WILKES-BARRE, PA – A five-goal second period was more than enough to lead the No. 9 Wilkes University men's ice hockey team to a 7-2 victory over Neumann University in United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) action at the Toyota SportsPlex on Friday evening.
The Colonels improved to 7-1-0 in conference play and 11-3-0 overall with the win.
Neumann got the only goal of the first period at 10:12 on the power-play.
Jimmy O'Kane got Wilkes on the board at 1:43 of the second with a power-play tally assisted by Scott Mueller.
Tyler Barrow put the Colonels ahead for good at 4:02 of the second on the power-play with assists from Donald Flynn and Nick Fea before Tyler Dill got in on the scoring just 55 seconds later with an assist from Billy Berry.
Jay Gallagher (Dill, Taylor Brierley) and Michael Gurska (Barrow, Fea) finished the second period scoring with power-play tallies at 5:41 and 12:28, respectively.
Barrow found the net again at 11:40 of the third with assists from Phil Erickson and O'Kane while Tyson Araujo notched the final score at 17:32 with assists from Devon Schell and Ryan Galvin.
Nico Pidro was solid in net for Wilkes, stopping 27-of-28 shots before being replaced by Luc Fox halfway through the third period.
The Colonels won 47-of-75 face-offs (63 percent), led by 14 wins from Berry and 11 from Flynn.
Wilkes returns to the ice tomorrow when it will host Manhattanville for a 5:00 p.m. UCHC contest.