Mercyhurst clinched the regular-season championship in the MAAC for a second straight season Friday night with a 4-1 win over visiting Connecticut. <\/p>\n
The Lakers won for the 10th time in their last 11 games as they improved their overall mark to 19-7-3 and their MAAC record to 18-0-3. The Huskies fell to 11-12-6 overall and to 10-7-4 in the conference.<\/p>\n
After a scoreless first period, Connecticut got on the board first when senior defenseman Mike Boylan cashed a power-play goal at 8:25 of the middle period. The tally was assisted by freshman defenseman Adam Rhein and freshman forward Matt Grew. It was Boylan’s sixth goal of the season.<\/p>\n
Mercyhurst tied it on a power play of its own as sophomore forward Peter Rynshoven scored his 11th of the year, from senior Louis Goulet and freshman Rich Hansen at 14:21 of the second. Freshman forward David Wrigley scored what proved to be the game-winner later in the period at 18:38, assisted by linemates Brad Olsen and Mike Carter.<\/p>\n
The score remained 2-1 Mercyhurst until Mercyhurst senior defenseman Marc Varteressian scored an empty-net tally at 19:02. Senior forward Tom McMonagle ended the scoring with his seventh of the season at 19:11.<\/p>\n
Mercyhurst outshot Connecticut 28-22 as senior goaltender Peter Aubry won his 15th game of the season and remained unbeaten in the conference. UConn sophomore netminder Artie Imbriano took the loss.<\/p>\n
Mercyhurst will entertain Quinnipiac Saturday night, while Connecticut travels to Buffalo to play Canisius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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