D3 Splits Tough Games Against No. 5 Calvin

OVERVIEW – Calvin 

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 0, Calvin Knights 6 / Northwood 6, Calvin 4 

RECORDS: Northwood (12-5-1-0, 6-2-0-0 MCHC (MI) East), Calvin (11-1-0-1, 7-0-0-1 MCHC (MI) West) 

LOCATION: Eagles Ice Center – Grand Rapids, Michigan / Midland Civic Center – Midland, Michigan 

RECAP: The Division 3 hockey team split games against Calvin over the weekend, losing 6-0 away on Wednesday evening (December 3), followed by a 6-0 win at home on Saturday afternoon (December 6). 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS 

• Calvin opened the game with three goals in the first period, including one on the power play, to take a 3-0 lead. 

• The Knights added two more goals in the second period, another coming on the power play, to extend their lead to 5-0. 

• Calvin capped off the night with one more goal in the third period to win 6-0. 

GAME ONE STATS 

• Shots: Northwood 29, Calvin 48 

• Saves: Northwood 42 (Aidan Schultz), Calvin 29 

• Power Plays: Northwood 0/5, Calvin 2/3 

TOP NU PERFORMERS 

• Schultz: Saves (42) 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS 

• Calvin opened the scoring to take an early 1-0 lead in the first period, but Northwood responded with three straight goals to close the period up 3–1. Aidan French tied the game with assists from Max Ciesielski and Cooper Harfoot, followed by a go-ahead goal from Boston Bennett, set up by Carter Temple and Colton LaRose. Sebastiano Iavasile added the third, assisted by Evan Kennedy and Cade Sanborn. 

• Calvin pulled one back early in the second period, but Sanborn quickly answered with a goal assisted by Harfoot and Ciesielski to make it 4-2. Calvin struck again to cut the deficit to 4-3, before Ciesielski restored Northwood's two-goal lead at 5-3 off a feed from French. 

• Calvin converted a power play in the third period to make it 5-4 with twelve minutes remaining, but Sanborn sealed the win with an empty-net insurance goal, assisted by Carter Remp and Iavasile, securing a 6-4 Northwood victory. 

GAME TWO STATS 

• Shots: Northwood 36, Calvin 43 

• Saves: Northwood 39 (Aidan Schultz), Calvin 31 

• Power Plays: Northwood 0/1, Calvin 1/2 

TOP NU PERFORMERS 

• Sanborn: Goals (2), Assist (1) 

• Ciesielski: Goal (1), Assists (2) 

• French: Goal (1), Assist (1) 

• Iavasile: Goal (1), Assist (1) 

UP NEXT 

Northwood will host Aquinas University at the Midland Civic Arena on Saturday afternoon (January 17) at 4:45 p.m. before traveling to Kent County, Michigan to face the Saints at the Southside Ice Center on Sunday evening (January 18) at 5:30 p.m.