SHELTON, Conn. – Continuing the start to their 2023-24 home schedule, Post University Men's Ice Hockey faced off against Albertus Magnus College for the fourth consecutive year on Tuesday afternoon at Sports Center of Connecticut in Shelton, Connecticut. In search of their first win of the season, the Eagles would be stifled by freshman goalie Carson Ironside who shutdown the Post offense en route to an 8-1 win for the Falcons on the road.
 
THE BASICS

Post University 1, Albertus Magnus College 8

Post University (0-7-1)

Albertus Magnus College (6-3-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED
A strong opening period for Albertus Magnus saw them pepper sophomore goalie Benjamin Cunneen with 20 total shots on net. Cunneen, who was making his first start of the season, would let one through with 5:21 remaining in the first as the initial shot by sophomore forward Tim Manning found the stick of freshman defenseman Eric Chamandy. Chamandy would locate fellow freshman defenseman William Lavigne at the top left circle, and he would get it by Cunneen, giving the Falcons a 1-0 lead after one as well as a 20-11 advantage in shots on goal.
 
A seven-minute span in the second would define the entire rest of the game as Albertus Magnus struck for three goals against Cunneen. Freshman forward Charles Lavoie and senior forward Gustav Miller located freshman forward Jeremy Tremblay on the open left side of the net just 3:03 after the intermission. Chamandy and Lavigne would reverse roles from the first goal of the game as the two passed it back and forth on the left side before Chamandy's point shot went through traffic into the corner of the net.
 
The third and final goal of the second would be off the stick of junior forward Sam Anderson on the power play for Albertus Magnus. The initial shot in front bounced around to find the sticks of graduate defenseman Harley Michaels and sophomore defenseman Sam Witt who picked up the assists as the Falcons extended their lead to four, 4-0.
 
While graduate defenseman Nick Brewer would register the lone goal of the game for the Eagles in the third off a faceoff win from sophomore forward Connor Murray, Albertus Magnus would add four more goals from junior forward Zane Kindrachuk, senior forward Gustav Miller, sophomore forward Bailey Kirwin, and Charles Lavoie to cap off their 8-1 win.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Carson Ironside stopped 24 shots on 25 attempts from Post University, en route to his first collegiate victory in only his second career start
• Making his first start of the season, Benjamin Cunneen made 52 saves on 60 total shots from Albertus Magnus
• The seven-goal margin of defeat was the largest for Post University since a 7-0 loss to UMass Boston on December 30^th, 2021
• Post University is now 0-14-3 in their last 17 games with their last win coming on January 27th, 4-2, against Saint Anselm

 
WHO'S NEXT
Post University takes on Franklin Pierce University in a pair of homes games at the Sports Center of Connecticut in Shelton, Connecticut on Friday and Saturday. Puck drop for Friday's game will be at 4:00 PM on the Lower Rink. The two teams met earlier this year at the Western Mass Shootout Tournament in which the Ravens came back from a two-goal deficit for the 3-2 victory.