Feb. 8, 2008

Stats

Milwaukee, Wis. - The #10 Adrian College men's varsity hockey team defeated the Milwaukee School of Engineering Raiders by a 7-4 score for their 13th straight victory. With the win, the Bulldogs clinch the regular season MCHA title and the #1 seed in the conference tournament in two weeks.

The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard first on Friday night when Mike Dahlinger scored a power-play goal at 11:27 for the early 1-0 lead. The Raiders responded with a delayed-penalty goal with 6:52 left in the first period to knot the score at 1-1. The #10 team in the nation in Division III hockey was determined not to go to the locker room with a tie. The Bulldogs netted back-to-back goals at 1:29 (Brad Houston) and at :07 (Jeremy Klaver) to give the Bulldogs a two-goal lead at the break.

The game remained 3-1 in favor of the visitors until midway through the second period when the Raiders scored their second goal of the game to close the gap to one goal. Any momentum that the home team might have gotten from that goal was quickly taken away as Adam Krug hit the puck off of the top post and into the goal 25 seconds later to push the Bulldog cushion back to two. In the final two minutes of the period, Joel Workman netted the game-winner to put the Bulldogs up 5-2 before the second intermission.

In the third period, Krug made a strong move to get himself open and shot the puck through the five hole to give the Bulldogs the 6-2 lead. With 6:26 to play in the contest, the Raiders narrowed the margin to three goals by finding the back of the net for the third time in the game. The Bulldogs once again stifled any attempt to build off of the momentum gained from scoring a goal by responding with a goal of their own. Brad Houston notched the seventh goal of the game for the visitors with 5:30 left to play. A power-play goal with less than 3:30 minutes in the game was all the Raiders could put together to try to mount a late comeback as the Bulldogs claimed the 7-4 victory.

Brad Fogal picked up his 15th win of the season before giving way to Bryan Scott in goal. The two combined for 24 saves in the game.

The #10 Bulldogs and the Raiders will face off again tomorrow afternoon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The puck is set to drop at 3:00 p.m. CT.