The Sacred Heart Pioneers scored four third-period goals to break open a tight game and defeat Mercyhurst 5-0 Saturday night at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The win snapped the Lakers’ 26-game unbeaten streak in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, dating back to last season. Sacred Heart defeated Mercyhurst 5-3 last March, the last game of the regular season.<\/p>\n
Mercyhurst then went on to win three straight games in the playoffs to win the MAAC championship, then went 20-0-3 in the conference this season before the Pioneers halted the streak. Mercyhurst’s overall unbeaten streak of 13 games (12-0-1) was also snapped.<\/p>\n
After a scoreless first period, Sacred Heart cashed a power-play opportunity at 14:28 of the second when junior defenseman Les Hrapchak beat Mercyhurst netminder Peter Aubry just five seconds into the man advantage.<\/p>\n
It was all Sacred Heart in the third. Sophomore forward Marc-Andre Fournier tallied just 55 seconds into make it 2-0. Junior forward Martin Paquet scored at 7:51 while senior forwards Chris Mokos and Lloyd Marks scored 1:27 apart midway through the period to complete the scoring.<\/p>\n
Sacred Heart junior goaltender Eddy Ferhi stopped 32 Mercyhurst shots to up his record to 12-11-4. Aubry stopped 29 of 34 in taking his sixth loss of the season and first in the MAAC. Aubry is now 17-6-2 overall and 17-1-0 in the conference.<\/p>\n
Sacred Heart was penalized six times for 20 minutes while the Lakers were tagged five times for 10. Mercyhurst had its share of scoring chances throughout the game, including a two-man advantage for 50 seconds early in the first period, but could not solve Ferhi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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