Jeffery Menard is Second Menard, Bantam to Score Hat Trick This Weekend

Hartford, Conn.  –  Trinity junior Jeffrey Menard (Burlington, Mass.) scored a hat trick and collected an assist to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 4-3 win over the Lake Forest Foresters in men's ice hockey action this afternoon on Williams Rink at the Koeppel Community Sports Center.  Trinity improves to 4-5 overall with their second straight victory, while the Foresters fall to 1-11 on the season with their ninth straight loss.

Leading 3-1 in the third period, Trinity junior Menard found himself with the puck and Lake Forest senior goalie Marc Stuart (Dallas, Texas) out of net.  Menard took advantage and gave the Bantams a 4-1 cushion with what would prove to be a valuable goal, as the Foresters would not go down quietly. 

With just 1:49 on the clock, Lake Forest junior Dave Sharpe (Windsor, Ontario) cut the Trinity lead to 4-2 when he slipped the puck through the legs of Trinity goalkeeper Benjamin Coulthard (South Windsor, Conn.).  Just :51 later, Sharpe faked a slap shot, then slid a wrister into a crowd at the Trinity net where Coulthard came up with the save, despite being screened.  The puck took a bounce to Lake Forest freshman Jason McAloon (Elk Grooves, Ill.), who finished for his team-high sixth goal of the game, cutting the Bantam lead to 4-3 with under a minute to play.  Lake Forest pulled their goalkeeper, but the Trinity defense locked down the offense, playing with an extra man.

Menard is the second Bantam to record a hat trick in their last two games.  On Saturday, his twin brother Chris Menard (Burlington, Mass.) recorded a hat trick in an 8-3 win over Nichols, making the tandem the first twins in program history to score hat tricks in consecutive games.  The Menard brothers share the team lead in goals, with seven apiece in nine games.  Chris Menard also recorded an assist today. 

Senior co-captain Mike DeMayo (Seaford, N.Y.) collected three assists in the game.  Coulthard earned the win in net for the Bantams, making 31 stops, and 24 in the final two periods.  Stuart finished the game with 24 saves for the Foresters.    Today's game was the final of Trinity's out-of-league schedule, as the Bantams gear up for NESCAC play, starting with No. 13 ranked Williams this Friday.

“We got our second semester off to a great start and we need to carry our winning ways into NESCAC play this coming weekend,” Head Coach Matt Greason said after the game. 

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