MARSHALL, Texas - After overcoming adversity this past season due to COVID-19, the #14 East Texas Baptist University hockey team will play in their first-ever American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II National Championship Tournament. They start their championship aspirations with three round robin games where the winner of their group will advance to the semifinals. ETBU will face #2 Lindenwood, #7 Dakota College, and #10 Adrian College.
Below are the information about the games.
▶️#ETBU🐯🆚 Lindenwood 🦁
🗓️ Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 |🕰️ 7:30 PM
🏟 Bismarck, N.D
🔢All-Time Series: First meeting
▶️#ETBU🐯🆚 Dakota College at Bottineau 🪓
🗓️ Friday, Apr. 16, 2021 |🕰️ 1:30 PM
🏟 Bismarck, N.D
🔢All-Time Series: First meeting
▶️#ETBU🐯🆚 Adrian College 🐶
🗓️ Saturday, Apr. 17, 2021 |🕰️ 1:30 PM
🏟 Bismarck, N.D
🔢All-Time Series: First meeting
ETBU
* 11-5 overall
* First meeting all-time with LU, DCB, and AC
* Scored 91 goals while allowing 75.
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Ryan Gruszka leads ETBU with 31 points (10 goals, 21 assists)
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Caleb Goudreau is ETBU's goal leader with 19.
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Filip Soderstrom is the assists leader with 14.
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Tyler Fitzgerald has a GAA of 4.32
LU
* 14-5 overall
* Scored 104 goals while allowing 53 goals.
* Alex Klaesner leads with 28 points (14 goals, 14 assists). Both goals and assists total are tops in the game.
* Trevor Osberne has won seven games in net while having a GAA of 3.02
* Michael Errico has a GAA of 2.43 and six wins in net.
DCB
* 15-11 overall.
* Scored 120 goals while allowing 105
* Ryan Patterson leads with 31 points (14 goals, 17 assists).
* Zane McDonald scored a team-high 17 goals during the regular season.
* Geoffrey Dick and Blake Carpenter both have 16 assists each.
* Matt Trulsen has won 10 games in net and has a GAA of 3.81.
AC
* 9-6 overall
* Alexandre Sode leads with 11 goals while he shares the points lead of 17 with Devin Whitaker (seven goals, 10 assists)
* Justin Session leads with 12 assists.
* Ben Perone has a GAA of 4.09 with five wins in net.
* Connor Sheridan won four games in net and has a GAA of 3.71
