The Aurora University Men's Hockey team celebrated the senior class before dropping its regular season finale to the Lake Forest Foresters Saturday evening 2-1. AU out shot Lake Forest but fell short in getting the puck past a strong effort from the visiting goalie.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Lake Forest College 2, Aurora University 1
LOCATION: Fox Valley Ice Arena - Geneva, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 5-3-2-0 overall and 4-2-1-1 NCHA; Lake Forest College 1-5 overall and 1-7 NCHA 

HOW IT HAPPENED
- AU's Nate Keeley would open up the scoring for the Spartans with a goal seven minutes into the game with assists from Dylan Rauh and Daniel Menges.
- The Foresters would tie the game with two minutes left to play in the 1st period on the power play.
- The teams would go into intermission tied 1-1
- Halfway through the 2nd period Lake Forest would score their second goal making it 2-1.
- The Foresters would hold this lead going into the 2nd intermission.
- AU would continue to be denied as the Lake Forest goalie totaled 45 saves on the night.
- The game would end 2-1 Lake Forest.
 
SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
Points: Daniel Menges, Dylan Rauh and Nate Keeley (1)
Goals: Nate Keeley (1)
Assists: Daniel Menges and Dylan Rauh (1)
Saves: Matteo Paler-Chow (22) 
 
UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan men's hockey team comes on Tuesday, March 9 when they host Milwaukee School of Engineering in the opening round of the NCHA playoffs. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva, Illinois.