From Jimmie Athletics
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (jimmiepride.com)– Brad Fortin (FR/Langley, British Columbia), Kole Christensson (FR/Calgary, Alberta), and Mario DeCapite (SO/Calgary, Alberta) each had two goals Friday evening as the 12th-ranked University of Jamestown ACHA D1 hockey team won its Midwest College Hockey conference debut 7-4 over Illinois State University.
The teams traded goals in the first period, with the Redbirds scoring at the 7:33 mark of the opening period. Christensson had goals at 13:27 and 16:31 to head into the first intermission tied 2-2.
Once again ISU and UJ alternated goals in the second. Fortin’s power play goal at 8:32 tied the game at 3-3, then DeCapite scored again at the 12:39 mark to make it a 4-4 game. Fortin added his second with 57 seconds left in the period to give Jamestown a 5-4 lead entering the final twenty minutes.
Gage Thompson (SR/Valley City, N.D.) made it a two-goal lead for the Jimmies at 9:38, then DeCapite rounded out the scoring with an empy-net goal at 19:26.
Carter Johnson (SR/Meeteetse, Wyo.) and Jordan Baranesky (FR/Red Lake, Ontario) both had a pair of assists, and single helpers went to Fortin, Brenden Vulcano (SO/Nelson, British Columbia), Justin Dumont (JR/Atlanta, Ga.), Andrew Clark(JR/Spokane, Wash.), and Greg Susinski (JR/Calgary, Alberta).
Shots were 51-31 in favor of Jamestown. Matthew Trulsen (SR/New Westminster, British Columbia) made 15 saves and Brandon Weare(FR/Calgary, Alberta) had 12 stops.
The two teams meet again Saturday at 7:15 p.m.
M1 University of Jamestown 7 at M1 Illinois State University 4 – Status: Final
Friday, October 7, 2022 – Grossinger Motors Arena
M1 University of Jamestown 2 3 2 – 7
M1 Illinois State University 2 2 0 – 4
1st Period-1, M1 Illinois State University, Campise 4 (Oberlag), 7:33. 2, M1 University of Jamestown, Christensson 2 (Johnson, Clark), 13:27. 3, M1 Illinois State University, Meyer 3 (Campise), 15:27. 4, M1 University of Jamestown, Christensson 3 (Fortin), 16:31. Penalties-Popoff M1jam (roughing), 2:43; Sloan ISU (elbowing), 17:00; Baranesky UJ (hooking), 17:49; Oberlag ISU (10-minute misconduct), 18:35.
2nd Period-5, M1 Illinois State University, Meyer 4 (Young), 0:54. 6, M1 University of Jamestown, Fortin 1 (Baranesky, Susinski), 8:32 (PP). 7, M1 Illinois State University, Rascia 1 (Campise, Hilt), 10:48 (PP). 8, M1 University of Jamestown, Decapite 2 (Vulcano, Baranesky), 12:39. 9, M1 University of Jamestown, Fortin 2 (Johnson), 19:03. Penalties-served by Vulcano UJ (too many men), 2:21; Janecke ISU (roughing), 6:47; Christensson UJ (tripping), 10:31; served by Perri ISU (too many men), 14:52.
3rd Period-10, M1 University of Jamestown, Thompson 1 (Dumont), 9:38. 11, M1 University of Jamestown, Decapite 3 19:26 (EN). Penalties-Berggren UJ (tripping), 9:43.
Shots on Goal-M1 University of Jamestown 18-18-15-51. M1 Illinois State University 12-9-10-31.
Power Play Opportunities-M1 University of Jamestown 1 / 4; M1 Illinois State University 1 / 5.
Goalies-M1 University of Jamestown, Trulsen 1-0-0-0 (19 shots-15 saves); Weare 1-1-0-0 (12 shots-12 saves). M1 Illinois State University, Donovan 2-1-0-0 (50 shots-44 saves).