ANNAPOLIS, MD (Saturday, September 29, 2007) -- Navy's ice hockey team got 
goals from six different players -- including two who rang up their career 
firsts -- as the Midshipmen defeated Lehigh, 6-1, Saturday night at the 
McMullen Hockey Arena.

Navy improved to an unblemished 3-0 record with the victory, while Lehigh's 
Ice Hawks fell to 0-3.

The Mids broke on top early with a pair of first period goals, the first 
coming from junior Jeff Martin at 8:50, assists going to classmate Nolan 
Anliker and senior Drew Stoner.  Navy's second tally at the 9:18 mark was a 
career first for sophomore Keegan Kinkade; he was assisted by classmate Nick 
Hinkley and junior Charlie Daniel.

In the second stanza, the Mids increased their lead to 3-0 thanks to senior 
Nick Schwob's third goal of the season, coming at 13:22, with assists to 
classmate Donnie Horner and junior Jon Westerman.

Lehigh got on the scoreboard for the first (and only) time this weekend when 
Matt Murphy tallied at 16:46 to cut the deficit to 3-1 after two periods.

Navy put the game out of reach with three third period tallies, the first at 
3:50 from Stoner, who was playing in his first game of the 2007-08 season.  
Martin and junior Matt Keller assisted on Stoner's goal.  It was Keller's 
first Navy career point.

The Mids took a 5-1 advantage just over a minute later, at 4:57, when junior 
defenseman Matt Swezey picked up his third goal of the season, assists to 
Daniel and Kinkade.

Freshman Eric Bowen completed the scoring for Navy with his first career 
goal as a Mid, at the 17:31 mark, assisted by Daniel (his third feed of the 
night) and Horner (his second).

Sophomore goaltender Jeremey Estevez got the start between the pipes for 
Navy and stopped 19 of the 20 shots he faced.  His Lehigh counterpart, Chris 
Langstaff, had a much busier night, seeing 63 Navy shots and saving 57 of 
them.

Referee Doug Wood whistled 11 penalties, six against the Mids and five 
against the Ice Hawks.  Neither team scored when it had a man advantage.

Navy is idle until next weekend when the Mids travel to Kingston, Rhode 
Island to face the University of Rhode Island Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. 
and Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.  They will mark Navy's first games as part of 
the newly formed Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL).

The Mids return home to the McMullen Hockey Arena on Saturday, October 13 to 
host Rutgers at 7:30 p.m.

SCORING SUMMARY

First Period
N - Martin 1 (Anliker, Stoner) 8:50
N - Kinkade 1 (Hinkley, Daniel) 9:18

Second Period
N - Schwob 3 (Horner, Westerman) 13:22
L - Murphy (Bernaiche, Amorosa) 16:46

Third Period
N - Stoner 1 (Martin, Keller) 3:50
N - Swezey 3 (Daniel, Kinkade) 4:57
N - Bowen 1 (Daniel, Horner) 17:31


SAVES
Langstaff (Lehigh)    22 - 21 - 14 -- 57
Estevez (NAVY)        8  -  6  -  5 -- 19

SHOTS
Lehigh                     8  -  7  -  5 -- 20
NAVY                    24  - 22 - 17 -- 63