AUBURN, Mass. - The Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey team suffered a 6-3 road loss to the AMCATS of Anna Maria College on Saturday evening in Auburn, Mass.

The Falcons tallied three different goal scorers in the contest, with Alex Gagnon (Montreal, Quebec), JJ Berdal (Wausau, Wis.), and Cameron Weitzman (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec) each finding the back of the net. In goal, Logan Bateman (Ottawa, Ontario) made 30 saves in his first loss in over a month.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Anna Maria 6 | Albertus Magnus 3
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (13-6-1) | Anna Maria (8-8-2)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED
The AMCATS got the better of the Falcons in a hard-fought first period, taking a 1-0 lead into the first break. Patrick Manning opened the game's scoring at the 2:43 mark on a wrister off a faceoff in Anna Maria's zone.

In the second period, Albertus tied the game up with a power-play goal by Gagnon 5:52 into the frame. Charles Risk (Medicine Hat, Alberta) took a shot from the blue line that careened off the keeper's pad back to an open Gagnon for the goal. Jonathan Stein (Vancouver, British Columbia) earned an assist on the goal by passing it to Risk. 

Unfortunately for the Falcons, the AMCATS answered the visitors' first goal by scoring four unanswered tallies. Anna Maria found the back of the net twice before the end of the second period, before adding two more goals in the first 3:57 of the third period to storm ahead 5-1.

The Falcons started a comeback attempt at the 6:05 mark with a slapshot by Berdal. The sophomore defender rocketed a shot from the middle of the zone that sniped the top-right corner.

Weitzman continued to chisel at the deficit with a goal at the 8:28 mark. Weitzman brought the puck up the ice on the power play and deeked a defender before beating the goalie to make it a 5-3 game. Colt Corpse (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Bateman earned assists on the goal, the second helper of the season for the goalkeeper. 

Anna Maria drew an end to the comeback attempt with an empty-net goal in the final 2:22 to seal a 6-3 win for the home team.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus: Logan Bateman (L, 13-4-1): Shots on Goal 35 | Goal-Against 5 | Saves 30
Anna Maria: Brendan Boncore (W, 2-2): Shots on Goal 43 | Goals-Against 3 | Saves 40

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Albertus owned the advantage in shots, out-shooting the AMCATS by a 43-36 margin.
• The Falcons went 2-for-9 on the power play, while Anna Maria went 1-for-7.
• Albertus served 14 minutes on seven penalties, while Anna Maria was whistled for 18 minutes on nine penalties.
• Ten different Falcons recorded multi-shot games.

NOTEWORTHY

• Albertus is 0-2-1 all-time against the AMCATS.
• Gagnon has recorded three straight multi-point games.
• Tonight's 30-save performance marked the seventh time this season that Bateman has made at least 30 stops.
• Harley Michaels (Kirkland, Quebec) tied his season-high with five shots tonight.
• Risk had a season-high seven shots in the contest.
• Weitzman recorded his 20th career goal in tonight's contest.

UP NEXT
The Falcons are next scheduled to welcome the Raiders of Rivier University on Tuesday, Feb. 8, for a home bout inside the Ralph Walker Skating Rink. The opening puck drop is set for 4 PM.