Lebanon Valley 9, Post University 2

LVC Starters
Reno (D), Yingst (D), Skerlick (LW), Pessig (RW), Thompson (C), Eisenhower (G)

Post Starters
Mancini, Jessman, Harris, O'Shea, Drummond, Grout (G)

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley opened up the new year by cruising past Post University by a 9-2 margin to earn its second victory of the season on Friday night in non-conference men's ice hockey action. The Dutchmen jumped to 2-8-2, while the Eagles fell to 2-11  

LVC dominated the first period and were impressive on the power-play, going 3-for-3 on the man advantage, while adding an even-strength goal late in the period. Cole Hepler netted the Dutchmen's first goal of the game, a PP goal 4:23 into the first off assists from Brett Johnson and Brad Nolan. Four minutes later, at 7:33, LVC was on the PP again and Jared Karas found the back of the net from Nolan again.

Less than two minutes later at 9:26, Bryan Hovanec scored the Dutchmen's third PP goal of the period and Nolan earned his third assist in less than 10 minutes of action. Travis Hall added an even-strength goal with four minutes remaining and LVC went into the first intermission with a big 4-0 lead.

In the second period, the Dutchmen netted yet another PP goal when Hepler scored his second of the game from Karas and Johnson to make it 5-0 and at 9:41, PJ Hefferin scored his first of the game from Matthew Reno and Travis Acker, making it a comfortable 6-0 lead for the Dutchmen, who showed no rust whatsoever after a month-long break. At 11:07 of the second, Karas added his second of the game, followed by a Post goal at 17:26, but LVC still led at 7-1 heading into the third.

LVC found the back of the net twice in second, starting with Hefferin's second of the game at 5:42 from Mike Straub and Joey LaBonte, followed by a Nick Skerlick goal at 10:38 from Cody Pessig and Matthew Reno, as the Dutchmen went on to take the easy win at 9-2.

Inside the Numbers
 - Hefferin, Hepler, and Karas scored two goals apiece and Hepler and Karas both added an assist.
 - Nolan and Johnson each recorded three assists, while Reno and LaBonte notched two apiece.
 - Brennan Thompson won 12 faceoffs for LVC and Hepler added 11 faceoff wins.
 - As a team, the Dutchmen led in faceoff wins at 43-39.
 - LVC led in shots at 39-21.
 - Joel Eisenhower earned his second win of the season, making 19 stops.
 - Tonight's game featured 19 total penalties, 12 by the Eagles and seven by the Dutchmen.

Who's Next?
The home-and-home with Post concludes tomorrow when LVC travels up to New Haven, Connecticut to take on the Eagles at 3:15 p.m.