AUBURN, Mass. – After a 386-day break from action, the Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey team kicked off its second collegiate season in style by picking up a 6-4 road victory over Anna Maria College on Saturday, Feb. 27. Sophomore Owen Allan (Ancaster, Ontario) led the Falcons with three points on two goals and one assist.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus Magnus 6 | Anna Maria 4
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (1-0-0) | Anna Maria (1-4-0)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED
The AMCATS opened the game's scoring 4:50 into the evening contest, with Cam Tobey beating Logan Bateman (Ottawa, Ontario) stick side on a breakaway attempt. Lukas Radina fed a streaking Tobey, who finished the job to put the home team up 1-0.

Albertus answered with a Cameron Weitzman (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec) power-play strike at the 11:02 mark. With a 4-on-3 advantage, Alex Gagnon (Montreal, Quebec) found an open Weitzman on the right side of the zone for the goal. Dino Antoniadis (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) earned his first point of the season with an assist on the game-tying score.

The Falcons took a 2-1 lead early in the second period on freshman Jordan Sgro's (Derry, Pa.) first-career goal. Allan found the rookie in the offensive zone to give the visitors a 2-1 lead after two. Jack Hannan (Kent, Conn.) also got on the scoresheet with a secondary assist on the goal.

Albertus began to pull away in the third period, scoring the frame's first two goals to take a 4-1 advantage. Charles Risk (Medicine Hat, Alberta) tallied the Falcons' third goal at the 3:49 mark, as he riffled an Antoniadis' pass top shelf over the opposing keeper. Gagnon tallied his second assist of the night on the goal.

Allan continued Albertus' scoring ways by finding the back of the net just 28 seconds after Risk. Set up in front of the goal, Allan tipped a Ryan Herpy (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) shot from the top of the zone past the goalie to give the Falcons a 4-1 lead. Hannan was credidted with his second assist of the game on the Allan goal. 

However, the AMCATS would not stay down long as the home team cut its deficit in half, 4-2, with 14:32 left in the contest. On the attack, Samson Mouland rocketed a pass along the crease that found Radina for an easy score.

Anna Maria scored again 11 minutes into the third on a power-play to draw the score to 4-3. With an extra man, Guillaume Coulombe buried a rebound off a Tobey shot.

The Falcons added an insurance goal with 6:32 remaining in the third to take a 5-3 lead. Freshman Jonathan Stein (Vancouver, British Columbia) beat the opposing goalie low after he came off the crease to try and stop the puck. Risk tallied his second point of the evening with an assist, while freshman Nick Durajlija (Hamilton, Ontario) tallied his first-career point.

The action continued to pick up in the final minute, as both teams netted goals. Anna Maria scored first on a 4-on-4 chance, while Allan netted his second goal and third point on an empty-net tally off a pass from Sgro. After the flurry of goals, the game's final score settled at 6-4 for a Falcons' victory.

In net for Albertus, sophomore transfer Bateman picked up his first victory with the team, making 27 saves on 31 shots in a complete-game effort.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus – Logan Bateman (W, 1-0): Shots on Goal 31 | Goals-Against 4 | Saves 27
Anna Maria – Brendan Boncore (L, 0-2-0): Shots on Goal 4 | Goals-Against 1 | Saves 3
                    Julius Huset: Shots on Goal 21 | Goals-Against 4 | Saves 17

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
• The Falcons were outshot in tonight's contest by a 31-26 margin.
• Both teams tallied one power-play goal on the night, with the Falcons going 1-for-3 and Anna Maria going 1-for-5.
• Albertus was whistled for seven penalties for a total of 14 minutes in the box, while Anna Maria served 10 minutes on five infractions.
• Jon Olson (Merrick, N.Y.) paced the Falcons with four shots.
• Eight different Albertus skaters tallied at least one point in the game.

NOTEWORTHY
• In total, six freshmen made their first career appearances in tonight's contest. Including Sgro, Stein, and Durajlija, Brendan Sjostedt (Tewksbury, Mass.), Connor Doherty (Lowell, Mass.), and JJ Berdal (Wausau, Wis.) all saw their first collegiate ice time tonight.
• In addition to the rookies, transfers Gagnon and Bateman also debuted for Albertus tonight.
• Today's win is the Falcons' first against the AMCATS, as Anna Maria earned a victory and a draw in the two teams' games last season.
• Allan (2g, 1a) tied a career-high with three points tonight.
• Rookies Sgro and Stein both scored their first collegiate goals.