Box Score

West Springfield, Mass. – The American International College men's ice hockey team lost to Mercyhurst 11-1 Saturday night. With the loss the Yellow Jackets record drops to 4-11-0 for the season and to 4-9-0 in Atlantic Hockey play, while the win improves the Lakers record to 7-8-1 overall and to 5-2-1 in the conference.

Senior Matt Pierce (Pakenham, Ont.) led Mercyhurst with a hat-trick and two assists for five points on the night, while sophomore Steve Cameron (Mission, B.C.) had two goals and four assists for six points. Classmate Scott Pitt (Ottawa, Ont.) tallied one goal and five assists, also for six points.

The Lakers received two goals from freshman Phil Ginand (Milford, Mass.), while sophomores Dan Bremner (Sarnia, Ont.) and Brandon Coccimiglio (Burlington, Ont.), and senior Kirk Medernach (Cudworth, Sask.) each scored once.

AIC's only goal came with 46-seconds left in the game when sophomore #Steve McLeod# (Atikokan, Ont.) found the back of the net with assists from junior #Chris Campanale# (Chester Springs, Pa.) and freshman #Rob Blanchette# (South Boston, Mass.).

All three Yellow Jacket goalies saw action in the loss as sophomore #Dan Ramirez# (Rochester, N.Y.) made 13 saves before he was replaced by senior #Tom Fenton# (Sarnia Ont.), who stopped 11 shots before he was pulled in favor of freshman #Jake Anderson# (Colorado Springs, Colo.) who tallied eight saves in the final period. Senior Matt Lundin (Apple Valley, Minn.) recorded 28 saves in the victory for the Lakers.

Next up, the Yellow Jackets travel to Union on Tuesday at 7 p.m.