Pierre-Luc O’Brien scored two power-play goals as Sacred Heart netted three tallies in all with the man advantage to skate past Army, 4-1, Saturday night at Milford Ice Pavilion in Milford, Conn. <\/p>\n
The Black Knights (2-1-0 overall and 0-1-0 in Atlantic Hockey) suffered their first loss of on the year. The Pioneers (1-1-0\/1-0-0) picked up their first win of the young season. <\/p>\n
Army was unable to cash in on five power-play opportunities in the first period, while Sacred Heart capitalized on its first man-advantage of the night to jump on top early. O’Brien slid a shot from the slot area between the legs of Brad Roberts to draw first blood and put the hosts on top at 7:05 of the opening session. <\/p>\n
O’Brien added his second of the night at 6:44 of the middle stanza before Kalen Wright increased Sacred Heart’s efficiency to 3-for-5 on the power play at 9:03. Defenseman Scott Marchesi notched his first career goal at 12:55 to push the Pioneers’ lead to 4-0. <\/p>\n
Freshman Aaron Anderson of Army spoiled Kevin LaPointe’s shutout at 14:32 of the third period on assists from Casey Bickley and Chris Garceau. <\/p>\n
O’Brien, last season’s “Rookie of the Year” in Atlantic Hockey finished with four points on the evening. Alexandre Parent picked up three assists as well. <\/p>\n
Brad Roberts made 23 saves in goal for Army, while LaPointe recorded 29 saves for Sacred Heart. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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