Box Score
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Dec. 9, 2017 – First-year forward
Chris Lutz (Curtice, Ohio/Soo Eagles) tallied both goals as the Chatham University men's hockey team earned its first win in program history on Saturday night, defeating visiting King's (Pa.) 2-1 in UCHC action at Frozen Pond Arena.
RECORDS: Chatham moves to 1-7-2, 1-6-0 UCHC while the Monarchs fall to 0-12-0, 0-8-0 UCHC.
WHAT'S NEXT: The Cougars will travel to Trine from Dec. 15-16 before enjoying the holiday break.
SCORING SUMMARY: Lutz found the back of the net off a feed from first-year forward
Kevin Fees (Findlay, Ohio/Wichita Falls) in the first period before King's knotted the contest up at 1-1 on a short-handed goal with less than a minute remaining in the opening frame.
Lutz tallied his second of the night and third goal in the past two days, off another assist by Fees, this time in the second period.
Leading 2-1 in the third, Chatham held off the extra-man attack by King's when the Monarchs pulled the goalie to seal the first win in program history, as well as first-year head coach Mike Callan's first-career victory.
GOALTENDING: First-year netminder
Matt Calas (Mississauga, Ont./Ancaster Avalanche) played stout in goal, making 27 stops, including 14 in the third, to pick up his first win.
SHOTS LEADER: Lutz led the Cougar attack with six shots.
FACEOFFS: First-year
Daniel Cangelosi (Rockaway, N.J./New England Wolves) won a team-high eight draws.
For more information on the Chatham men's hockey team, please visit gochathamcougars.com.
About Chatham Athletics
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers nine Division III women's sports and seven men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham University will be unveiling a renovated weight room on September 1
st 2017. Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as 52 student athletes being selected to the 2016 Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham added women's lacrosse beginning play in 2017-2018 as well as women's squash, beginning in 2018-19. Chatham has added five men's sports competing this academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field. Chatham added two more men's varsity sports beginning play in 2017-2018; ice hockey and lacrosse, as well as men's squash, starting in 2018-19.
For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit
www.gochathamcougars.com.
