The Aurora University men's hockey team hit the ice for their first regular season game in the 2024-2025 campaign on Friday afternoon, facing off against University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the Key City Classic hosted by the University of Dubuque. The Spartans saw a lead as big as 6-0 before the second intermission hit, led by two Riley Dekownky goals, before cruising to the 7-2 win over the Pointers.


FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 7, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2
LOCATION: Dubuque, Iowa
RECORDS: Aurora University 1-0-0 overall; University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 0-1-0 overall


- The first of AU's seven goals came 12 and a half minutes in when Landry Schmuck and Carson Holliday teamed up to find Matt Weber for the score.
- Just over a minute before the end of the first period, Riley Dekowny lit the lamp to make it 2-0 in favor of the Spartans. He was assisted by Eddie Paulissian and Hassan Akl.
- AU scored two goals early in the second, with the first coming at 2:07 as Lukas Sedlacek found Chayce Schmidt for the score. Then, at 2:40, Sedlacek got in on the scoring fun off an assist from Andrew Schultz.
- Landry Schmuck increased AU's lead to 5-0 about halfway through the second. He was assisted by Juliano Santalucia.
- Dekownky scored his second goal of the game late in the second frame, with Sedlacek and Shultz setting him up for the Spartans 6th goal.
- UWSP scored their first goal on the power-play at the end of the second, making it 6-1 going into the intermission.
- The Pointers added another early in the third to trim AU's lead to 6-2.
- AU started a power-play with 1:15 to go and Paulissian found the back of the net as Dekowny and Akl teamed up for the assists.
- JaCob Mucitelli started in-goal for the Spartans, collecting 33 saves.
- This helped AU cruise the 7-2 victory.


POINTS: Riley Dekowny and Lukas Sedlacek (3), Landry Schmuck, Hassan Akl, Eddie Paulissian and Andrew Schultz (2).
GOALS: Riley Dekowny (2), Chayce Schmidt, Lukas Sedlacek, Landry Schmuck, Matt Weber and Eddie Paulissian (1)
ASSISTS: Lukas Sedlacek, Andrew Schultz and Hassan Akl (2)
SAVES: JaCob Mucitelli (33)


Next action for the Spartan men's hockey team comes on Saturday, November 2 when they continue play in the Key City Classic against Augsburg University. Puck drop is slated for 7:00 p.m. in Dubuque, Iowa.