The Purdue Northwest ACHA D3 Hockey team took both games of their weekend series against Butler. Winning Game 1 on Friday night 5-3, and Game 2 on Saturday evening, 4-3 in a shootout.

The Basics

• Records: Purdue Northwest (4-0), Butler (2-4)
• Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.
• Game one of weekend series

Game 1 
Inside the Numbers

• Freshman Sam Heffernan (Carmel, Ind./Zionsville Community High) led Purdue Northwest with two goals.
• Freshman Nick Anderson (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point), Senior Nick Anthony (Dyer, Ind./Lake Central HS), and Freshman Lee Jacob each added to The Prides score with a goal each.
• Junior Kevin Petrucha (Monticello, Ind./Alan B. Shepard) contributed with three assists.
• Senior Cole Bocock and Junior Robert Marciano (St. John, Ind./Hanover Central HS) each dished out an assist as well.
• Junior Vincent Didonato played all 60 minutes in goal for the Pride.

The Breakdown

• Butler would take an early lead in period one with a goal from Nick Wade, but the Pride would answer back with a goal of their own from Lee. Ending the first period 1-1.
• Purdue Northwest would explode offensively in period two with three goals. One from Anthony and two from Heffernan.
• Butler would add one goal in the second period with a goal from Lucas Krol.
• Butler would score early again in period three with a goal from Evan Halligan.
• In the final seconds of period three the Pride would put the game away with an insurance goal from Anderson.

Up Next

• The Pride next hit the ice to take on Butler in game two of the weekend. Game two is set for Saturday, October 1, at 7:00 p.m. at The Kube in Hammond, Indiana.

 Game 2
Inside The Numbers

• Freshman Sam Heffernan (Carmel, Ind./Zionsville Community High), Freshman Jacob Lee (Osceola, Ind./Penn), and Junior Kevin Pietrucha each contributed a goal for the Pride.
• Freshman Anthony Cioe (Schererville, Ind./Lake Central) and Freshman Gabriel Galvez (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle) each dished out an assist for The Pride.
• Junior Vincent Didonato played all 65 minutes in goal for The Pride.
• Evan Halligan led Butler with one goal and an assist.
• Max Crane played all 65 minutes in goal for Butler.

The Breakdown

• Butler would jump to an early lead in the first period as Kem and Halligan would each net a goal to go into period two.
• The Pride would go on the attack in period two however scoring three goals as Heffernan, Pietrucha, and Lee each found the back of the net.
• Butler would tie the game at the end of period two with a goal from Barnhart.
• Period three would be focused on defense as neither team would find the back of the net pushing the game to overtime.
• Overtime ended with neither team scoring which brought the game down to a shootout.
• With great defense from Didonato in the goal and a lone goal from Crane The Pride where able to secure a 4-3 victory over Butler.

Up Next

• The Pride next hit the ice to take on Wheaton in a weekend series. Game one is set for Friday, October 7 at 8:30 p.m. in Carol Stream, Illinois.