The #14 Purdue Northwest ACHA D1 Hockey team delivered a dominant weekend performance against Roosevelt, earning a pair of shutout victories over the Lakers. The Lions opened the series with a 7-0 win on Thursday before carrying that momentum into Friday night with an impressive 9-0 victory, securing the weekend sweep behind a powerful offensive attack and stellar goaltending.

The Basics

• Records: #14 Purdue Northwest (5-1), Roosevelt (0-6)
• Location: The Kube – Hammond, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois

Game 1

Inside The Numbers

• The Lions outshot the Lakers 59-20, controlling the offensive pace throughout the contest.
• Purdue Northwest finished 1-for-1 on the power play, while Roosevelt did not have a power-play opportunity.
• Freshman Sam Harper (Chicago, Ill.) led the Lions with two goals and an assist.
• Freshman Danylo Tsybulskyi recorded two goals, while freshman Cameron Krause (Channahon, Ill.) dished out three assists.
• Junior Carson Finney (Holt, Mich./), freshman Gavin Elkins (Fort Wayne, Ind.), and sophomore Brock Behrend (Luverne, Minn./) each added a goal.
• Freshman Gustav Martinsson (Kungalv, Sweden) contributed two assists, while junior Kolin Leduc (Macomb, Mich./), freshman Dylan Toth (Torrance, Calif.), sophomore Francesco Denti, sophomore Sam Morganti (Rimersburg, Pa./) and junior Baden Powell (Calgary, Alberta, Canada/) each recorded an assist.
• Sophomore Caleb Kril (Whitmore Lake, Mich./) stopped all 20 shots he faced to earn the shutout for Purdue Northwest.

The Breakdown

• Purdue Northwest struck early, with Finney opening the scoring at 2:54 of the first period off assists from Krause and Denti.
• Elkins doubled the advantage at 7:43, with Krause and Toth picking up assists, before Tsybulskyi made it 3-0 at 8:42 with help from Martinsson.
• Harper extended the lead to 4-0 at 11:22 of the second period, finishing a play set up by Leduc and Finney.
• Harper scored his second goal of the night at 3:14 in the third period, assisted by Martinsson and Powell.
• Behrend pushed the lead to 6-0 at 10:24, with Krause and Kril earning assists.
• Tsybulskyi capped the scoring with a power-play goal at 19:46, assisted by Morganti and Harper, completing the 7-0 shutout.

Game 2

Inside The Numbers

• Purdue Northwest outshot Roosevelt 58-26, maintaining pressure across all three periods.
• The Lions recorded three goals in each period to complete the 9-0 victory.
• Martinsson led the way with a hat trick, scoring three times in the third period.
• Behrend finished with one goal and two assists, while Toth recorded two assists.
• Denti, Tsybulskyi, Krause, senior Bryce Jacobsen (DeForest, Wis./) and Leduc each scored a goal.
• Leduc added an assist, while junior Easton Tok (Eau Claire, Wis./), sophomore Lucas Whitehead (Barrie, Ontario, Canada/) and Powell also recorded assists.
• Freshman Keegan Waldo (Rochester, N.Y.) turned aside all 26 shots he faced to record the second consecutive shutout for the Lions.

The Breakdown

• Denti opened the scoring at 4:01 of the first period before Tsybulskyi added another goal at 5:29. Krause capped the opening-period scoring at 18:23, assisted by Tok, giving Purdue Northwest a 3-0 lead.
• Jacobsen scored just 2:03 into the second period, followed by Leduc at 3:57 to extend the advantage to 5-0.
• Behrend made it 6-0 at 16:32, with assists from Leduc and Whitehead.
• Martinsson took over in the third period, scoring three times at 5:50, 6:55 and 11:31 to complete his hat trick and seal the 9-0 victory.
• Waldo completed the shutout with 26 saves, giving Purdue Northwest back-to-back games without allowing a goal.

Up Next

• Purdue Northwest returns to actions with a home-and-home series against Saginaw Valley State starting with Lions hosting the Cardinals on Thursday, October 22. Puck-drop is slated for 7:30 PM CT at The Kube in Hammond, Indiana.