The Dordt University men's ice hockey team scored four unanswered goals en route to a 7-3 win over Arkansas on Friday night at the Vernon Ice Arena.
Max Raiche recorded his first career Texas Hat Trick (scoring four goals in a single game) to lead the Defenders.
Rylan Veenstra scored his team-leading 13th goal in the third period to go with three assists. Both
Reuben Horneman and
Tegan Doelman each scored one goal.
Tied 3-3 near the end of the second period,
Reuben Horneman put away the game-winner with just over a minute left off a pass from
Tyler Welsh and Veenstra. Dordt put the game away with three goals in the third period, two by Raiche and another by Veenstra.
Riley Burnett faced 36 shots and made 33 saves in goal.
First Period Notes:
- Dordt outshot the Razorbacks 18-12
- Arkansas opened the game's scoring with a power-play goal by Jake Bamback at the 4:53 mark
- Max Raiche answered with the first of his two goals in the period, tying the game 1-1 at the 13:53 mark off an assist by Andrew Benson and Rylan Veenstra
- Raiche found the back of the net again (18:34), this time off a pass from Anders Ploegman and Zach Espenson, to give the Defenders a 2-1 lead heading into the second period
Second Period Notes:
- Tegan Doelman gave the Defenders a 3-1 lead when he found the back of the net with an unassisted goal just 55 seconds into the second period
- Arkansas stormed back with back-to-back goals at the 2:11 and 6:37 marks to tie the score 3-3
- still tied late in the period, Defenders forward Reuben Horneman put his team in front for good with a goal at the 18:57 mark, assisted by Tyler Welsh and Rylan Veenstra
- Arkansas outshot the Defenders 16-12 in the period
Third Period Notes:
- Dordt picked up an insurance goal just seconds into the third when Raiche netted his third goal off an assist from Zach Espenson
- Veenstra (from Tyler Welsh) and Raich (from Veenstra) capped the scoring at the 10:56 and 19:47 minute marks
- Dordt was outshot 11-8
