A Sea Of Red

Men win @ Niagra, 3-1 : goals by Colt Steele, Grant Garvin and Robert Ward.

special shout out from Coach to Matt Pinel with a great performance between the pipes

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Consecutive road wins against two teams ranked in the top 20 made for a much more enjoyable return trip to Lynchburg for Liberty University ACHA Division I men's hockey Head Coach Kirk Handy and the 11th-ranked Flames.

"I was a lot happier with our effort tonight," Handy said after Saturday night's 3-1 victory over 14th-ranked Niagara at Dwyer Arena, comparing it to Friday night's 3-1 triumph at No. 16 Buffalo, two weeks after being swept at then-No. 3 Minot State. "We took a huge step forward from last night. We're still not where we need to be, but we really had a better focus and we definitely played a better game tonight and it was evident from the first shift of the game all the way through. We had a lot of guys step up and get in the lineup. It was a team effort tonight."

But the star of the game for the Flames was junior goalie Matt Pinel, who made 28 saves and had a shutout going until the final nine seconds of the third period, when the Purple Eagles (4-5) finally scored.

"Matt Pinel played a fantastic game tonight," Handy said. "Matt was unbelievable. He made some great saves. He was a stabilizing factor on the back line tonight. He played really well."