ANNAPOLIS, MD (Wednesday, February 06, 2008) – Navy’s ice hockey team got goals from eight different players, including two who recorded the first goals of their Naval Academy careers, en route to a lopsided 9-2 victory over Georgetown University Wednesday night at the McMullen Hockey Arena.

 

The Midshipmen are in action again this weekend when they host the 31^st annual Crabpot Tournament.  Towson and Maryland square off Friday at 4 p.m., followed by Navy and UMBC at 7:30 p.m.  The tournament continues on Saturday with the consolation game at 4 p.m. and the championship at 7:30 p.m.

 

After a low scoring first period that featured just one goal, by the Mids’ Charlie Daniel at 10:08, Navy (now 14-16-1 this season) exploded in the second stanza with three unanswered tallies to take a 4-0 lead after 40 minutes.

 

Georgetown got on the scoreboard just 35 seconds into the third period to trim the deficit to 4-1, but the Midshipmen scored four consecutive times – including three in less than a minute – to take a commanding 8-1 lead.  The two teams traded tallies in the game’s final four minutes to account for the 9-2 final.

 

Navy sophomore Calen Mims and freshman Sam Carlson picked up the first goals of their respective USNA careers, both coming in the third period.

 

But the loudest cheers of the night came with 11:38 left in the second period when sophomore Alex Tidei replaced Jeremey Estevez as the Mids’ netminder.  After working last year as a team manager, Tidei earned the third goaltending slot on this year’s roster but had not seen any playing time until Wednesday night.

 

The likeable Illinois native made nine saves in his 31:38 of action, and all nine stops evoked loud cheers from the sparse McMullen Arena crowd.  Estevez stopped all five Georgetown shots he faced in his 28:22 between the pipes.

 

Starting Georgetown netminder Greg Graham made 42 saves in his 52:46 minutes of work before he was replaced by Clayton Kossl, who stopped one of two Navy shots he faced in the game’s final 7:14.

 

 

SCORING SUMMARY

 

Georgetown     0          0          2          -           2

NAVY             1          3          5          -           9

 

First Period

N – Daniel 3 (Shields) 10:08 (pp)

 

Second Period

N – Horner 5 (Daniel) 6:27

N – Swezey 18 (Wallis, Daniel) 10:58

N – Bowen 3 (Ochalek, Kinkade) 17:45

 

Third Period

G – Hickton (Russell) 0:35

N – Carlson 1 (Keller) 2:30

N – Kinkade 3 (unassisted) 11:49

N – Mims 1 (Johnson) 12:31

N – Swezey 19 (Daniel) 12:46

G – Hickton (Russell) 15:53

N – Dubinsky 2 (Horner) 19:20

 

SAVES

Graham (Georgetown)             14        17        11        -           42

Kossl (Georgetown)                 x          x          1          -           1

 

Estevez (NAVY                       4          1          x          -           5

Tidei (NAVY                           x          1          8          -           9

 

SHOTS

Georgetown                             4          2          10        -           16

NAVY                                     15        20        17        -           52