Bowling Green State University
Mercyhurst
Icers Win At Mercyhurst, 3-1
December 28, 2000 | Ice Hockey
Dec. 28, 2000
Erie, Pennsylvania -
The Bowling Green State University hockey team won its second consecutive contest with a 3-1 triumph at Mercyhurst College Thursday night.
Falcon senior left wing Ryan Murphy broke a scoreless tie at the 9:53 mark of the opening period putting in a rebound past Laker goalie Peter Aubry. D'Arcy McConvey and Scott Hewson assisted on Murphy's seventh of the campaign.
MC tied the game at one with 1:25 left in the first period as Adam Tackaberry converted on a two-on-one to beat Falcon netminder Tyler Masters. Jeff Gould and Peter Rynshoven assisted on Tackaberry's seventh of the year.
After a scoreless second period, BG junior center Greg Day tallied his 12th of the season from Hewson just as a penalty to Falcon Brian Escobedo was expiring at the 6:41 mark of the third period.
Murphy completed the scoring with his second of the game with 3:49 left in the contest. It was Murphy's first two-goal game since Oct. 29, 1999. Day and Hewson assisted on Murphy's power-play tally which came just four seconds into a cross-checking penalty on MC's Marty Rychley.
Hewson garnered assists on all three Falcon lamp-lighters for his second three-point game of the year and first three-assist contest in his collegiate career.
Tyler Masters made 20 saves in the BG cage, while Peter Aubry turned aside 24 BG shots.
The Falcons improved to 4-9-4 overall, while Mercyhurst fell to 7-4-2. BG will play its second game of its six-game road trip on Saturday night at Niagara University. Faceoff at NU's Dwyer Arena is slated for 7:00 p.m.
