DENVER, Colo. – Opening up in the 2022 Big Mountain Classic facing the University of Denver, the East Texas Baptist University hockey team came away with a 5-2 victory. This is the first of four games in Colorado for ETBU taking on regional opponents.
 
Traveling to Magness for the first game, Mitchell Dolese, Spencer Mills, Filip Soderström, Ronnie Bregante, and Dominic Desjardins all tallied goals for your Tigers. Angus Laing was the Tiger's netminder only allowing 2 goals past him.
 
GAME 1: ETBU 5, DU 2
After a scoreless first period from both teams, Dolese put the Tigers on the board first just 56 seconds into the second period off a powerful assist from Soderström. After 15:56 had gone by in the second, one of the newest Tigers, Noah Gaudette, chipped the puck to Mills right in front of DU's goalie scoring a one-timer making it 2-0. With only 0:16 left in the second period, The Pioneers responded to Mills' goal cutting the score to 2-1 as they went into the second intermission.
 
The Pioneers started off the 3^rd period on the Power Play and used the one-man-advantage to score just 1:10 into the period tying the game at two. Just 5:48 later, Soderström made his presence known once again, scoring through the goalkeeper's legs for the one-goal advantage with 13:02 remaining. The Tigers turned this momentum into two more goals, one goal coming from Bregante and another from Desjardins, finishing off any chance of a Pioneer comeback. Those goals sealed the Tigers 5-2 victory.
ETBU will face Northern Arizona on Saturday, January 15, in Boulder, Colo.