Men's Ice Hockey Utica Athletic Communications

No. 1 Utica Wins 14th Straight Following Victory at Arcadia

GLENSIDE, PA - The No. 1 Utica University men's hockey team defeated the Arcadia University Knights 7-1 on Saturday night. 
 
The Pioneers had six different goal scorers in the game while Justin Allen led the way with two. Jayson Dobay, Shane Murphy, Lucas Herrmann, Kimball Johnson and Dante Zapata also scored in the win. 
 
Matt Wood tallied two assists while seven others had one on the night. In goal, Bryan Landsberger earned the win with 18 saves in nearly 51 minutes between the pipes. Avery Sturtz finished the final 9:16 in goal with three saves. 
 
Utica put 65 shots on goal while limiting Arcadia to 22. 
 
Murphy kicked things off for the Pioneers with a first period goal at 6:25 while Allen (8:46) scored on a power play and Johnson (13:24) ensured a 3-0 lead after one full. 
 
In the second, Utica tacked on two more goals. On a Knights power play, Hermann produced a shorthanded goal for Utica at 10:59 to push the game to 4-0 in favor of the Pioneers. Less than a minute later, Zapata made it 5-0 thanks to Buster Larsson and Brandon Osmundson assists. 
 
In the third, Dobay scored at 6:18 to put the team ahead 6-0. While Arcadia broke through at 10:44, Allen responded right back with his second of the night 20 seconds later as the Pioneers took their 14th game in a row. 
 
No. 1 Utica (21-2-1, 19-0-0 UCHC) looks to complete its perfect conference record on Sunday as the team wraps up its regular season at Arcadia at 12:15 p.m.