Box Score REISTERSTOWN, Md. - Stevenson men's ice hockey first year players Eric Olson and Blake Colman each netted their first career goals and sophomore Ryan Kenny made a career-high 41 saves as the Mustangs held off Elmira, 2-1, for a non-conference victory Saturday evening at Reisterstown Sportsplex.
- Stevenson (3-1) put four shots on goal in the game's opening minutes but all were turned aside by Elmira (1-1) goaltender Chris Janzen.
- The Mustangs went on the first power play of the night 4:12 in.
- Just over a minute into the power play, Olson put home a rebound of a Ryan Patrick shot to make it 1-0. Patrick and Austin Master were credited with assists.
- Stevenson went to the penalty kill just 33 seconds later but were able to kill off the first Soaring Eagle man advantage of the night.
- Each team had an additional power play chance in the stanza but both came up empty.
- Elmira earned its third power play of the night eight minutes in, but the Mustangs successfully killed the power play as Stevenson goalie Ryan Kenny made three saves.
- The hosts earned their first power play of the second period when Elmira's Jake Russo was sent off for slashing.
- Just 12 seconds into the power play, Colman ripped a shot from just inside the blue line that beat Janzen to his left to make it 2-0.
- Houston Wilson and Carl Lyden assisted on the goal.
- The Soaring Eagles went back to the power play seconds later, but put just one shot on Kenny as it was again unsuccessful with the advantage.
- Elmira got on the board 20 seconds into the final frame with Shawn Kennedy scoring his first goal of the season, with assists by Jordan Gonzalez and Daniel Dimon.
- Kenny made three saves on an Elmira power play that began with 12:46 to play.
- The Mustangs went on the power play at the 9:39 mark and put a pair of shots on goal that were both stopped by Janzen.
- Elmira pulled Janzen with just over a minute to go and Kenny made a pair of saves in the final minute to preserve the win.
- Elmira outshot Stevenson 42-28, including 33-17 over the final two periods.
- The Mustangs finished 2-5 on the power play, while the Stevenson penalty kill killed off all six Soaring Eagle power plays.
- Stevenson finished with a 42-30 edge in faceoff wins, with first year Mac Lowry winning 15 of 22 draws.
- Kenny made a career-high 41 saves in the victory, recording a .976 save percentage. His previous career-best was 36 saves set twice in his rookie campaign last season.
- Over its first four games the Mustang penalty kill unit has killed off 24-of-25 opponent power plays.
- Stevenson returns to action on Thursday, February 25 when the Mustangs travel to Chatham for a United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) matchup.
