PINE VALLEY, NY - The Elmira College men's hockey team hosted the Valiants of Manhattanville University for the first of their final two games of the season. The Soaring Eagles came out victorious, exploding for nine goals.
PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Soaring Eagles started strong, as Stephan McDonald faked a slap shot on the rush before putting the puck onto Spencer Barrow's stick, who slotted it home to give Elmira an early lead. Two minutes later, Eric Bertelsen put home a rebound on the power play to double EC's lead. Strong finishing and goaltending gave the Soaring Eagles a 2–0 lead after the first period, with Elmira narrowly outshooting Manhattanville, 20–19.
Just two minutes into the second, Jake Terra spun off a defender and beat the Manhattanville netminder to extend Elmira's lead to three. Shortly after, Lucas Stevenson scored a one-timer on the power play. The offense kept pouring in for the Soaring Eagles as Brock MacDonald put home Terra's rebound off the rush to make it 5–0. Two minutes later, the Valiants found their first of the game on a five-on-three power play.
Just two minutes into the third period, Brody Finnegan blasted a one-timer past the Manhattanville goaltender to restore the Soaring Eagles' five-goal lead. Shortly after, Owen Halloran's wrist shot gave Elmira its seventh of the game. Cam Lowe sniped one into the back of the net to make it 8–1 just three minutes later. With Manhattanville on a power play, Austin Jerzak's shorthanded goal made it 9–1 with just over ten minutes left. The Valiants were able to find another with nine minutes remaining before the Soaring Eagles closed out the 9–2 win.
SCORING
| PERIOD |
TIME |
SCHOOL |
GOAL |
ASSIST(S) |
| 1st |
6:39 |
Elmira |
Spencer Barrow |
Stephan McDonald, Brennan Boyce |
| 1st |
8:39 |
Elmira |
Eric Bertelsen |
Lucas Stevenson, Brock MacDonald |
| 2nd |
2:15 |
Elmira |
Jake Terra |
Seth Ferguson |
| 2nd |
7:04 |
Elmira |
Lucas Stevenson |
Cam Lowe |
| 2nd |
10:37 |
Elmira |
Brock MacDonald |
Jake Terra |
| 2nd |
12:36 |
Manhattanville |
Lucas Baksay |
Corey Popowcer, Lane Paddison |
| 3rd |
3:08 |
Elmira |
Brody Finnegan |
Cam Lowe, Lucas Stevenson |
| 3rd |
5:12 |
Elmira |
Owen Halloran |
Nicholas Bennett, Birch Gorman |
| 3rd |
7:58 |
Elmira |
Cam Lowe |
Lucas Stevenson, Eric Bertelsen |
| 3rd |
9:01 |
Elmira |
Austin Jerzak |
Owen Halloran |
| 3rd |
10:59 |
Manhattanville |
Matthew McCormack |
Parker Chadwell, Jack Cullen |
UP NEXT
The Soaring Eagles will be back at the Murray Athletic Center for a rematch with the Valiants tomorrow, February 20, as they celebrate Senior Day and play their final game of the season. Puck drop is set for 4:00 PM.