The Lindenwood men's ice hockey team dominated on the ice in tonight's contest against the Stonehill Skyhawks. The Lions cruised to a 7-1 victory, with Aiden Yakimchuk landing Lindenwood's very first NCAA Division I hat trick.

Head Coach Rick Zombo stated, "Very nice win for my guys. They deserved to win and deserve to enjoy the feeling."

LU's first goal came three minutes into the opening period when Mitch Allard passed the puck inside to Kyle Jeffers. Yakimchuk's first goal was scored at 11:00 on a pass from Jaeden Mercier and Jake Southgate. To wrap scoring for the first, Jeffers scored again for Lindenwood. Patrick Schmiedlin and Yakimchuk were credited with the assist.

During the second, the Skyhawks scored their only goal at 6:17 when Frank Ireland scored on a pass from William Tripp and Alexander Tertyshny. And then it was all Lindenwood. Ethan Zielke scored unassisted on a power play at 16:11.

The final period saw the Lions score three goals, two of which came from Yakimchuk. Yakimchuk passed the puck from Drew Kuzma and Adam Conquest to score at 9:03. David Gagnon scored at 11:11, when Jeffers and Yakimchuk found him in scoring position. Yakimchuk wrapped up scoring at 18:45 on a pass from Zielke and Caige Sterzer.

Trent Burnham guarded the net for LU for the entire 60 minutes, recorded 21 saves, while allowing one.