ADRIAN, Mich. -- The Harris Cup Finals took place on Saturday night at the Arrington Ice Arena as the No. 1 Adrian College NCAA men's hockey team took on the No. 5 St. Norbert College Green Knights. The Bulldogs demolished St. Norbert coming away with a 12-3 victory an a Harris Cup Championship. The 12 goals for the Bulldogs was the most amount of goals scored in a Harris Cup Finals game in NCHA history. With the win, the Bulldogs pick up an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The Bulldogs shocked the Green Knights right out of the gate with a goal from
Jaden Shields 1:45 into the game.
Dante Spagnuolo scored just under two minutes later to make it a 2-0 Bulldog lead which was quickly extended by a goal from
Matus Spodniak.Â
St. Norbert got on the board to make it 3-1, but
Ryan Pitoscia answered to go up 4-1. Very quickly after, St. Norbert struck again to make it 4-2 at the end of the first period.Â
Adrian came out scoring in the second with an early goal from
Terry Ryder.
Zach Goberis scored unassisted to lead 6-2 before a quick goal from
Alessio Luciani and another from
Ty Enns.Â
St. Norbert found a breakaway opportunity and scored shorthanded to make it 8-3 in favor of Adrian, but on that same penalty, Luciani netted his second of the game to go up 9-3. Goberis picked up a penalty shot after being hooked on a breakaway which he scored to lead 10-3 after two periods of play.
In the third,
Zachary Heintz laid on another goal for Adrian to lead 11-3 before
Trevor Coykendall netted a shot with under four minutes to go to lead 12-3.
Cameron Gray picked up his 20th win of the season for Adrian as the goaltender allowed three goals to go with 20 saves.
The Bulldogs moved to 28-1 on the season marking the best record in program history and the most amount of wins in a single season.
The All-Tournament team was announced after the Harris Cup Finals where
Sam Ruffin,
Jaden Shields,
Terry Ryder, and
Cameron Gray received honors. Gray was also named the tournament MVP with four wins.
Adrian awaits to meet its opponent in the NCAA Tournament which will be announced during the selection show on Monday morning at 10:00 AM.