TOLEDO, Ohio – The Adrian College NCAA men's hockey team hosted the Aurora University Spartans in a non-conference game at the Huntington Center in Toledo on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs were successful on defense and took advantage of an early first period goal to come away with a 1-0 victory.
 
The Bulldogs got on the board in the first period on a goal from Bradley Somers that was assisted by Mathew Rehding and Matt Couto. At the end of the period, Aurora was handed a 5-minute penalty to put the Bulldogs on the power play. The second period went scoreless taking a 1-0 Adrian lead into the third period. After two periods of play, the Bulldogs led 31-18 in shots on goal.
 
The defense continued to hold strong for Adrian in the third. Aurora totaled 13 shots on goal in the final period, but remained scoreless. Adrian was successful on the penalty kill as they killed off three third period penalties. The Bulldogs outshot the Spartans 40-31 on the afternoon.
 
Dershahn Stewart bounced back in goal for the Bulldogs where he picked up the shutout while recording 31 saves.
 
Adrian will hit the road next weekend as they return to NCHA conference play with a two-game series at Lawrence University. The series will begin on Friday, January 12 at 8:00 PM EST.