SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Bethel University men's hockey team, who received votes in the USCHO.com poll this week, picked up its first shutout of the season defeating the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets, 2-0.
It's the Royals third win in the series and snapped a losing streak that spanned back to 2016. The Royals move to 4-0-1 on the season, the second-best start through five games dating back to the 1989-90 season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Braeden Bartoo kicked off the scoring just over 10 minutes into the opening period. Off a pass from
Tyler Kostelecky, Bartoo earned his first goal of the season and setting the Royals ahead, 1-0.
• Both teams couldn't connect on their one power play in the opening period while BU held a 10-8 shots on frame advantage.
• The Yellowjackets came out hard in the second period, outshooting the Royals 11-5, but the BU defense and goaltender
Travis Allen were able to fend them off and hold them scoreless.
• An interference penalty for the Royals gave the Yellowjackets a power play 15 minutes into the second period, but three seconds later, UWS received a penalty of their own, sending the teams into 4-on-4 play.
• Kostelecky tallied his first multi-point game of the year earning an unassisted goal of his own during the 4-on-4 play, widening the Royals' lead to 2-0 with over four minutees left in the second.
• Fighting for a goal, UWS put up 12 shots on frame in the period, but Allen's didn't concede a goal finishing with 31 saves on the night.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Royals take on a second Wisconsin team tomorrow as they travel to No. 5th-ranked University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for a matchup against the Blugolds. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.
