Men's Hockey secures Border Battle Trophy with win over Foresters

MEQUON, Wis. – Nick Malvin made 33 saves and the Concordia University Wisconsin Men's Hockey team erupted for four scores in the third period, securing the Border Battle Trophy with a 5-2 win over Lake Forest Saturday night. The Falcons completed the season sweep of the Foresters, also winning when the two teams met in December.

THE BASICS
- Final Score: Concordia Wisconsin 5, Lake Forest 2
- Location: Ozaukee Ice Center – Mequon, Wisconsin
- Records: Concordia Wisconsin 13-6-2, 9-5 NCHA; Lake Forest 11-9-1, 8-5-1 NCHA

MARIT POSTGAME



HOW IT HAPPENED
- With the game tied 1-1 after two periods of play, the Falcons turned it on with four goals in the final period. Jake Switzer (Swansea, Ill.) started the scoring 3:58 into the final stanza on an unassisted score from the blue line, making the score 2-1 in favor of the Falcons.

- Josh Adkins (Victoria, British Columbia) scored the game-winning goal, which at the time put the Falcons up 3-1 8:20 into the third period. Braydon Barker (Red Deer, Alberta) found Adkins with a cross-ice pass and Adkins buried his shot from the left faceoff circle for a two-goal Falcons lead.

- Lake Forest scored to make the score 3-2 on a Bron Loiselle goal 10:43 into the period. Just 2:04 later the Falcon went back up two goals on a one-timer off the stick of Dante Hahn (Victoria, British Columbia). Hahn started the odd man rush and dished it off to Jim Pearson (Ashton, Ontario), who got it right back to Hahn for the 4-2 lead.

- Nick Guerra (Victoria, British Columbia) capped off the wild third period with an empty net score with 2:07 left on the clock. Nick Guiney (Victoria, British Columbia), who had the Falcons first goal of the game, and Taylor Gauld (Whitby, Ontario) assisted on the empty-net score.

- Nick Malvin (Ham Lake, Minn.) was impressive once again for the Falcons, registering 33 saves, including 16 in the opening period. Malvin also picked up an assist on Saturday, sending a long pass to Guiney in the second period for the breakaway goal.

- Louis-Phillipe De Courcy made 25 saves for the Foresters. The Falcons finished the game with an advantage on special teams, going 1-for-4 on the power play compared to 0-for-5 by the Foresters. CUW killed off four of those penalties in the opening period, including an extended 5-on-3.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Malvin became the first CUW goaltender to reach double-digit wins in a single season, picking up his 10th win. He was tied with Jack Romanuik for most wins in a season entering Saturday's game. Romanuik won nine games last year.

- The Falcons tied the program record for most wins in a season with their 13th. CUW also won 13 games last season.

- CUW moved ahead of Lake Forest in the South Division standings with four games to play. The Falcons are in second place in the South Division and the top two teams in each division will host an opening round game.

- The Falcons secured the Border Battle Trophy, making them 2-for-2 so far in capturing rival trophies. CUW won the Thanksgiving Cup over Bethel and will look to go 3-for-3 next weekend when they battle for the Lake Michigan Cup against MSOE.

UP NEXT
- The Falcons will visit MSOE for the first game of their two-game set next Friday at 7 p.m.