NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey team won its fifth consecutive game on Tuesday evening, topping the visiting Valiants of Manhattanville College by a 2-1 final score at the Ralph Walker Skating Rink.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus Magnus 2 | Manhattanville 1
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (6-2-0) | Manhattanville (4-3-0)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Falcons took a 1-0 advantage in the opening 5:08 of the contest, as Tyler Ignazzitto (Bath, Ontario) sent a pass off the boards that bounced straight back and allowed Alex Gagnon (Montreal, Quebec) to sneak an easy back-hand goal by an out-of-place keeper.

• Both teams went scoreless for the remainder of the first period, as Albertus took its one-goal advantage into the second.
• The Falcons added to their lead by the 7:27 mark of the second on a goal by Ignazzitto.
• Ignazzitto and Gagnon connected again for AMC's second goal, as the duo worked together on the transition before Ignazzitto rocketed a shot into the inside corner.

• Manhattanville's Parker Chadwell cut the Albertus advantage in half with a goal at the 16:21 mark of the second.
• With the lead at the start of the third period, Logan Bateman (Ottawa, Ontario) stood on his head to earn his sixth win of the year.
• Bateman made 16 saves in the third period, including a sliding save in the final seconds off a beautiful face-off play by the Valiants.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus: Logan Bateman (W, 6-2-0): 33 Shots on Goal | 1 Goal-Against | 32 Saves
Manhattanville: Tyler Roy (L, 0-3-0): 43 Shots on Goal | 2 Goals-Against | 41 Saves

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Falcons owned a 43-33 lead in shots tonight.
• Albertus went 0-for-4 on the power play and 1-for-1 on the penalty kill.
• AMC served two minutes in the box on just one penalty.
• The Valiants sat eight minutes on four infractions.
• Charles Risk (Medicine Hat, Alberta) led all players with seven shots on goal.

NOTEWORTHY

• Albertus improved to 3-1-0 in the all-time series against Manhattanville tonight.
• The Falcons recorded a season-high 43 shots.
• Gagnon has tallied a point in five straight games.
• Ignazzitto posted his fourth multi-point game of the season.
• Bateman has made 30-plus saves in back-to-back contests.
• Bateman's win is his sixth of the year.
• Connor Bertamini (Calgary, Alberta) tallied his first collegiate point tonight with an assist on AMC's second goal.

UP NEXT
The Falcons return from Thanksgiving on Saturday, Nov. 26, to play No. 10 nationally-ranked Trinity (Conn.) College in road action at 2 p.m. at the Koeppel Community Sports Center in Hartford, Conn.