Club hockey sweeps Bowling Green

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The CMU club hockey team had 91 shots on net en route to a two-game sweep against Bowling Green last weekend.

Central beat Bowling Green 7-4 on Saturday and 5-2 on Friday. It was the team’s first sweep since it beat Rochester Institute of Technology 8-3 on Jan. 23 and 8-2 on Jan. 24.

CMU averaged more than 15 shots per period on the weekend.

Right wing Jordan Jakubik had five points for Central in both games, including four in the second period of Saturday’s game. He leads the team with 22 points in 10 games.

“We thought they’d be a good team, and we haven’t had a sweep all year, so it was good to get a sweep,” Jordan said.

Bowling Green could only muster offense on the man-advantage, scoring three power-play goals. It had just 15 shots on 10 power-plays combined in both games. Bowling Green totaled 55 shots in the series.

Central coach Mike Jakubik said the team employed a new defensive look that has limited the opposing offense.

“Without (Alec) Sherman today, I thought everyone picked up their game and they made up for his loss,” Mike said. “They played well – cleared out the guy in front of the net.”

Sherman, a 6’4”, 225-pound defenseman, served a game misconduct Saturday because of a Friday night fight.

Goaltender Zach Knaus made 10 saves in Friday’s game before Zach Silver replaced him. Knaus said his knee locked up during the second period, but he expects to be fine. Silver finished with 17 saves on 19 shots in relief.