Kolton Watts scored two goals to lead the UAH club hockey team to a 7-5 win over Middle Tennessee on Saturday for a series sweep.
The Chargers (3-1-1) have won three straight to start College Hockey South play. MTSU falls to 1-5-0 overall and 1-3-0 in league play.
A much quieter first period compared to Friday’s frenetic game, but there were still many shots on goal to be had. UAH outshot MTSU 16-15 in the period.
This time it was the Chargers who scored first, with Elijah Howard netting his first goal of the season from the slot at the 6:35 mark. However, Brendan Ogle would equalize for the Blue Raiders almost a minute later.
Things picked up in the first half of the second period, however. Keaton Watts and Kolton Watts scored to put UAH up 3-1, but Middle Tennessee fought back to tie the game by the halfway point.
MTSU took its first lead of the game at the 2:43 mark of the third, but Josh Corrow, who had a hat trick in Friday’s 13-7 win, rifled a score from the left side just five seconds into a UAH power play to tie the game at 4-4.
Zachary Giblin put the Blue Raiders up again near the halfway point of the third. The Chargers then showed resiliency yet again, tying the game at 5-5 as Kolton Watts finished a tic-tac-toe play with Keaton Watts. Kolton has a team-leading seven goals on the year.
With 7:11 to go, Henry Hoff took a snipe up the middle to regain the lead for the Chargers at 6-5. Then with under two minutes to go, Hoff finished the 7-5 win with a goal on a two-on-none with Bradly McDonald.
Drew Sledge played in goal for UAH, stopping 32 of 37 MTSU shots. UAH had 45 shots on goal in the contest.
The Chargers have the next weekend off before hosting Alabama’s AAU D1 team in non-conference action at the Huntsville Ice Sports Center on Oct. 13 and 14.
Pictured: Bradly McDonald (forward) celebrates as Kolton Watts scores one of his goals. Photo by Jaime Crawford/JC Sports Photography