The Purdue Northwest ACHA D3 Hockey team took both games of their season opening series against Lake Superior. Winning Game 1 on Friday night 5-3, and Game 2 on Saturday evening, 5-1.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (2-0), Lake Superior (0-2)
• Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
• Season Opening Series

Game 1 
Inside the Numbers

• Junior Kevin Pietrucha led Purdue Northwest with two goals.
• Freshman Nick Anderson (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point), Senior Nick Anthony (Dyer, Ind./Lake Central HS), and Freshman Cody Graniczny (Beecher, Ill./Beecher) each added to the Prides score with a goal each.
• Senior Nick Anthony (Dyer, Ind./Lake Central HS) and Sam Heffernan (Carmel, Ind./Zionsville Community High) each dished out an assist.
• Junior Vincent Didonato played all 60 minutes in goal for the Pride.

The Breakdown

• Purdue Northwest took an early lead in period one with a short-handed goal from Anthony followed up by a powerplay goal from Pietrucha.
• Purdue Northwest ended period one leading by one goal. As Seth Hill of Lake Superior netted a goal in the final minutes of period one.
• Lake Superior would tie the game in period two with a goal from Zachary Jones.
• The Pride would answer back though with two goals from Graniczny and Pietrucha.
• Lake Superior would add one more goal in period three, but Anderson would give the Pride an insurance goal in the final minutes of period three to secure the win.

Up Next

• The Pride next hit the ice to take on Butler in a weekend series. Game one is set for Friday, September 30 at 8:30 p.m. in Indianapolis, Indiana.