CHAGRIN FALLS, OH – Chatham Men's Hockey (2-0-0) completed its weekend sweep of Hiram (0-2-0) with an 8-2 victory on Saturday afternoon at The Pond – Ice Rink & Sports Complex. 

The Cougars took control early, scoring four goals while holding a 26-4 advantage in shots during the opening period. Michael Roby opened the scoring with a power-play goal just 1:27 into the game off assists from Will Brown and Jake LaRusso. LaRusso doubled the lead with an unassisted goal at 4:47. 

Michael Marquez extended Chatham's advantage to 3-0 at 10:05, with LaRusso recording his second assist of the period. Marquez struck again at 14:42 off an assist from Kyle Contessa to send the Cougars into the first intermission ahead 4-0. 

Chatham added four more goals during the second period. Colin Watson scored for the second consecutive game at 4:58, finishing a feed from Andrew Martino to make it 5-0. Hiram answered 22 seconds later, but the Cougars quickly regained control when Martino converted on the power play at 7:06 off an assist from Roby. 

Breken Northgrave scored at 16:54, with Michael Mumm and Hudson Weger providing the assists. LaRusso then capped the period by scoring his second goal of the game with one second remaining. Tyler DesRochers assisted on the goal, which gave Chatham an 8-1 lead entering the second intermission. 

Hiram scored at 1:03 of the third period, but Chatham prevented the Terriers from cutting further into the lead. The Cougars placed another 19 shots on goal during the final frame before closing out the 8-2 victory. 

LaRusso led the Cougars with four points on two goals and two assists. Marquez scored twice, while Roby and Martino each finished with one goal and one assist. Nikolas Trakakis made 15 saves to earn the victory in goal. 

Chatham outshot Hiram 66-17 and converted two of its four power-play opportunities. Eleven different Cougars recorded at least one point in the win. 

The Cougars return to action on Wednesday, November 4th when they host Buffalo State at 2 p.m.