FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Men's ice dominated Cleary in a 10-2 victory last night.
The Warriors opened the first period with a goal 17 minutes in from
Matej Krasny off a pass by
Cam Chabot. This put Tech up 1-0 after the first period. The Warriors then had two back-to-back shorthanded goals to open the second period.
Krasny found the back of the net again from
Bear Ross and
Adam Vannelli while
Joel Holmberg scored the second shorthanded goal from
Alex Potter. With less then five minutes off the clock in the second period, the Warriors led 3-0.
Tech then took advantage of a powerplay when
Cole Barney scored from
Filip Schultz.
Nick Papandrea found the back of the net under a minute later from
Blake Cudmore and
Vaughn Treppa to earn the Warriors a 5-0 lead with about half of the second period left to play. Cleary was able to get a shot into the net and get on the board at the 9:06 mark to make the score 5-1.
About 45 seconds later,
Holmberg scored against from
Barney and
Potter to give Tech back their five-point lead. Cleary then earned a powerplay and took advantage of it when they slipped one into the net to get within four (6-2) once again. The Warriors held Cleary scoreless the rest of the game while they scored four more goals. Two of which game in the second period.
Potter scored the seventh goal from
Schultz and
Holmberg on a powerplay while
Treppa scored the eighth goal from
Ross and
Bobby Frieson to end the second period with an 8-2 lead.
The final two goals came in the third period with
Holmberg scoring off a powerplay from
Barney. Zach Bennett then scored the final goal from
Krasny and
Pete Cascagnette to earn the Warriors a 10-2 victory over Clearly.
Schultz went 14-for-22 in faceoffs with
Ross going 14-for-19 and
Chabot going 13-for-21.
Ty Barnhill earned the win with 11 saves.
The Warriors are back in action on Saturday, March 6
th when they travel to Cleary for a 6:30 p.m. puck drop.