Courtesy Norwich Sports Information<\/p>\n
NORTHFIELD –\u2013 The Norwich University men\u2019s ice hockey team scored five unanswered goals to sweep the season series from Plattsburgh State by identical 5-1 scores on Tuesday night in non-conference action at Kreitzberg Arena.<\/p>\n
Norwich (10-2-1, 6-1-0 NEHC) won its fourth straight game vs. its Lake Champlain rival and improved to 33-23-6 in the all-time series with Plattsburgh.<\/p>\n
Sophomore forward Brett Ouderkirk (Monkland, Ontario) scored a goal and had an assist, while junior defenseman Connor Swystun (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) and senior defenseman Josh Cronin (Langley, British Columbia) each had two assists to lead the offense.<\/p>\n
Senior goalie Tom Aubrun (Chamonix, France) made 28 saves on 29 shots to earn his 10th victory of the season.<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh State (4-8-1) opened the scoring at the 14:25 mark of the first period with Joe Drabin sniping a wrist shot over the shoulder of Aubrun, short side off assists from Lawson Fenton and Andrew Pizzo to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
The lead would be short-lived though as Norwich answered back at the 16:03 mark with Jordan Hall (Anchorage, Alaska) scoring on a rebound after Cronin\u2019s initial shot sailed high off the glass and bounced back out front allowing Hall to slam it home. Ouderkirk picked up the second assist.<\/p>\n
The Cadets took their first lead of the game at the 2:42 mark of the second period with Scott Swanson ripping a shot past Fenton off assists from Braedyn Aubin (Woodstock, Ontario) and Michael Korol (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan).<\/p>\n
Ouderkirk scored his third goal in as many games with a power play tally at the 6:46 mark with a shot through traffic from the high slot that found its way past Fenton. Swystun and Taeron Lewis (Winnipeg, Manitoba) notched the assists.<\/p>\n
Chicoine scored his second goal of the season with a slap shot into the top corner of the net off assists from Matt Burchill (Marshfield, Mass.) and Felix Brassard (St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec).<\/p>\n
Ryan Boucher (Fitchburg, Mass.) capped the scoring with his fifth goal of the year at the 2:31 mark of the third period with a short-handed goal off assists from Swystun and Cronin.<\/p>\n
Norwich outshot Plattsburgh 32-29 and went for 1-for-4 on the power play, while Plattsburgh was 0-for-4.<\/p>\n
Norwich will travel to Suffolk and Johnson & Wales this weekend to resume NEHC play with games at 7 p.m. on Friday night and 4 p.m. on Saturday respectively. The Cadets will take on Middlebury on Tuesday, Jan. 14 in its final non-conference game of the regular season at Kreitzberg Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Courtesy Norwich Sports Information NORTHFIELD –\u2013 The Norwich University men\u2019s ice hockey team scored five unanswered goals to sweep the season series from Plattsburgh State by identical 5-1 scores on Tuesday night in non-conference action at Kreitzberg Arena. Norwich (10-2-1, 6-1-0 NEHC) won its fourth straight game vs. its Lake Champlain rival and improved to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[280,279],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n