ASTON, Pa. – Senior forward Alex Gagnon (Montreal, Quebec) tied a season high with four points to lead the Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey team to a 7-4 road victory against Neumann University on Friday evening in Aston, Pa.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus Magnus 7 | Neumann 4
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (14-5-1) | Neumann (6-11-0)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED

• In a flash, the Falcons found themselves ahead 1-0 in the first period following a goal by Cameron Weitzman (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec) 14 seconds into tonight's game.
• Weitzman opened the contest's scoring with an impressive individual effort from behind the net, faking a defender before curling to the slot and finding the top-left corner.
• After a Knights' goal at 8:45 in the first, Albertus retook the lead on a strike from Tim Manning (Concord, Ohio) at 16:38.
• Austin Cook (West Berlin, N.J.) started the scoring play from the blue line, firing a shot towards the crease that Manning tipped by the moving keeper for a goal.
• For the second straight period, the Falcons wasted no time scoring as Gagnon put the visitors ahead 3-1 at the 1:03 mark of the second.
• With the puck loose in front of the keeper after a saved shot, Gagnon took full advantage of the confusion by burying a slapshot from the right slot.
• Albertus added another goal to its ledger by the 4:38 mark of the second on a strike by Caden Pattison (Lake Stevens, Wash.).
• The Falcons capitalized on a defensive play after Coleton Cianci (Kirkland, Quebec) poked the puck away before finding Stephen Kyrkostas (Long Island, N.Y.). Kyrkostas found Pattison at the net where he flipped a backhand by the sliding keeper.
• Unfortunately for AMC, the Knights caught fire to end the period, scoring twice over the final 3:05 to cut the Falcons' lead to one, 4-3.
• For the third consecutive period, the Falcons scored the frame's opening goal.
• On a power play, Weitzman found paydirt for the second time at the 2:41 mark of the third on assists from Gagnon and Cook to put AMC ahead 5-3.
• Just as they had done all night, the Knights answered, cutting their deficit back to one, 5-4, after a power-play goal by Yancy Whitaker at 6:58.
• The Falcons settled the contest by scoring the next two goals, one being a power-play strike from Manning and the other being a Gagnon empty-netter. With the two goals, Albertus left Pennsylvania with an exciting 7-4 road win over the Knights.
• Between the pipes, senior Joseph Giacobbo (Deptford, N.J.) earned his first career win by making 19 saves.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus: Joseph Giacobbo (W, 1-2-1): 23 Shots on Goal | 4 Goals-Against | 19 Saves
Neumann: Logan Gorbitz (L, 1-2-0): 32 Shots on Goal | 6 Goals-Against | 26 Saves

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Falcons owned a convincing 33-23 advantage in shots.
• Both teams finished the night 2-for-5 on the power play.
• Albertus and Neumann both served 12 minutes in the penalty box on six infractions.
• Manning led all players with six shots on goal.

NOTEWORTHY

• With the win tonight, Albertus improves to 2-0-0 all-time against the Knights.
• The Falcons are two victories shy of tying the program wins record set last season.
• AMC tied a season-high with seven goals tonight.
• Gagnon now has a nine-point lead as the Falcons' leading scorer, as he is up to 27 points on 12 goals and 15 assists.
• Gagnon's 12 goals is a new career-high for the senior.
• Gagnon tied a career-high with four points tonight. 
• Giacobbo earned his first career win.
• Manning tallied his second multi-goal game of the year.
• Weitzman recorded his first two-goal contest of the season.

UP NEXT
The Falcons are at home again on Tuesday, Jan. 24, for a 4 p.m. clash against the Cardinals of Wesleyan (Conn.) University at the Ralph Walker Skating Rink.