O'FALLON, Ill. - McKendree University men's hockey (9-11, 7-5 MCH) grabbed a pair of victories on its home ice over Midland on Saturday and Sunday, winning the first game via shootout and dominating the second game. The Bearcats got back on track after dropping its first two contests in 2023 to Illinois. McKendree hosts Northern Illinois on February 3-4 to wrap-up its home slate for the season before heading off to visit Midland on February 10-11.
Game 1 | Saturday, January 28 | Game Center
The Bearcats went into their homestand looking to get back into the win column, kicking off the weekend with a pair of goals in the first period. Midland struck first but McKendree came back strong as freshman forward
Jonathan Davenport scored on a power play off assists by defensemen
Connor Mullins and
Trevor Voyda. Forward
Cayden Brilley then fired a second Bearcats goal in the closing minutes of the first period with Davenport getting the assist. McKendree led 2-1 at the end of the first 20 minutes of play.
Midland put up a second game-tying goal in the 16th minute of the second period but the Bearcats took a 3-2 advantage in the 19th minute of the period. Forward
Daniel Nomerstad fired the third goal of the game off assists from forwards
Chris Noble and
Jack Sumner.
Midland tied the game in the third period, eventually resulting in a shootout. The Bearcats won the shootout, 2-0, with freshmen forwards
Matias Alexandrov and
Cade Rosansky both firing goals.
Freshman goalie
Dylan Dallaire got the win with 44 saves in the outing.
Scoring Recap
P1 #3
Jonathan Davenport via #77
Connor Mullins, #55
Trevor Voyda
P1 #93
Cayden Brilley via #3
Jonathan Davenport
P2 #55
Daniel Nomerstad via #38
Chris Noble, #10
Jack Sumner
Game 2 | Sunday, January 29 | Game Center
McKendree went for back-to-back wins with the Sunday contest and started quickly. In the first period, forward
Trevor Roehrig fired an unassisted goal and his first of the year, which was followed-up by forward
Joe McCormick off an assist by Mullins. McKendree led 2-0 over the Warriors at the end of the first.
Midland added one score early in the second period which was met by four more Bearcat goals. McCormick added his second of the game with Rosansky and forward
Kyle Munyankuge getting assists on the play. Rosansky then fired his first regulation goal of the weekend as Munyankuge assisted on the play for his second assist. Davenport scored the third McKendree goal of the period with Brilley and Voyda both dishing-out assists on the goal. Brilley fired the fourth and final goal of the second period for McKendree on an unassisted play. Midland scored a second goal fo the game to end the period.
The Bearcats fired two in the third and final period of the game with Davenport scoring another goal with assists by Alexandrov and Nomerstad. Alexandrov then fired his regulation goal of the weekend with Munyankuge and Mullins getting the assists on the play.
Dallaire got the win in the game but played just over half of the game with 30 total saves. Sophomore
Chad Purdy then took the net, grabbing nine saves.
Scoring Recap
P1 | #8
Trevor Roehrig, unassisted
P1 | #23
Joe McCormick via #77
Connor Mullins
P2 | #23
Joe McCormick via #16
Cade Rosansky, #39
Kyle Munyankuge
P2 | #16
Cade Rosansky via #39
Kyle Munyankuge
P2 | #3
Jonathan Davenport via #93
Cayden Brilley, #55
Trevor Voyda
P2 | #93
Cayden Brilley
P3 | #3
Jonathan Davenport via #49
Matias Alexandrov, #55
Daniel Nomerstad
P3 | #49
Matias Alexandrov via #39
Kyle Munyankuge, #77
Connor Mullins
UP NEXT
McKendree men's hockey hosts Northern Illinois on Friday, February 3 at 7:45PM and Saturday, February 4 at 3:15PM. The Friday matchup will serve as Senior Night for the Bearcats.
