ANGOLA, Ind. — The Lawrence University men's hockey team battled back to even the score after one period before Trine University pulled away with two third-period goals in a 3-1 victory Friday night at Thunder Ice Arena.
Trine opened the scoring at 4:11 of the first period with a power-play goal from Nick White. Lawrence answered midway through the second period when Jex Sheffield found the back of the net at 9:01. Lucas Rauner and Jacob Jakusz assisted on the goal, which evened the game at 1-1.
The Vikings carried that momentum into the third period, but Trine regained the lead at 6:47 with its second power-play goal of the night. White scored his second of the game, with Nick Zaharias and Brendan Finn collecting assists.
Lawrence continued to look for the equalizer and pulled its goaltender late in the third period in an effort to create an extra attacker. Trine capitalized on the empty net with 38 seconds remaining as Brody Simko sealed the 3-1 victory.
Nolan Mahaffey turned in a strong performance in goal for the Vikings, making 30 saves on 32 shots before Trine's empty-net goal. Lawrence finished with 17 shots on goal, while Trine recorded 33. The Vikings also killed two of Trine's four power-play opportunities.
