Ocelots Sweep Home and Home With Trine

The Ocelots Men's Hockey program came into the weekend with a 0-1-0-0 record following a loss to Men's D1 Toledo University. Saturday's game marked the first home game in the program's history that kicked off a home and home with Trine University.

Game 1- The game would get kicked off and be fast paced from the drop of the puck. It wouldn't take long for the Ocelots to be down a man, the Ocelots has 12 penalties against Toledo, when Austin Brown went to the box for boarding at the 3:28 mark in the 1^st period. Schoolcraft would be able to kill the penalty without allowing a goal, but Trine would strike 1^st at the 12:32 mark. It would not take long for Schoolcraft to get the goal back as just 23 seconds later, Timmy Hinkle would net a goal with help from Noah Smentowski and Austin Brown. Trint would go up 2-1 off a faceoff win at the 14:45 mark but Schoolcraft would answer again with 21 seconds left in the 1^st period as Timmy Hinkle would net his 2^nd of the game.

The 2^nd period would prove to be very quiet with no goals being scored and just 1 penalty being called, a slashing penalty on Dustin Fretter.

Schoolcraft would come out of the locker room after the 2^nd break ready to roll. Dustin Fretter would put the Ocelots up 3-2 with a goal at the 5:39 mark. Andrew Elliott and Logan Tripp would tally an assist on Fretter's goal. 7 minutes later, the Ocelots would get insurance from Andrew Elliott, with help from Fretter and Jerome Pegrum to push the Ocelot lead to 4-2. The Ocelots 5^th goal would come on an empty netter from Julian Wainwright with 3 seconds remaining.

Leo Tykoski would get his 1^st start of the season and notch his 1^st win.

Game 2- Schoolcraft would travel to Angola, Indiana for the 2^nd half of the home and home with Trine.

Trine would come out of the gates hot, looking to return the favor to Schoolcraft and give the Ocelots a loss. Trine would strike 1^st again at the 6:02 mark in the 1^st period. Schoolcraft would not be able to answer in the 1^st period, only registering 6 shots on goal to Trine's 12. Schoolcraft would have 2 penalties in the 1^st period, William Ballantyne (slashing) and LJ Sabala (slashing).

The 2^nd period would have a feel out period at the start. Schoolcraft would have 2 more penalties to start the period, Josh Boze (roughing) and Austin Brown (cross checking). 8 minutes into the period, Julian Wainwright would finally get the Ocelots on the board to tie the game 1-1 and less than a minute later, Andrew Elliott would break the tie with a power-play goal at the 9:04 mark. LJ Sabala would add some insurance with 5 minutes left in the 2^nd period to give Schoolcraft a 3-1 lead after 2 periods. Sabala, Boze, Logan Tripp and Max Siratskiy would all record an assist in the 2^nd period.

In the 3^rd period, Trine would inch closer at the 6:32 mark making the game 3-2. Schoolcraft would stand tall defensively before Andrew Elliott would score his 2^nd of the game on an empty net with 40 seconds to play to put the game away.

Lane Schroeder got his 1^st start and 1^st win of the season in net, facing 39 shots and making 37 saves.

The Ocelots are back on the ice with a home and home against UM-Flint on Friday and Saturday. The Ocelots will be home on Friday with a puck drop at 7:35 PM before traveling to Flint on Saturday for an 8:00 PM puck drop.