FALL RIVER, MA - The Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey team picked up its first win of the season, defeating Roger Williams University, 5-1 in a non-conference game on Saturday evening. It was also the first win at Albertus for head coach Tim Richter.
Justin Sullivan (Laval, Quebec) had two goals and an assist and Jacob Martineau (Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec) scored twice, while Charles Lavoie (Chicoutimi, Québec) had a goal and an assist in the win.
Caleb Chabot (Blainville, Quebec) stopped 28 of the 29 shots he faced in goal.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus 5 | RWU 1
RECORDS: Albertus (1-1-0) | RWU (0-2-0)
BOX
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The two teams were scoreless over the first 16 minutes before they exchanged goals just 65 seconds apart. Roger Williams got on the board first on a power-play goal by JJ Alger before Sullivan responded with his first goal of the season at the 17:21 mark. Sullivan backhanded a shot in as he skated towards the net after receiving a pass from Cole Barrett (Mississaugua, Ontario)
- Sullivan added his second goal of the game just 85 seconds into the second period after receiving a pass at the blue line from Jaxson Martin (Calgary, Alberta) and firing a shot from the left faceoff circle for the 2-1 lead.
- Martineau scored his first career goal at the 9:04 mark after he deflected in a shot off the stick of Lavoie right in front of the net to make it 3-1. Andrew Van Antwerp (Petoskey, Mich.) also added an assist on the goal.
- Lavoie scored his first goal of the season at 3:35 in the third as he snuck in behind a defender and received a pass from Owen McNamara (Aurora, Ontario) on a two-on-two breakaway to make it 4-1.
- Martineau added his second goal of the game at 8:16 in the third for the final goal of the game as he deflected in a shot from William Lavigne (Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Québec) to make it 5-1. Sullivan also added an assist on the goal.
UP NEXT
Albertus will take go on the road to play Rivier on Saturday, November 7th at 7 p.m.