Mercyhurst remained unbeaten in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with a 3-1 win over visiting Fairfield Saturday night at the Ice Center.<\/p>\n
The win improved Mercyhurst’s record to 13-7-2 overall and to 12-0-2 in the conference. The Stags, who lost 3-2 Friday night, fell to 4-14-2 overall and 2-10-2 in the MAAC.<\/p>\n
The Lakers got on the scoreboard first when sophomore Adam Tackaberry scored his eighth goal of the season on the power play at 5:20 of the second period. Tackaberry was helped by freshman Rich Hansen and junior Mike Muldoon. <\/p>\n
The Stags tied the game on a power play of their own later in the period when junior Casey Laflamme beat Mercyhurst goalie Peter Aubry at 15:59. Aubry stopped the initial shot, but Laflamme fired home the rebound. The goal was assisted by sophomores Jonathon Wyson and Peter Hams. <\/p>\n
The Lakers had killed 59 of their last 60 shorthanded situations before the Laflamme goal.<\/p>\n
With the score still deadlocked midway in the third period, Mercyhurst freshman T.J. Kemp sprang junior forward P.J. Hiscock on a breakaway and the Mississauga, Ontario, native beat Fairfield netminder Craig Schnappinger at 9:18 to give the Lakers the lead. Sophomore forward Mike Carter put the icing on the cake with his eighth of the year at 14:00.<\/p>\n
Mercyhurst outshot Fairfield 25-18 and is now 9-0 lifetime against the Stags. All three games this year have been decided by one or two goals, the Lakers having won 1-0 at Fairfield very early in the season. Mercyhurst finished 1 of 4 with the man advantage; Fairfield was 1 of 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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