Nazareth College Athletics

ROCHESTER, NY (nazathletics.com) - Nazareth Men's Ice Hockey (3-3-0, 2-0-0) completed its weekend UCHC sweep with a 5-0 shutout of Chatham (5-2-0, 0-2-0), Saturday afternoon inside Station 31. 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Nazareth opened the scoring at 9:56 of the first period when Lucas Stanojevic scored his first goal of the season off assists from Philippe Guay and Paul Dalessio. The Golden Flyers controlled much of the period offensively, outshooting Chatham 17-11, while Dalessio made 11 saves to preserve the 1-0 lead. Nazareth killed off a late slashing penalty to Ty Oller.
• The Golden Flyers extended their lead to 2-0 at 2:43 of the second period when Will Halecki scored on the power play, assisted by Charles Ross and Oller. Nazareth generated several scoring chances during a boarding penalty against Chatham but was unable to add to its lead. Dalessio turned aside multiple Chatham shots, including several during penalty-kill situations, as the Golden Flyers maintained the shutout. Chatham outshot Nazareth 15-11 in the period.
• Nazareth broke the game open with three third-period goals. Ross scored on the power play at 6:11, assisted by Halecki and Mathieu Fehr, to make it 3-0. Antoine Lucier added a shorthanded goal at 9:24 off an assist from Kai Shen while Nazareth was killing a boarding penalty. Fehr capped the scoring at 12:30 with an even-strength goal assisted by Lucier. Dalessio stopped all seven Chatham shots in the period, including several during penalty-kill situations, to complete the 5-0 shutout.

GAME NOTES

• The Golden Flyers posted a season-high 13 points, five goals, eight assists, 38 shots and 33 saves over the Cougars this afternoon. 
• Paul Dalessio registered a season-best 33 saves in goal for his second shutout victory of the season. Dalessio leads the UCHC with 1.36 goals against average, a .947 saves percentage and .40 shutouts per game. 
• Mathieu Fehr and Lucas Stanojevic netted their first goals of the year over the Cougars. Fehr added an assist this afternoon to lead the Golden Flyers with six points on five assists and one goal. 
• Will Halecki, Charles Ross and Antoine Lucier and Fehr led Nazareth with two points apiece in the victory, each recording a goal and an assist. The two-point performance is the first of the season for Halecki and Lucier as well as the second for Ross and Fehr. 

UP NEXT
Nazareth continues UCHC action at SUNY Geneseo, Friday, Nov. 20. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m. 

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