(MOLINE, Ill., Feb. 6)—The McKendree University hockey team stretched its winning streak to seven consecutive games with a convincing 11-0 road victory Saturday against Western Illinois University.
Sophomore wing Nic Rolla (O'Fallon, IL/O'Fallon) (O'Fallon, Ill./SIU-Edwardsville) scored four goals in the effort, while junior defenseman Alec Steiner (Swansea, Ill./Belleville East) (Belleville, Ill./Belleville East) also registered a hat trick. Senior goalie Mike Stier (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) stopped all 25 shots he faced to post the shutout in Saturday's contest.
McKendree pushed its season record to 14-7 overall and will close out the regular season next weekend with home games against the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville gold team. Friday's game is set for a 7:30 p.m., followed by a 3 p.m. start on Saturday at the U.S. Ice Sports Complex in Fairview Heights.
Senior center Charlie Donze (Fairview Heights, Ill./Althoff Catholic) (Fairview Heights, Ill./Althoff Catholic), sophomore wing J. David Coleman (Budapest, Hungary/Fort Zumwalt West) (Greenville, Ill./Fort Zumwalt West), senior defenseman Chris Donahue (Levittown, Pa./Truman) (Levittown, Pa./Truman) and junior defenseman Kyle Clark (Waterloo, IL/Waterloo) (Waterloo, Ill./Waterloo) each netted a goal against Western Illinois.
McKendree led 4-0 after one period and 5-0 at the second intermission before the offense came to life with six third-period tallies. Donahue's goal in the second period was the lone power-play goal of the evening for the Bearcats.
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