SUPERIOR, Wis. – Following a Friday loss to St. Scholastica, the Yellowjacket men's hockey team rebounded nicely on Saturday, as they took on their second-of-two Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) opponents in Bethel University. On an evening where the Yellowjackets didn't generate a lot of offense, they changed the tides Saturday, compiling 33 shots to take down the Royals 3-2.
Game Notes
- Jordan Gibbs (Redwood Falls, Minn./Jefferson) logged his first collegiate goal in the second period, taking feeds from Carson Riddle (Ortonville, Mich./Brandon) and Alexey Yarmulnik (Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge) to break the scoreless game.
- Shortly after, AJ Reed (Milwaukee, Wis./Menomonee Falls) would garner the second of his Yellowjacket career, as Yarmulnik and Tyler Ryder (Byron Center, Mich./Northstar Christian Academy) offered the helpers to boost Superior to a 2-0 lead.
- With under a minute remaining in the middle frame the Royals got on the board, cutting their deficit in half at 2-1.
- The third Superior goal of the evening came off the stick of Blake Setter (Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial), as Chris Ishmael (Oakville, Ontario/Abbey Park Secondary School) and Kade Shea (Duluth, Minn./Denfeld) were credited with assists at 4:40.
- Despite Bethel scoring with three minutes remaining, the Yellowjackets held on and continued to apply pressure defensively to secure their first win of the season on their home ice.
- Both teams ended their power plays 0-3 on the night.
- Daniel Rozsival (Chicago, Ill./North Shore Country Day) ended the night with four shots, while four of his teammates ended with three shots of their own.
- Ishmael blocked three shots from the opposition on the night, while three others capped their evening with two.
- Justin Dauphinais (Val Caron, Ontario/École Secondaire Catholique Horizon) and Ishmael each won 10 faceoffs on the night.
The Yellowjackets are back in action Friday as they travel to the Hobbs Ice Center, opening Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play with UW-Eau Claire. The opening faceoff is set for 7 p.m. in Eau Claire.
