Posted: Nov 23, 2025

D1 Hockey Triumphs Over Toledo With Two Wins

OVERVIEW – Toledo

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 10, Toledo Rockets 2 / Northwood 4, Toledo 1

RECORDS: Northwood (11-7-1-1, 4-0-0-0 GLCHL), Toledo (4-11-0-1, 2-3-0-0 GLCHL)

LOCATION: Midland Civic Arena – Midland, Michigan / Team Toledo Ice House – Toledo, Ohio

RECAP: The Division 1 hockey team had two wins over the weekend against the University of Toledo, with a 10-2 home win on Friday night (November 21) and a 4-1 away win on Saturday afternoon (November 22).

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

Toledo opened the scoring in the first period to take a 1–0 lead, but Northwood quickly responded with three straight goals to go up 3–1. Robert Vanderdonck scored the first, set up by Nathan Ayuyu and Donald Gooley, with Trevor Stenglein added the second with assists from Leo Crawford and Milos Todorovic, and Owen Croston netted the third off feeds from Cameron Duffany and Colin March.

In the second period, Alex Bedenko scored twice, his first assisted by Teagan Scheurer and Lukas Nies, and his second by Nies and Adam Moule. Toledo added one goal in the period, but Northwood carried a 5–2 lead into the third.

Vanderdonck completed a hat trick in the third period and finished the night with four goals, scoring once from Gooley and Ayuyu, again from Bryce Garber and Moule, and a third time from Ayuyu and Gooley. Northwood also added goals from Duffany, assisted by Crawford and Collin Baker, and from Croston, assisted by Baker and Duffany. Northwood closed out the game with a dominant 10–2 victory.

GAME ONE STATS

Shots: Northwood 52, Toledo 22

Saves: Northwood 20 (Mason Matthew), Toledo 42

Power Plays: Northwood 1/3, Toledo 0/2

TOP NU PERFORMERS

Vanderdonck: Goals (4)

Bedenko: Goals (2)

Ayuyu: Assists (3)

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

The Rockets struck first again, taking an early 1–0 lead. Northwood later tied the game 1–1 on a power-play goal from Scheurer, assisted by Vanderdonck and Moule.

A quiet second period featured just thirteen shots and three penalties between the teams.

Northwood came out strong in the third. Scheurer set up Nies to give the Timberwolves a 2–1 lead, then added a goal of his own, assisted by Nies, to extend the advantage to 3–1. Moule capped things off with a late power-play goal, set up by Vanderdonck, securing a 4–1 Northwood victory.

GAME TWO STATS