Box Score

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Junior goaltender Jordan Tibbett stopped 39-of-40 Sacred Heart shots as the Mercyhurst men's hockey team defeated Sacred Heart 3-1 on Saturday afternoon to complete a weekend sweep of the Pioneers. Mercyhurst evened its record at 2-2-1 overall and improved to 2-1-0 in the Atlantic Hockey Association standings. Meanwhile, Sacred Heart remained winless, dropping to 0-6-1 and 0-4-1 in the conference.

Tibbett saved his best work for the third period, turning aside all 20 Pioneer shots to preserve the victory. Sacred Heart outshot Mercyhurst 20-7 in the final twenty minutes of play. In two games this season, the junior from Indianapolis, Indiana has allowed one goal on 54 shots (.981 save percentage).

The Pioneers jumped out to a 1-0 lead with the only goal of the opening period. Nick Curry scored his first goal of the season for Sacred Heart with 3:35 left. Ben Ketchum and Will Rayner had the assists on Sacred Heart's only goal of the weekend.

Mercyhurst outshot Sacred Heart 12-8 in the opening twenty minutes.

Sophomore Matthew Zay evened the score at the 5:26 mark of the second period with his first goal of the season. Senior defenseman Charlie Carkin and sophomore forward Ryan Misiak had the helpers. Misiak, in the process, has now scored at least one point in all five games this season and has a seven-game point-scoring streak dating back to last season.

The Lakers would take a 2-1 lead when last year's leading scorer, sophomore Daniel Bahntge, notched his second goal of the season at the 18:07 mark of the second period. Senior forward Paul Chiasson and junior defenseman Nick Jones had the assists on what proved to be the game-winning goal.

Mercyhurst again outshot Sacred Heart, this time by a 16-12 margin in the second period.

The third period belonged to Tibbett, who stopped all 20 Pioneer attempts. Mercyhurst would give the netminder a two-goal cushion when sophomore defenseman Tyler Shiplo tallied his first goal of the season, an unassisted goal, at the 11:38 mark of the final period.

Tibbett improved to 1-0-0 on the season with his 39-save performance. His 39 saves tied his career high  set against Western Michigan on October 16, 2010. Steven Legatto was again strong in defeat for the Pioneers, turning aside 32-of-35 Mercyhurst shots. He fell to 0-3-0 on the season.

Sacred Heart was 0-for-4 on the power play while Mercyhurst went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Mercyhurst, who is in the midst of 11 consecutive road games to start the season, will travel to Rochester, N.Y. next Friday, November 9 to take on long-time rival, RIT, for a 7:05 p.m. faceoff. The Lakers are 14-28-6 lifetime against the Tigers.