junior Brendan Kerrick (St. John, Ind./Lake Central HS) and Senior Cole Bocock each contributed a goal for the Pride.
• Aiden Boukal (Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel HS), Sam Heffernan (Carmel, Ind./Zionsville Community High), and Anthony Caserta (Perth, Ontario/Perth District Collegiate Institute) each dished out an assist for The Pride.
• Junior Vincent Didonato played all 60:38 minutes in goal for The Pride and had 38 saves.
• Arthur Borbolla led Northwestern with three goals.
• Edward Lusted played all 60:38 minutes in goal for Northwestern.

The Breakdown

• Northwestern would strike first in period one with a goal from Borbolla, but The Pride would answer back with two goals from Pietrucha.
• The Pride would have a scoreless period two and Northwestern would capitalize by scoring two goals.
• In period three Kerrick and Bocock would each find the back of the net for the Pride to take the lead, but Northwestern would score a last-minute goal to force overtime.
• In overtime Northwestern would score a goal within the first minute to secure a 5-4 win.

Up Next

• The Pride next hit the ice to take on Miami (OH) in a weekend series. Game one is set for Friday, November 4 at 8:30 p.m. in Oxford, Ohio.