ANGOLA, Ind. – The Trine University men's hockey team opened the season with a 3-1 victory, holding off a comeback attempt by visiting Bethel University. Logan Furstenau was the start of the game contributing to all three of the Thunder goals.
Trine opened the scoring in the ninth minute of play when Furstenau's shot was saved but the rebound stayed close the net where Michael DiPietra was able to push it home. Nick Zaharias has the other assist on the goal, with the initial pass to Furstenau.
The Thunder added two goals in the second period to build their lead to 3-0. Furstenau scored both tallies. Zaharias and DiPietra had assists on the first while Parker Newman and Alexander Babich set up the other.
The Royals finally scored their lone goal in the 15th minute of the third period. They pulled their goalie for the final two minutes of play in favor of an extra attacker but came up short of a comeback with the game ending with the 3-1 score.
Peyton Grainer recorded the win in net. He finished the game with 29 saves.
The Thunder will look for the weekend sweep when they host Bethel tomorrow, Saturday, November 7. That game is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. inside of Thunder Ice Arena.
