The #7 Purdue Northwest ACHA DI Hockey opened the 2024-25 season shutting out Saginaw Valley State at home on Thursday night, 7-0.

The Basics

• Records: #7 Purdue Northwest (1-0), SVSU (2-1)
• Location: The Kube - Hammond, Ind.
• Attendance: 400

Inside The Numbers

• Freshman Mason Cole (Saginaw, Mich.) led the Pride with two goals.
• Sophomore Cooper Knott (Glenwood Springs, Colo./), sophomore Chase Solberg (Anchorage, Alaska/), sophomore RJ Swaw (Orland Park, Ill./), and junior Noah Murphy (Faribault, Minn./) each added one goal and one assist for Purdue Northwest.
• Five different Pride players chipped in one assist.
• Sophomore Cooper Olson (Maple Grove, Minn./) played all 60 minutes between the pipes for the Pride and recorded 20 saves to earn the shutout win. 
• Liam Donnely started in goal for the Cardinals playing the first and made 34 saves.
• Brendan Cobb played the final 40 minutes in the net for Saginaw Valley State making 27 total saves.

The Breakdown

• The Pride lit up the first period scoring four goals to take a 4-0 lead into the second.
• Purdue Northwest added one goal in the second period to go up 5-0.
• The Pride finished the game scoring two more goals in the third period to earn the win in the end, 7-0.
• Purdue Northwest outshot SVSU during the game, 68-20.
• The Pride also went 2-for-2 in power plays.

Up Next

• The Pride hit the road now to take on Saginaw Valley State once again on Saturday, October 5. Puck-drop is scheduled for 9:00 PM CT in University Center, Michigan.