Men's Ice Hockey Head Coach Rick Zombo earned his 250th victory at Lindenwood as the Lions defeated Missouri State 5-1 Saturday night at the Jordan Valley Ice Park in Springfield, Missouri.  Zombo took over as head coach at the beginning of the 2010-11 season after serving as assistant coach for the team.  

The contest remained close through all of the opening frame and into the second until the Lions pulled away with four unanswered tallies to seal the milestone win.  Lindenwood took a 1-0 lead in the waning moments of the first period when Andy Willis split the pipes on a power play set up by Kyler Newman and Vegard Faret with four-seconds remaining.  The Bears responded quickly with a tying goal early in the second, but the Lions regained the lead for good midway through the period.  Kyler Newman sounded the horn after a pass from Jack Radley at 8:05, then Faret intercepted the puck and broke free for an unassisted score at the 15:03 mark. 

Early in the third, Caleb Ernst put the puck on the blade of Jack Radley to make it 4-1, and the last Lindenwood goal came at 11:31 from Zach Mitchell, assisted by Jeremy Velazquez and Brendan Murphy.
The Lions outshot Missouri State 39-27 and Stephen Friedland stopped 26 of 27 to earn the victory in goal.

With the win, Lindenwood remained undefeated at 10-0-0 on the season.  The Lions will complete the 2020-21 regular season campaign with six straight in the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL), beginning with a two-game road series against Iowa State March 5-6.  The opening faceoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. both Friday and Saturday night at the Iowa State Arena in Ames, Iowa.