The #15 Purdue Northwest ACHA DI Hockey team held off Illinois in a hard-fought battle at home to take the win on Thursday night, 3-2.

The Basics

• Records: #15 Purdue Northwest (1-2), Illinois (5-2)
• Location: The Kube - Hammond, Indiana
• Attendance: 500

Inside The Numbers

• Junior RJ Swaw (Orland Park, Ill./) led Purdue Northwest with two goals and one assist.
• Sophomore Baden Powell (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/) netted one goal.
• Senior Michael Clough (Andover, Minn./) and freshman Lucas Whitehead (Barrie, Ontario, Canada) both chipped in one assist during the game.
• Freshman goalie Caleb Kril (Whitmore Lake, Mich.) earned his first career started making 18 saves to tally his first collegiate win.
• Ross Joldung and David Ras both scored a goal to lead Illinois.
• Noah Woodring started all 60 minutes in goal for Fighting Illini and made 31 saves on the night.

The Breakdown

• Illinois struck first during the early parts of the first period to take a 1-0 lead.
• PNW then tied things up 1-1 off a power play goal by Swaw.
• Purdue Northwest took the lead in the second period off another Swaw goal to make it 2-1.
• The Pride grew their lead to 3-1 courtesy of a Powell goal.
• Illinois cut their deficit late in the third period to make the score 3-2.
• The Fighting Illini had chances to tie in the end but the PNW defense stood strong to take the win, 3-2.

Up Next

• Purdue Northwest now looks to defend home ice once again when they host #14 UMary on Saturday, October 11. Puck drop is set for 7:30 PM CT at The Kube in Hammond, Indiana.