Marian University NCAA men’s ice hockey (9-15-2, 8-10-0 NCHA) dropped its opening game of the NCHA Harris Cup Quarterfinals to No. 11/12 Trine 4-1.
 

• The Thunder needed just 43 seconds to open the scoring as Marian trailed early.
• Trine then netted a power-play goal at the 12:21 mark to take a 2-0 lead into the second period.
• Sophomore Edison Weeks cut the Marian deficit in half scoring at the 8:28 mark of the second, assists to sophomore Dayne Tews and junior Hayden Tuba.
• Trine was able to build its cushion back to two goals with 2:53 left in the second period.
• The third period looked to go scoreless until Trine netted a second power-play goal with just one second remaining.

• Trine had a 33-15 advantage for shots in the game.
• Marian had 34 face-off wins to 41 for Trine.
• The Sabres went scoreless on three power-play chances, while Trine was 2-for-4.
• Marian is now 4-15-0 all-time against Trine with the Thunder taking the last six meetings.
• The Sabres have also dropped nine straight postseason games.
• Marian will need a victory in game two to force a mini-game which would be played immediately after.

	Sophomore Edison Weeks scored his third goal of the season.
	Sophomore Dayne Tews had his fifth assist on the campaign.
	Sophomore Nicholas Von Kaufmann (5-6-2) made 29 saves in goal.