Clemson had a firm 5-1 win over the UAH club hockey team on Saturday, forcing a series split between the top two teams in College Hockey South’s Division 2 North.
The Chargers (5-3-1 overall, 4-1-0 CHS) won the opener 4-2 on Friday. The Tigers (8-2-0, 4-1-0) moved back into a tie with UAH atop the division with eight points through five conference games.
Clemson took a 2-0 lead in the first, with Cade Heinold scoring just past halfway through the period and Herbert Kopf scoring on the power play with 25 seconds remaining.
Almost three minutes into the second period, Keaton cut Clemson’s lead to 2-1 with his third goal of the seires, assisted by Kolton Watts.
But the Tigers regained a two-goal lead with Kopf’s second goal of the game with 13:36 left in the period.
Clemson scored two quick goals, one by Kopf to complete a hat trick, in the first two minutes of the third period for a commanding 5-1 advantage. Four power plays for Clemson in the third period made it difficult for UAH to mount a comeback.
Andrew Sledge started the game in goal for UAH, stopping 22 of 27 shots before being pulled early in the third. Cameron Crawford stopped all 12 shots he faced the rest of the way.
Shots on goal were even at 39 piece.
UAH has next weekend off before single games at Georgia and Tennessee. The game at Tennessee on Nov. 5 is the Chargers’ next conference game.