The Lindenwood men's ice hockey team (6-18-2) travels to the Empire State to take on the Long Island University Sharks (14-11-2)

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

GAME 1 Date/Time: Thursday, February 6 – 6:45 PM CT.

GAME 2 Date/Time: Friday, February 7 – 6:30 PM CT.

Location: East Meadow, N.Y. – Northwell Health Ice Center

LAST TIME OUT

The Lions took on Simon Fraser in an exhibition series. In game one, the Lions defeated the Red Leafs 5-1. In game two, Lindenwood scored four straight to end the contest, defeating the Red Leafs 7-4. 

•Three Lions tallied two points. Patrick Schmiedlin scored two goals. David Gagnon and Noah Houle both tallied two assists.

•Lindenwood went 31 of 57 (61.4%) at the faceoff. 

•Owen Bartoszkiewicz recorded 26 stops on 27 shots (.963 save percentage). 

•Patrick Schmiedlin and Ty Hipkin both tallied two goals. Brady Yakesh and David Gagnon both registered two assists. 

•12 individuals recorded a point. 

•Lindenwood had 46 shots on net. 

•The Lions went 36 of 56 (64.3%) at the faceoff.

Points – Gagnon (22), Houle (13)

Goals – Gagnon (9), Jaeden Mercier (5)

Assists – Gagnon (13), Houle (10)

Powerplay Goals – Three Tied (2)

Short-Handed Goals – Gagnon (2)

Game Winning Goals – Six Tied (1)

Blocks – Aiden Yakimchuk (39), Jack Anderson (38)

Plus/Minus – Artyom Borshyov (+7), Houle (+6)

Saves – Bartoszkiewicz (681)

Save Percentage – Bartoszkiewicz (.922)

PREVIEW

The Lions are looking for a pair of wins over the LIU Sharks. In the month of January, the Lions went 2-5-1. In January, Owen Bartoszkiewicz registered a .933 save percentage. All six wins for the Lions this season have come on a Friday.

The Lions are 1-3-0 all-time against the Sharks. In the last series played (November 17-18, 2023), the Lions split with the Sharks at home. In game one, the Lions won 3-0 and game two fell 6-2. 

In the last series played, the Shark split a series with Stonehill, taking game one 4-2 and dropping game two 2-0. In the month of January, LIU is 3-4-1.   

Carter Rapalje leads the Sharks in goals with 11 and points with 21. J.R. Perdion leads LIU in assists with 14. Defensively, Valtteri Piironen has blocked 50 shots, and Trent Powell has a plus/minus of +8. Noah Rupprecht and Ty Outen both have 11 starts in net for the Sharks. Both goalies have accumulated six wins in net. Outen has the highest save percentage in net for the Sharks, registering a .908 save percentage, and has the only shutout for the Sharks. Outen also has the lowest goals against average on the team with a 2.10 GAA. Rupprecht leads the Sharks in saves with 241.