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Senior forward Filip Engaras had an assist for the Wildcats
New Hampshire Falls To Arizona State, 5-1

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TEMPE, Ariz. - Matthew Kopperud posted two goals and two assists for ASU as the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team fell to Arizona State, 5-1, on Saturday at the Oceanside Ice Arena.

The Wildcats fall to 2-2-0 and ASU improves to 3-3-0.

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Score: Arizona State 5, New Hampshire 1
Records: UNH (2-2-0), ASU (3-3-0)
Location: Tempe, Ariz. (Oceanside Ice Arena)
Date: Saturday, October 16, 2021
Time: 7 p.m. (ET)
Attendance: 915


HOW IT HAPPENED:

- ASU took a 1-0 lead with a power play goal by Kopperud at 6:45 of the first period on a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle.

- At 1:22 of the second period, Ty Murchison gave ASU a 2-0 advantage as he scored on a rebound off a shot by Colin Theisen.

- Then at 7:05 of the second period, Theisen netted a shorthanded goal to extend the lead to 3-0.

- Tim Lovell increased the lead to 4-1 at 14:40 of the second period.

- Junior forward Harrison Blaisdell (Regina, Saskatchewan) scored his first goal as a UNH Wildcat at 5:05 of the third period when he knocked in a loose puck to the lower glove side of the net. Senior forward Filip Engarås (Stockholm, Sweden) and freshman forward Robert Cronin (Plymouth, Mass.) each posted an assist on the goal.

- A late power play goal by Kopperud at 18:43 made the final score 5-1.


INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Senior goalie Mike Robinson (Bedford, N.H.) made 19 saves, while Cole Brady tallied 40 saves to earn the win for ASU. - UNH outshot ASU, 41-24, while the Wildcats went 0-3 on the power play and Arizona State went 2-4.