When and Where: January 17, 2023 – (Spurrier-Snyder Rink) - Middletown, CT
Score:  Wesleyan University 5, Southern New Hampshire University 0
Records: SNHU 5-12-0 (4-8-0 NE10), Wesleyan 9-2-2 (5-1-2 NESCAC)

In the final non-conference road game of the season, SNHU fell 5-0 at Wesleyan University on Tuesday in Middletown, Conn.    


STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Wesleyan's Wiggle Kerbrat – 2 goals
• Goalie Nate Romanelli made 28 saves for the Cardinals in the shutout win.
• SNHU graduate student Adam Mercer (Belchertown, Mass.) saved 22 of 23 of shots in the first two periods and made 25 saves for the game.

KEY MOMENTS
 

• The Cardinals held a slim 1-0 lead going to the third period but erupted for four goals over the final 20 minutes.
• Greg Peterson's goal at 11:49 of the first period was the only marker until Wesleyan scored twice within 52 seconds early in the third period.
• Kerbat made it three 3-0 at 4:57 of the final stanza, and then added a power-play goal at 11:27.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 

• Wesleyan had a 30-28 shot advantage for the contest. 
• SNHU went 0-for-4 with a man advantage – the Cardinals were 2-for-6.
• Senior George Thurston (Plymouth, Mass.) won 13 of 19 face-offs and the Penmen had a 27-26 advantage for the game.

 
NOTES

• The Penmen have been shutout in back-to-back contests, and three times during the current five-game losing streak.
• Wesleyan has won 9 of 11 games with the Penmen all-time.  This was the first meeting between the programs since February 29, 1992.

WHAT'S NEXT

• SNHU will play a pair of Northeast-10 conference games at Post starting Friday at 8 p.m.
• The next home contest at The Ice Den in Hooksett, N.H. will be Friday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. against Saint Michael's College.  

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