MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey twice fought back from a one-goal deficit to defeat Wesleyan University, 5-3 on Saturday evening in a non-conference game.
Maksim Tsegelnik (Moscow, Russia) led the charge with two third period goals. Justin Sullivan (Laval, Quebec) had a goal and an assist and Zane Kindrachuk (Calgary, Alberta) and Charles Lavoie (Chicoutimi, Quebec) each added a goal.
Chace Hale (Pittsburgh, Pa.) stopped 29 shots on the day for the Falcons.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus 5 | Wesleyan 3
RECORDS: Albertus (5-3) | Wesleyan (2-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- It took less than four minutes to get the scoring started as the Sullivan took a pass from Aleksy Bandu (Notre-Dame-de-L'lle-Perrot, Quebec) just before center ice and raced down along the boards, cut towards the net and backhanded a shot in past Wesleyan goaltender, Ethan Fehrenbaker to make it a 1-0 game at 3:19 of the first period.
- Wesleyan scored twice in just over a three-minute span later on in the first period. The first coming from Owen Mahar who stuffed in a rebound in front of the net at the 6:08 mark. At the 9:21 mark, Dylan Margel gave the Cardinals the lead, scoring on a 2-on-1 break after receiving a pass from Connor Sutherland.
- Albertus tied the game at the 13:40 mark as the Kindrachuk brothers assisted one another for a goal. A shot by Zeth Kindrachuk (Calgary, Alberta) was stopped by Fehrenbaker, but Zane Kindrachuk was able to get the rebound and score his team-leading seventh goal of the season just in front of the net to make it a 2-2 game.
- The second period was scoreless as Hale stopped 11 shots and Fehrenbaker, 10.
- The scoring picked up again immediately in the third period as Wesleyan took its second lead of the game just 41 seconds in as Andrew Haxton scored after being fed a backhanded centering pass from Ethan Davidson.
- Tsegelnik then took over the game, scoring the next two goals. The first coming at the 5:43 mark as he took a pass in the slot from Sullivan and fired a shot past Fehrenbaker to tie the game, 3-3 at the 5:43 mark. At the 9:09 mark, Tsegelnik took a shot from just after the blue line over the glove side of Fehrenbaker, giving Albertus the lead for good at 4-3.
- Lavoie added an empty net goal for the final tally with just 57 seconds remaining.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus
Chace Hale (W, 5-3-0) 32 Shots on Goal | 29 Saves | 3 Goals Allowed
Wesleyan
Ethan Fehrenbaker (L, 1-1-0) 30 Shots on Goal | 26 Saves | 4 Goals Allowed
TEAM STATS
Penalties/Minutes
Albertus 5/16 | Wesleyan 6/12
Power-play Goals/Opportunities
Albertus 0/5 | Wesleyan 0/4
Faceoffs Won
Albertus 37 | Wesleyan 28
NOTEWORTHY
Albertus has won three of the last four meetings against Wesleyan.
It was the second multi-goal game of Tsegelnik's career.
Zane Kindrachuk (Calgary, Alberta) has scored a goal in six of eight games this season.
Jaxson Martin (Calgary, Alberta) earned his first career point as he assisted on Tsegelnik's first goal.
UP NEXT
The Falcons close out the 2025 calendar year with a weekend series against Chatham on December 5th and 6th in United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) action.
