D1 Hockey's Strong Offense Powers To Two Wins Over Roosevelt

OVERVIEW – Roosevelt 

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 7, Roosevelt Lakers 2 / Northwood 9, Roosevelt 3 

RECORDS: Northwood (15-7-1-1, 4-0-0-0 GLCHL), Roosevelt (7-13-0-1, 0-4-0-0 GL6)  

LOCATION: The Edge Ice Arena – Bensenville, Illinois 

RECAP: The Division 1 hockey team had two away wins over the weekend against the University of Roosevelt, with a 7-2 win on Friday night (January 16) and a 9-3 win on Saturday afternoon (January 17). 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS  

• Northwood jumped out to a 1-0 lead early in the first period when Milos Todorovic found the back of the net. Roosevelt answered with a power play goal to tie the game at 1-1. The Timberwolves quickly responded, as Alex Bedenko set up Lukas Nies to regain the lead before Bryce Garber extended it to 3-1 with help from Chase Temple. 

• Late in the second period, Northwood added two more goals to pull away. Teagan Scheurer scored first, assisted by Garber, followed by a goal from Temple to give the Timberwolves a 5-1 advantage. 

• In the third period, Garber tallied his second goal of the night, assisted by Scheurer, to make it 6-1. Roosevelt once again capitalized on a power play to cut the deficit to 6-2, but Owen Croston answered with a goal of his own to seal a 7-2 victory for Northwood. 

GAME ONE STATS  

• Shots: Northwood 54, Roosevelt 24 

• Saves: Northwood 22 (Mason Matthew), Roosevelt 47 

• Power Plays: Northwood 0/3, Roosevelt 2/3 

TOP NU PERFORMERS 

• Garber: Goals (2), Assist (1) 

• Scheurer: Goal (1), Assist (1) 

• Temple: Goal (1), Assist (1) 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS  

• Roosevelt came out strong, scoring twice in the first period to take an early 2-0 lead. 

• Northwood answered in a big way during the second period, netting four unanswered goals to swing the momentum. Bryce Garber scored the first two, both assisted by Jack Rivera, with Alex Bedenko also earning an assist on the second. Trevor Stenglein then set up Donald Gooley, and Leo Crawford found Owen Croston to give the Timberwolves a 4-2 advantage heading into the third. 

• The Timberwolves kept rolling in the final period, scoring five more times. Croston recorded two goals to complete a hat trick, with assists from Crawford and Cameron Duffany on one, and Jacob McLellan and Duffany on the other. Garber also completed his hat trick with a power-play goal assisted by Collin Baker. McLellan added a goal of his own, assisted by Duffany and Rivera, and Teagan Scheurer capped the scoring for Northwood with help from Bedenko. Roosevelt scored on a power play late in the third, but Northwood cruised to a 9-3 victory. 

GAME TWO STATS  

• Shots: Northwood 64, Roosevelt 17 

• Saves: Northwood 14 (Peter Baldwin), Roosevelt 55 

• Power Plays: Northwood 2/4, Roosevelt 1/4 

TOP NU PERFORMERS 

• Croston: Goals (3) 

• Garber: Goals (3) 

• McLellan: Goal (1), Assist (1) 

• Duffany: Assists (3) 

• Rivera: Assists (3) 

UP NEXT  

Northwood will travel to Burton, Michigan to face the University of Michigan-Flint at Crystal Fieldhouse Ice Arena on Friday (January 23) at 8:00 p.m. before hosting the Wolverines on Saturday (January 24) at 4:35 p.m.