Mercyhurst University Athletics

Junior Patrick Piacentini

Men's Ice Hockey (Discontinued) 11/17/2016 12:56:00 PM Haleigh Giebel, Athletic Communications Intern

Men's Ice Hockey Heads to Bentley

Setting the Stage

The Mercyhurst men's ice hockey team takes the trip to Waltham, MA for a weekend series matchup against Atlantic Hockey Opponent Bentley University, on Friday and Saturday.

Last Game Recap

The Lakers took on AHA Opponent Niagara University in an away matchup, where they lost 5-4.

Past Matchup with Bentley

Last season, the Lakers and Falcons met four times throughout the season. The Lakers won three of the four matchups.
The Lakers traveled to Bentley early in the season and swept the weekend 3-1 and 3-2.
Later on in the season, the Falcons came to Erie and stole the first game 4-1. The Lakers bounced back and grabbed a 5-2 win the next night.

Falcons Line Up

With an overall record of 2-4-3 and a conference record of 1-3-2, Bentley has yet to win a game on home ice.
Last week the Falcons tied AIC 2-2 on Tuesday and 1-1 on Thursday.
They beat out-of-conference New Hampshire University 5-1 at the start of the season.
Max French is leading the Falcons with ten points, while Kyle Schmidt is second with six points.

Barach Leading the Lakers

Sophomore Derek Barach is leading the Laker's roster with two goals and 11 assists for 13 points in nine games.
He recorded two assists during the Lakers last game, against Niagara University.

AHA Player of the Week

Junior Jonathan Charbonneau was named as the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week for his performance during the Lakers weekend series against Holy Cross.
Scoring four goals and one assist, he recorded points in five of the six goals that the Lakers scored during the weekend.

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