ERIE, Pa. -- The Mercyhurst men's hockey team dropped a 6-2 decision to visiting No. 7 Clarkson Sunday afternoon at the Mercyhurst Ice Center.
The Golden Knights jumped out to an early lead with an Alex Campbell goal at the 8:48 mark of the first. Grant Cooper extended the lead to 2-0 with a tally with under a minute left in the first.
Clarkson scored four times in the second period with Mathieu Gosselin scoring a pair of goals to make the score 6-0 after two.
Mercyhurst pushed back in the third when
Dante Sheriff curled a puck in the high slot and picked a corner on Kris Oldham to cut the lead to 6-1 at the 11:02 mark.
Justin Cmunt snapped a sharp angle shot and found the back of the net at the 12:45 mark of the third.
Hank Johnson took the loss in net making 24 saves.
Gueorgui Feduolov,
Jonathan Bendorf,
Dalton Hunter and
Josh McDougall each picked up a helper.
The Lakers are back in action on Wednesday when they host Niagara in their Atlantic Hockey Association opener.
