Box Score REISTERSTOWN, Md. -- Stevenson men's hockey won its second game against Tufts in as many days with a 4-0 shutout on Saturday at the Reisterstown Sportsplex.
Stevenson (6-2-1) won its third consecutive game, pulling away with three goals in the second stanza. Tufts (0-4-1) dropped its fourth consecutive game with the loss.
Ryan Patrick had two goals in the second, one on the power play and the other shorthanded, to push the Mustangs to a commanding lead.
- Stevenson came out the aggressors early on with attempts from Frank Vitucci and Aidan Graham stopped on the power play. Ryan Kenny made a stop on the other end for the Mustangs, who went back to the man advantage following a cross-check.
- Alex Rivet buried his fourth goal of the season at 5:34 for the 1-0 Stevenson lead.
- Both sides continued trading chances as each goalie stood tall for the remaining of the period.
- Patrick positioned himself at the back right post, slotting home a cross-ice feed from Master to double the Stevenson advantage at 2-0 on the power play.
- Tufts had its turn on the power play, but Kenny and the Mustang defense limited the chances. Following a slashing call, Patrick converted a shorthanded tally at the 7:03 mark.
- The Jumbos looked to answer with zone time of its own as Kenny denied all 11 chances in the second period.
- Brendan Rylott capped the scoring with his fourth goal of the season at 13:38.
- Tufts came up empty on another man-advantage opportunity with just under three minutes left in the stanza. Kenny made a pair of saves, while Austin Master blocked a shot for Stevenson on the penalty kill.
- Each side continued racking up the penalty minutes in the third.
- Stevenson worked away time in the offensive zone with a five-minute power-play chance.
- Stevenson earned some crucial faceoff wins on the penalty kill to disrupt the flow of the Tufts man advantage.
- Kenny made two more saves minutes after the conclusion of a Mustang penalty, some of the last viable looks the Jumbos had on goal.
- Stevenson nabbed its third consecutive win, posting triumphs in six of the last eight games.
- The Mustangs recorded its first home shutout since December 2019.
- Stevenson is now 3-0 when Patrick finds the back of the net.
- Shots were relatively even throughout, with Stevenson holding a narrow 36-34 edge.
- Stevenson outscored Tufts by a 10-2 margin over the two contests.
- Patrick has a point in four consecutive games for the Mustangs, notching the first multi-goal effort of the season on Saturday.
- Stevenson: The Mustangs are back home on Wednesday, December 1 against Lebanon Valley at 7:00 PM.
- Tufts: The Jumbos visit Middlebury on Friday, December 3 at 7:00 PM.
