ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University Men's Hockey team celebrated last season's Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) championship with a banner unfurling and a 7-0 win over Albright College on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Dimaline and
Niko Tishkevich led the way with a goal and two assists each as Neumann had seven different goal scorers.
Charles Antrilli had a goal and an assist while
Jake Barkley finished with three assists while winning 13 of 18 face offs.
Christian Green earned the shutout win with 17 saves.
Playing a brand-new program can be tough to gauge for a good team but Neumann didn't take the Lions lightly, scoring the first goal of the game just 2:09 in. A blocked Albright shot was taken by
Dustin Patterson who turned it into a breakaway and lifted under the crossbar for his second goal of the season. Exactly one minute later,
Liam Reid found the rebound from a
Sonny DiNubile shot and snapped home his first goal of the season, doubling the Knights' lead. With 4:56 left in the period, a Lions clear was blocked to Tishkevich who slipped the puck to Dimaline, deflecting in his first of the year. Tishkevich added one more, his third of the year after an initial shot came in from Barkley, making it 4-0 after 20 minutes.
The Knights wouldn't stop there as with 3:50 off the clock in the second, Tishkevich threw a pass from behind the net to Antrilli and he one-timed in his second of the season. At the 14:37, while shorthanded,
Akezhan Melis turned a breakaway into his first goal of the season. Finally, with 39 seconds left in the second, Neumann closed the scoring as
Max Donohoe ripped a cross-ice feed from Barkley, his first goal of the year, sealing the game.
Neumann (2-2-1, 2-0-1 MAC) will return to action on Friday as they visit Misericordia for a 7:00 PM start.
