REISTERSTOWN, Md. – The Stevenson men's ice hockey team (10-5-0 overall, 9-2-0 MAC) earned a 4-2 victory over King's (Pa.) (2-13-1 overall, 2-9-1 MAC) on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Yeager opened the scoring at the four-minute mark of the first period, finishing a play set up by Matt Gough and Morris Schneider to give the Mustangs a 1-0 lead.
King's responded with a goal just under five minutes into the second period, but Blake Benson answered with a power-play tally at 15:58, assisted by Jack Karlsson and John Musella. Two minutes later, Caden Smith extended Stevenson's lead to 3-1, scoring off feeds from Benson and Musella heading into the final frame.
The Monarchs struck again on the power play just over a minute into the third period, but Benson sealed the win at the 11-minute mark with his second goal of the afternoon, assisted by Musella and Karlsson.
Stevenson controlled the game statistically, outshooting King's 44-15 and winning 30 of 53 faceoffs. Benson and Musella each recorded three-point performances, while Karlsson added two points. Three additional Mustangs contributed a point, and Jake Hugessen made 13 saves in net.
The Mustangs will next face Lebanon Valley on Friday. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Reisterstown Sportsplex.