BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey team defeated the Wildcats of Johnson and Wales University on Saturday evening, 6-2. 

Zeth Kindrachuk (Calgary, Alberta) led the Falcons' offensive threat with three goals on the evening, while Sam Anderson (Calgary, Alberta) notched two. Zane Kindrachuk (Calgary, Alberta) rounded out the Albertus goal scorers with one goal.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus Magnus 6 | Johnson & Wales 2
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (2-0-0) | Johnson & Wales (0-1-0)
BOXSCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED
Zeth Kindrachuk found the opening goal for the Falcons at the 5:15 minute mark. Ryan Herpy (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) played a pass behind the Falcons' goal to Connor Bertamini (Calgary, Alberta). He sent a long pass to Zeth Kindrachuk to take on the JWU goalkeeper to score.

The Falcons kept up the intensity, scoring again at the 11:25 mark. JJ Berdal (Wausau, Wis.) fed a pass through to Gustav Müller (Hudiksvall, Sweden), tapping a pass to Zane Kindrachuk to put one past the JWU goalie.

JWU retaliated with a goal of their own at the 11:52 mark, but Albertus found an opportunity for a third goal at the 13:56 minute as Tim Manning (Concord, Ohio) passed to Harley Michaels (Kirkland, Quebec) and fed a pass through to Zeth Kindrachuk. He skated past his defender to score his second goal of the game.

The game was evenly matched at eight shots apiece in the second period, but only Albertus was able to capitalize with a goal. Beginning from a faceoff won by Anderson, the puck bounced back to Berdal who slid a pass to Tyler Ignazzitto (Bath, Ontario) who sent in a shot. The puck deflected off of Zane Kindrachuk back to Anderson to put one away, 4-1.

The Falcons kicked off the third period with a goal at the 3:49 mark as Ignazzitto passed to Berdal who took a hard hit shot. The puck deflected off of Anderson to score his second goal of the season.

Albertus notched its final goal of the evening at the 10:04 minute mark to culminate in a hat trick for Zeth Kindrachuk. During a battle in the Falcons' defensive end, Manning and Bertamini fought to get the puck out to Zeth Kindrachuk who found himself in open ice against JWU goaltender to score.

JWU found the final goal, scoring at the 16:19 mark to make it 6-2 at the buzzer.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus: Logan Bateman (W, 2-0-0)- 23 Shots on Goal | 2 Goals Allowed | 21 Saves
JWU: Jaxon Friedman (L, 0-1-0)- 33 Shots on Goal | 6 Goals Allowed | 27 Saves

BY THE NUMBERS
Penalties/Minutes: Albertus: 10/31 | JWU 10/20
Power Play Goals/Opportunities: Albertus 0/3 | Lebanon Valley 0/5

NOTEWORTHY

• Zeth Kindrachuk recorded his first career hat trick. He now has four goals on the season in two games.

• Anderson now has 24 career goals after his two-goal performance this evening.

• Berdal leads the Albertus team with five assists on the season. 

UP NEXT
The men's ice hockey team is back in action on Friday, November 3 as the team travels to face Wilkes University at 5 p.m.