Marian University NCAA men’s hockey (6-9-0, 2-6-0-0 NCHA) defeated Dubuque 7-0 to finish third at the Superior Showdown.

• Senior Nicholas Cherkowski opened the scoring on the power play with his eighth goal of the year at the 11:07 mark. 
• The special teams continued to score when senior Austin Nault scored a short-handed goal, his first of the year, with 4:02 left in the period.  
• Marian kept on rolling with a pair of goals in the first 2:51 of the second period to lead 4-0.
• Freshman Cole Carlson scored the first at 2:22 and Stafford followed just 29 seconds later.  It was the first collegiate goal for each Sabre skater.
• Another first collegiate goal closed out the scoring for the second and put Marian ahead 5-0 when freshman Nolan Flint scored at the 7:46 mark.
• Carlson then gave himself a multi-goal game with a power-play goal at the 13:55 mark of the third.
• Sophomore Quinn Mulder concluded the scoring at 7-0 scoring with 4:00 left in the game.

• Marian finished with a 30-20 advantage shots and outshot the Spartans in the first two periods.
• The Sabre power play was 2-for-5 in the win and the penalty kill didn’t allow a goal on three chances for Dubuque.
• The Sabres dominated in the circle winning 50 of the 70 faceoffs.
• Marian finishes the year 3-0-0 against Dubuque having outscored the Spartans 17-5.
• The shutout was the first this season for the Sabres.
• The Sabres have never lost mulitple games at the Superior Showdown in six tournaments.

	Senior Aaron Brunn (6-8-0) had his first collegiate shutout stopping all 20 shots he saw.
	Freshman Cole Carlson scored the first two goals of his collegiate career as part of a multi-goal game.
	Junior Nicholas Cherkowski had a goal and an assist and has recorded eight points over his last four games.