The #15 Purdue Northwest ACHA DI Hockey team overpowered Roosevelt for a weekend sweep/ The Pride took Game 1 on Friday night in dominating fashion, 12-0, and then took the victory on the road in Game 2, 7-2.
The Basics
- Records: #16 Purdue Northwest (13-7-3,6-4-1), Roosevelt (4-18-0)
- Location: The Kube - Hammond, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois
- Attendance: 400
Game 1
Inside The Numbers
- Senior Sam Bourdages (Hearst, Ontario/) led the Pride with a big night netting a hat-trick and notching three assists.
- Senior Andrew Remer (Lake Orion, Mich./) added two goals and two assists for Purdue Northwest.
- Sophomore RJ Swaw (Orland Park, Ill./) tallied two goals on the night.
- Junior Michael Clough (Andover, Minn./) chipped in one goal and four assists during the game.
- Junior Cooper Olson (Maple Grove, Minn./) returned to the ice and played 60 minutes between the pipes for the Pride recording 24 saves and a shutout for the win.
- Harber Cassel started in goal for the Panthers playing all 60 minutes in goal and made 51 saves.
The Breakdown
- Purdue Northwest scored two goals in the first period to go up 2-0.
- The Pride added four more goals in the second to take a commanding 6-0 lead after two.
- Purdue Northwest lit up the third period with six more goals to finish the game with a dominant win, 12-0.
- The Pride outshot Roosevelt during the contest, 63-24.
Game 2
Inside The Numbers
- Junior Brennan Schidlowsky (Nipawin, Saskatchewan/), freshman Mason Cole (Saginaw, Mich.), and freshman Baden Powell (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) each led the Pride with one goal and one assist.
- Sophomore Cooper Knott (Glenwood Springs, Colo./), sophomore Ryan Kerr (Redford, Mich./), sophomore Bryce Jacobsen (DeForest, Wis./), and junior Carter Hobbs (Des Moines, Iowa/) each added one goal a piece during the game for Purdue Northwest.
- Eight different Pride players provided an assist during the contest.
- Olson started for the Pride once again playing all 60 minutes making 34 total saves and grabbing the win.
- Tanner Hallett led Roosevelt with one goal and one assist.
- Cassel started once again in goal for the Lakers playing all 60 minutes and made 45 saves.
The Breakdown
- Purdue Northwest grabbed the lead in the first period with a goal to go up 1-0.
- The Pride then scored early in the second period to make it 2-0.
- Three minutes later Roosevelt cut their deficit to 2-1 with a goal.
- Purdue Northwest responded with two straight goals to end the second period up 4-1.
- The Lakers showed more life again scoring a goal in the first five minutes of the third to cut it to a 4-2 game.
- The Pride once again answered with three straight goals to make the final score 7-2 in the end.
- Purdue Northwest ended the contest outshooting the Lakers, 52-34.
Up Next
- The Pride take on Illinois in a home-and-home weekend series starting on Friday, February 7. Puck drop is set at 7:00 PM CT at The Kube in Hammond, Indiana. Friday night is also Senior Night for the DI Hockey program and festivities will begin prior to the start of the game.
