BENSENVILLE, Ill. – The Roosevelt University men's hockey team dropped a pair of ACHA Division I games to Davenport University, losing by the score of 5-3 on Friday, January 14 and 6-2 on Saturday, January 15 at The Edge in Bensenville, Ill. The losses dropped the Lakers overall record to 4-18 on the year.
In Friday night's game, the Lakers recorded all the scoring in the first period with Josef Martancik giving the home team a 1-0 lead at 11:41 on a Jake Hermann assist. However, the Panthers controlled the second period and scored goals at 9:16 and at 19:42 just before the end of the period to lead 2-1 at the second intermission.
Davenport upped its lead to 3-1 halfway through the third before Turner Cepuritis made it a 3-2 contest on assists from Martancik and Tanner Hallett at the 14:57 mark. The Panthers answered back just over a minute later to restore their two-goal lead, but the Lakers made things interesting with a power play goal by Curtis Hartman with just over a minute and a half remaining with Frank Moore and Martancik assisting. With the Roosevelt goaltender pulled, the Panthers sealed the game with an empty net goal in the final minute for the 5-3 victory.
Game two of the weekend series started off promising for the Lakers with the home team jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead. Zach Brumm scored at 3:31 on assists by Martancik and Brett Dudek, and then Hallett lit the lamp just 25 seconds later on another Martancik assist.
Unfortunately, these would be the only two goals of the game for RU, while Davenport evened the game up with two first period goals of their own. The Panthers then added two goals in both the second and third periods to take the series with the 6-2 win.
GAME 1 DETAILS
Score: Davenport 0 2 3 5
Roosevelt 1 0 2 3
Date: January 14, 2022
Location: The Edge | Bensenville, Ill.
KEY STATS
- Josef Martancik scored his eighth goal & added two assists, his eighth & ninth of the season
- Turner Cepuritis tallied his fourth goal of the year
- Curtis Hartman scored his first goal of the season
- Tanner Hallett registered his fourth assist of the year
- Jake Hermann recorded his second assist this season
- Frank Moore notched his first assist of the year
- Josh Brown made 43 saves in net for the Lakers
- The Panthers led the Lakers 48 to 33 in shots on goal in the contest
GAME 2 DETAILS
Score: Davenport 2 2 2 6
Roosevelt 2 0 0 2
Date: January 15, 2022
Location: The Edge | Bensenville, Ill.
KEY STATS
- Zach Brumm scored his second goal of the year
- Tanner Hallett tallied his fifth goal of the season
- Josef Martancik registered two assists & now leads the team in scoring with 19 points on eight goals & 11 assists
- Brett Dudek earned his fourth assist of the season
- Nick Kotz stopped 44 shots in net for RU
- Davenport held a 50 to 27 advantage in shots on goal in the game
NEXT UP
The Lakers hit the road for their next pair of games, taking on Grand Valley State University on Friday, January 21 at 7:30pm and Saturday, January 22 at 7pm. Both games will be played at Griff's Georgetown in Hudsonville, Mich.
