Fredonia 5, Lebanon Valley 3

LVC Starters
Thompson (C), Skerlick (LW), Eben (RW), Balodis (D), Straub (D), Eisenhower (G)

Fredonia Starters
Wilbur (C), Haynes (LW), Polachek (RW), Ross (D), Spognardi (D), Rosen (G)

How It Happened
FREDONIA, N.Y. – Three first-period goals powered Fredonia past Lebanon Valley by a 5-3 score on Friday night in non-conference men's ice hockey action. The Dutchmen fell to 0-2-1, while the Blue Devils jumped to 2-2-0.

Fredonia got the scoring started 7:47 into the first when Bobby Polachek netted a goal. Less than a minute later, Victory Tracy made it a 2-0 contest, and 13 seconds later, Josh Biasillo gave the Blue Devils a 3-0 lead, which held up after one period of action.

The Dutchmen got on the board twice in the second period thanks to a pair of short-handed goals. Russ Armbruster netted the first tally 2:26 into the second from Bryan Hovanec, and 55 seconds later, Cole Hepler scored another goal with LVC down a man off an assist from Zak Sheikh, to cut Fredonia's lead to just one at 3-2. The Blue Devils got one back at 14:52 and went into the second intermission with a 4-2 lead.

2:26 into the third, TJ Sneath brought the Dutchmen back to within a goal from Brett Johnson and Cody Pessig, but with 52 seconds remaining in the third, Fredonia's Ryan Dunn put the game out of reach with an empty-net goal and the Blue Devils went on to win by a 5-3 margin.

Inside the Numbers
 - Tyler Perhac, who relieved starting goalie Joel Eisenhower, made 34 saves.
 - Fredonia's Anton Rosen picked up the win after making 26 saves.
 - Brennan Thompson went 12-for-21 inside the faceoff circle.
 - As a team, the Blue Devils held the edge in total faceoff-wins at 35-30.
 - Hovanec finished with five shots, while Nick Skerlick and Jared Karas added four.
 - Mike Straub finished the night with a +2 rating.

Who's Next?
LVC takes on Buffalo State tomorrow at 5 p.m.

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