The Aurora University men's hockey team took on a highly ranked Adrian College team on Saturday afternoon and went toe to toe with the Bulldogs before falling 3-1.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: #6 Adrian College 3, Aurora University 1
LOCATION: Geneva, Illinois - Fox Valley Ice Arena
RECORDS: Aurora University 8-9 overall and 5-5 in the NCHA; Adrian College 11-5-1 overall and 6-3-1 in the NCHA

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The first period opened up as an end to end match up with both teams showing off their skating ability.
- At 13:49 of the first, AU was first to put a tally on the scoreboard. Freshman Roberts Baranovskis ripped a shot from the near dot past the Bulldog goalie and the Spartans led 1-0 Jack DeMatteo assisted on the goal.
- Spartan goalie Josh Boyko made the lead hold up but a late Spartan penalty would carry over into the second period.
- Adrian capitalized on the power play to start the second. A loose puck off a rebound found its way past Boyko and the game was tied 1-1.
- AU went 0-for-2 on their two second period power plays before Adrian had an extra attacker late in the period.
- A late Spartan penalty put Adrian on the power play and the Bulldogs took advantage to take a 2-1 lead.
- AU trailed 2-1 going to the third period.
- The third period was chippy as the turning point was AU being unable to score on a five minute power play.
- Shortly after,Adrian scored to make the score 3-1

SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
Goals: Roberts Baranovskis (1)
Assists: Jack DeMatteo (1)
Saves: Josh Boyko (28)
 
UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan men's hockey team comes on Thursday, January 17 when they host Marian University. Game time is set 5:00 p.m. at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva, Illinois.