Detroit, Mich. – The Lawrence Technological University ACHA D1 men's hockey team recorded a pair of convincing victories this past weekend at the Blue Devils Winter Classic as they defeated West Virginia 9-2 on Friday night before scoring 13 more times in a 13-1 drubbing on Saturday afternoon.

How It Happened – Friday 1/7

• After a quiet opening stanza, John Horn scored with 27 seconds left off a pass from Allen to give LTU a 1-0 advantage heading into the first intermission
• Each Blue Devil helped set up Sean Pilet at the 12:02 mark of the second before Horn and Allen again teamed up to find Jordon Woytas for a power-play tally with 2:51 left in the second as LTU held a 3-0 lead heading to the third
• Thimo Ey, Bryce Ebert, Erik Engdahl and Horn all scored within a total of 4:13 for LTU as it stretched the margin to 7-0
• WVU finally got on the board 1:40 later before another goal from Pilet and Horn's third ended the scoring for LTU as they cruised to a 9-2 victory

Inside the Numbers

• 16 penalty minutes for WVU, 23 for LTU
• Power play: WVU 1-for-5, LTU 1-for-2
• LTU out shot WVU 38-25
• Noah Brandau made all 15 of his saves to earn his fourth win of the season

How It Happened – Saturday 1/8

• Once again, Horn started the scoring, off assists from Pilet and Ey, at the 13:54 mark of the first
• Cole Therrian netted a pair of markers 1:17 apart with five minutes left in the period to give LTU a 3-0 lead after one
• The Blue Devils scored six goals in a nine-minute span of the second period, including Jackson Knupp's first career goal, to extend the lead to 9-0
• Brenden Preiss tallied a power-play goal 13 seconds into the third before Allen scored consecutive goals for LTU on its way to a 13-1 win

Inside the Numbers

• 47 penalty minutes for WVU, 18 for LTU
• Power play: WVU 0-for-2, LTU 1-for-9
• LTU out shot WVU 50-16

What's Next:

LTU returns to WHAC play with a home-and-home versus #19 Aquinas beginning on Friday, January 14^th at 8 pm inside the Farmington Ice Arena.