D3 Gold Splits with University of Michigan Flint

The D3 Gold team played host to the University of Michigan Flint Wolverines on Thursday, January 21st at Arrington Ice Arena.

Captain Dan Hudson started the scoring for the Bulldogsperiod. Hudson’s even strength tally was assisted by Scotty Millen a at the 7:20 mark of the first nd Nick Hocker. Nick Bordeaux would give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead with five minutes left in the period with assists going to Myles Maltz and Jack Clary. After one, the score would be 2-0 and shots would be 17-4, both in favor of the Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs struck once again 2:04 into the second period when Nick Hocker sent home his first of the night, tipping in a shot from Eddie Schaeffer, who would grab the lone assist. Gerin Hohl would put the Bulldogs up 4-0 at the 8:32 mark of the second with Tyler Grimshaw grabbing the only assist on Hohl’s goal. Jack Clary would grab his first of the night two minutes later, giving the Bulldogs a commanding 5-0 lead. Eddie Schaeffer would grab a goal of his own with 7 minutes remaining in the middle frame, Nick Hocker would assist on Schaeffer’s goal. After two, the Bulldogs were now up 6-0 and outshooting the Wolverines 31-10.

The Wolverines would score the first goal of the third 6:55 into the final frame of the game. The Wolverines would strike once more two minutes later. Jack Clary thought he had his second of the night minutes later, however, his goal would be called off after the refs thought they saw him bat it in with his hand, which isn’t exactly how it all went down, but Clary would score for real at the 17:16 mark of the final frame while on a 4 minute powerplay. Myles Maltz and Nick Spagnol would grab assists on Clary’s second goal of the game. Scott Mattern would close out the scoring for the Bulldogs, scoring his third goal of the season with 54 seconds remaining. Paul Gorski and Jake Waldrup would pick up assists on Mattern’s goal.

After sixty minutes of play, the Bulldogs came out victorious by a score of 8-3 and outshot the Wolverines 48-19. Justin Lindgren played 41:15 in the game and stopped all 10 shots he faced and Kyle Federkins stopped 7 of the 9 shots he faced to lead the Bulldogs to victory. The D3 Gold boys would lose to UM Flint tonight, Friday, by a score of 5-2 in Flint. The Bulldogs are back at Arrington Ice Arena for Senior Night against Grand Valley State University on January 31st.

***Carly’s Three Stars of the Night***

*Jack Clary: Clary picked up two goals, on Thursday night and was one blown call away from a hat trick. What would’ve been his second of the night was called off after the ref thought he batted it in with his hand, but fans and players will agree that the puck went nowhere near his hand and came off his chest and into the net.

**Eddie Schaeffer: Schaeffer grabbed a goal and an assist on Thursday night and had multiple quality scoring chances throughout the night, as well as a few solid hits as well.

***Nick Hocker: Hocker picked up a goal and an assist as well on Thursday night. Hocker’s speed and agility make an impact in every game he plays and he also plays exceptionally well with teammate Eddie Schaeffer.