SHREVEPORT, Louisiana – Needing a win to end a four-game losing streak, the East Texas Baptist University hockey team scored a combined 37 goals during the two-game series against the University of North Texas. This not only put ETBU at 2-4 overall. But they would also set new scoring records for most goals in a game and in a two-game series.
 
Game one was a 14-2 victory for ETBU that would see both Devon Baird and Mike Garvie score four goals each while Davis Van Gemerden tallied two goals in the contest. The new record of 14 goals in one game would last for one day as ETBU exploded for 23 goals in the second game for a 23-4 win.  Four of ETBU's players would get a hat trick, including six from Riley Knott while Garvie, Skyler Spiller, and Tyler Fitzgerald would also pick up three goals.
 
Game 1: ETBU 14, UNT 2
 
ETBU would start the scoring nearly two minutes into the game when Michael Candido struck first for ETBU at 1:58. For nearly nine minutes afterwards, ETBU would compiled opportunity after opportunity to tack on while UNT struggled to get anything going as the Tigers' defense held them in check. Then in a span of 17 seconds, both Spiller (9:52) and Garvie (10:09) would each put the puck in the net to make it a 3-0 lead. Two more goals for ETBU came from Ben Goodwin (14:30) and Nick Scott as ETBU took a 5-0 lead going into the first intermission.
 
In the second period, the Tigers continued scoring as Garvie would start it with his second goal at 6:44 and a 6-0 lead. Devon Baird would then make it 8-0 with back-to-back goals at 11:53 and 13:43 before the Eagles finally got on the board with a goal from Kevin Ely (15:03). Still, ETBU answered with two more second period goals as Davis Van Gemerden answered 34 seconds later while Garvie completed his hat trick with 27 seconds to go in a 10-1 ETBU lead after two periods.
 
In the third period, Alex Domas made a key stop on a penalty shot by Chase Deacon. But Deacon would get a measure of revenge as he would trickle one past Domas for a 10-2 score. Domas would get the final say as he would hold Deacon and the Eagles scoreless for the rest of the period. Meanwhile, Baird would score two more goals at 10:51 and 13:27 to make it 12-2 while Garvie collected his fourth goal of the game on a power play at exactly 17:00. Sixty-one seconds later, Van Gemerden made it 14-2 with his second of the game as ETBU ended the scoring onslaught with their first win of the season.
 
1^st Period
ETBU – Michael Candido (1:58)
ETBU – Skyler Spiller (9:52)
ETBU – Mike Garvie (10:09)
ETBU – Ben Goodwin (14:30)
ETBU – Nick Scott (17:12)
 
2^nd Period
ETBU – Mike Garvie (6:44)
ETBU – Devon Baird (11:53)
ETBU – Devon Baird (13:43)
UNT – Kevin Ely (15:03)
ETBU – Davis Van Gemerden (15:37)
ETBU – Mike Garvie (19:43)
 
3^rd Period
UNT – Chase Deacon (8:07)
ETBU – Devon Baird (10:51)
ETBU – Devon Baird (13:27)
ETBU – Mike Garvie (pp) (17:00)
ETBU – Davis Van Gemerden (18:01)
 
 
Game 2 – ETBU 23, UNT 4
 
The first period was an offensive explosion for ETBU would end up scoring eight of ten goals for a 8-2 lead heading into the first intermission. In that period, the two teams combined to score seven goals in ten minutes. Three of four goals came in five minutes by ETBU as Riley Knott (2:55), Garvie (3:06), and Tyler Fitzgerald (3:28) would score while UNT's Jose Flores (4:54) would get UNT on the board. But in a span of 17 seconds, Davis Van Gemerden (5:37) and Fitzgerald (5:54) would make it 5-1 in ETBU's favor before Deacon scored for the Eagles nearly four minutes later. ETBU would finish with a second goal from Knott (15:03), a power play hat-trick goal from Fitzgerald (15:51) and one goal Skyler Spiller (17:10).
 
ETBU would tack on seven goals in the second period with Mason Sprott starting the scoring at 1:48. Spiller picked up his second goal at 3:53 while Knott would get his hat trick at 5:01. Baird (9:29), Van Gemerden (12:33), Candido (13:11), and Garvie (18:46) would add the final four goals of period two as ETBU took a 15-2 lead into the second intermission.
 
The Tigers would continue the scoring spree with Knott would finish with a double hat-trick (2:00, 10:37, 17:56) while Garvie (2:53) and Spiller (13:41) would also get hat tricks. Flores would get his second goal of the game for UNT at 3:03 while Blake Dietrich got the fourth goal on a power play at 15:52. ETBU's other three goal scorers were Drake Evans (12:06), Albert Wiggins (16:36) and Kris Perry (19:19).

ETBU will take on UNT in three weeks when they will travel to Mansfield, Texas. Friday's game will start at 8:00 PM while a 5:00 PM contest will end the series on Saturday.
 
1^st Period
ETBU – Riley Knott (2:55)
ETBU – Mike Garvie (3:06)
ETBU – Tyler Fitzgerald (3:28)
UNT – Jose Flores (4:54)
ETBU – Davis Van Gemerden (5:37)
ETBU – Tyler Fitzgerald (5:54)
UNT – Chase Deacon (9:44)
ETBU – Riley Knott (15:03)
ETBU – Tyler Fitzgerald (15:51) (pp)
ETBU – Skyler Spiller (17:10)
 
2^nd Period
ETBU – Mason Sprott (1:48)
ETBU – Skyler Spiller (3:53)
ETBU – Riley Knott (5:01)
ETBU – Devon Baird (9:29)
ETBU – Davis Van Gemerden (12:33)
ETBU – Michael Candido (13:11)
ETBU – Mike Garvie (18:46)
 
3^rd Period
ETBU – Riley Knott (2:00)
ETBU – Mike Garvie (2:53)
UNT – Jose Flores (3:03)
ETBU – Riley Knott (10:37)
ETBU – Drake Evans (12:06)
ETBU – Skyler Spiller (13:41)
UNT – Blake Dietrich (15:52) (pp)
ETBU – Albert Wiggins (16:36)
ETBU – Riley Knott (17:56)
ETBU – Kris Perry (19:19)