ERIE, Pa. -- Kyle Dutra had a pair of goals, leading a quartet of Lakers with two-point nights, but it was not enough as the Mercyhurst men's ice hockey team fell to Sacred Heart, 6-4, during Atlantic Hockey action in front of 1,397 fans at the Mercyhurst Ice Center on Saturday.

Jonathan Charbonneau added a goal and an assist while Derek Barach and Lester Lancaster chipped in with two assists each. Taylor Best also had a goal for the Lakers (11-11, 9-7).

MU never led in the contest, falling behind on three different occasions -- the third time for good.

SHU's Justin Danforth led all point-getters with three goals and one assist.

Jordan Minello gave the visiting Pioneers (9-11-3, 8-8-2) an early 1-0 lead before a Dutra power-play goal evened the score at 1-1 before the first intermission. Lancaster assisted the Mercyhurst goal.

Danforth gave SHU its second lead in the second period, scoring on the power play. Charbonneau answered just 40 seconds later -- with 5:00 remaining in the period -- with assists from Lancaster and Barach. Sacred Heart took the lead for good on a goal by Nick Lotito with 2:59 remaining in the second.

Early in the third, the teams scored 27 seconds apart: Danforth, short-handed, for SHU and then Dutra on the power play for Mercyhurst. Dutra received assists from Anthony Mastrodicasa and Patrick Piacentini.

Zach Luczyk extended Sacred Heart's advantage to 5-3 midway through the third before Best brought the Lakers within one again, scoring on the power play with assists from Barach and Charbonneau. That goal occurred with 3:10 remaining.

Mercyhurst had one final opportunity to even the score, going on the power play with 1:34 remaining, but Danforth finished his hat trick into an empty Laker net with 42 seconds to go.

The Lakers were potent on the power play, going 3-for-8, while SHU finished 1-for-4. Mercyhurst held a 32-22 shot advantage.

Mercyhurst goaltender Adam Carlson totaled 16 saves while SHU's Brett Magnus had 28 stops to claim the win.

The Lakers will return to action on Jan. 22-23 with a pair of contests at AHA opponent Robert Morris.