ANNAPOLIS, MD (Saturday, October 13, 2007) – Sophomore goaltender Eric 
Anderson recorded the second shutout of his brief college career, and junior 
John Patrick Culliton registered a goal and two assists, to lead Navy’s ice 
hockey team to a 3-0 blanking of Rutgers Saturday night at the McMullen 
Hockey Arena.

With the victory, the Midshipmen improved their won-lost record to 4-2 this 
season, while Rutgers’ Ice Knights fell to 5-3.

Navy is back in action tomorrow (Sunday, October 14), hosting Towson 
University at 1:05 p.m., also at the McMullen Hockey Arena.

Culliton gave the Mids the only goal they’d need all night when he scored 
for the second time this season, at 15:09 of the first period, assists going 
to linemates Jon Westerman and Nick Schwob.

In the second stanza, Navy doubled its lead to 2-0 when Gross fired a 
blazing shot from the right point that found the back of the net just under 
the crossbar, past a screened Rutgers goaltender Mike Costa at the 19:00 
mark, the lone assist going to Culliton.

The Midshipmen locked down their fourth win of the season midway through the 
third period when Culliton fed a perfect pass from behind the net to Schwob, 
who was positioned in the crease, while Navy was enjoying an extra man.  
Schwob slid the puck past Costa at 9:20 to give the Mids their 3-0 margin of 
victory, with Gross recording the other assist in addition to Culliton.  It 
was Schwob’s team leading seventh goal of the season.

Anderson stopped all 33 shots the Ice Knights sent his way to record the 
second shutout of the season and also the second of his Navy career.  Last 
month, on September 28, he blanked Lehigh by a 4-0 count.  Costa recorded 33 
saves for Rutgers, as the Mids outshot the Ice Knights by a slim 36-33 
margin.

Referee Scott Pomento called 29 minutes in penalties, 19 for Navy and 10 for 
Rutgers.

SCORING SUMMARY

Rutgers	0	0	0	-	0
NAVY	1	1	1	-	3

First Period
N – Culliton 2 (Westerman, Schwob) 15:09

Second Period
N – Gross 1 (Culliton) 19:00

Third Period
N – Schwob 7 (Culliton, Gross) 9:20

SAVES
Costa (Rutgers)	9	15	9	-	33
Anderson (NAVY)	11	7	15	-	33

SHOTS
Rutgers		11	7	15	-	33
NAVY		10	16	10	-	36