Kentucky club hockey swept Bowling Green State club hockey in dominant fashion by scores of 14-0 and 9-0 respectively.
In the first matchup, it only took three minutes for the scoring to start, and once it started, the floodgates opened.
A lot of things must go right for a team to score 14 goals, and the Wildcats were a well-oiled machine executing perfectly on both sides of the puck.
Often maligned by penalties this season, Kentucky was only called for one all night and killed it with ease. More disciplined play was a point of emphasis for the team coming into the game.
“We’ve been working on keeping the hands a little bit lower…and making sure we’re hitting within the timeframe of the puck getting out…it’s really coming together,” center Nick Obourn said.
Obourn contributed to the game one scoring onslaught by scoring a hat trick.
With their gameplan unimpeded and playing 5-on-5 hockey all night, the Cats had no extra pressure put on netminder Riley Allen who secured his second shutout of the season, and the fourth of his career.
The story for Bowling Green was a bit different.
After giving up seven goals in the first period, the Falcons swapped goalies with the hopes of stemming the bleeding, but the Wildcats were relentless and kept pouring on the goals, scoring seven more in the next two periods.
“The game plan doesn’t change…we just try to keep our foot on the gas, I mean we train for this stuff,” Obourn said.
Turnovers by the Falcons turned into points in short order as they struggled to get anything going on offense all night.
The second night of the series told a similar story.
Kentucky got on the board early with a goal from Ty Patefield and the team maintained the pressure all night to the tune of nine goals.
Like in game one, penalties were no issue as freshman Nick Mutschler made the start at goalie and rose to the occasion securing a shutout in his first career start.
After scoring a combined 23 goals in two games, the Wildcats will look to build on this momentum as they take on the Cincinnati Bearcats on Nov. 15, at The Lexington Ice Center with puck drop set for midnight.