The number-four Middlebury Panthers scored early and often to earn an 8-0 over the visiting Salem State Vikings in a penalty-filled NESCAC\/ECAC East battle.<\/p>\n
For the second game in a row Middlebury jumped out to a 1-0 lead less than a minute in the game, as the Panthers’ Adam Foote put the puck past the Vikings Caleb Christenson 56 seconds into the first period. <\/p>\n
Just five minutes later Middlebury doubled its lead as defenseman Aaron Copeland picked up a rebound right at the top of the crease and flipped it into the net past Christenson for his first career goal. <\/p>\n
Ten minutes later, just seconds after concluding a penalty kill in which Middlebury stifled the Salem State attack, the Panthers’ Andrei Makarov and J.F. Duchesne broke into the zone off a feed from rookie Brian Phinney. Duchesne slid the puck across the slot to Makarov, who buried it for his first career goal and a 3-0 Middlebury lead.<\/p>\n
Just 48 seconds into the second period, with the Panthers on a power-play assessed to netminder Christenson for tripping, Mike Velez ripped a slapshot from the blue line that was tipped in front by John Dawson to the upper corner of the net.<\/p>\n
The next 15 minutes would see seven penalties handed out in an increasingly rough game, before at 17:53 Rob Chisholm fired a shot from the point past Christenson to move the game to 5-0. Middlebury goaltender Christian Carlsson then stoned Salem State several times on point-blank shots as they pressed heavily during the final seconds of the period. <\/p>\n
At 3:15 of the third, Adam Foote took a Vikings turnover and put it past Christenson for his second goal of the game and fifth of the season. Three minutes later John Dawson found a rebound in the slot and with no Salem State defenders around, cleanly shot from point-blank range into the twine. To close out the scoring, with one minute left in the game Andy Campbell scored a power-play goal for Middlebury off a slapshot for the final 8-0 score. <\/p>\n
At the game’s conclusion, the Panthers had thrown 34 shots at Christenson, of which 26 were saved; Middlebury’s Carlsson stopped 13 shots for his second shutout win of the season. The Middlebury power play went 3-8 on the night, while the penalty kill was stellar in holding Salem State to 0-7. <\/p>\n
Middlebury moves to 5-1 overall and 4-0 in the NESCAC, while Salem State stands at 3-2 in the ECAC East and 4-2 overall. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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