Hartford, Conn. – The Trinity College Bantams erupted for 10 goals in a lopsided win over the visiting Western New England University Golden Bears in men's ice hockey action this evening at Williams Rink.  Trinity improves to 7-2 entering Tuesday night's outdoor game against No. 5-ranked Williams at Fenway Park with the 10-1 triumph, winning its second in a row with a 28-day layoff in between games.  Western New England drops to 7-4 with its first loss in four games. 

Trinity junior forward Liam McKillop (New York, N.Y.) opened the scoring 9:16 into the contest from junior captain defenseman Michael Flynn (Cheshire, Conn.) and sophomore forward Jim Burt (Hamden, Conn.), and rookie forward Sean Orlando (Ivyland, Pa.) tallied the game-winner less than two minutes later from sophomore forward Michael Hawkrigg (Toronto, Ontario) and fellow freshman forward Ryan Cole (Anchorage, Alaska).  Bantam junior forward Jackson Brewer (Newton, Mass.) and Burt added goals in the first period, before the Golden Bears got on the board early in the second frame on a goal by junior defenseman Michael Darrar (Monroe, N.Y.) from senior captain forward John Kelly (Staten Island, N.Y.).  Brewer answered with two more goals in the second stanza, and the Bantams closed it out with four tallies in the final period.

Cole topped Trinity in points with five on a goal and four assists, while Brewer had a hat trick plus one assist, and Hawkrigg had a goal and three helpers.  Senior Ben Coulthard (South Windsor, Conn.) and sophomore Nathaniel Heilbron (West Vancouver, British Columbia) made 19 and seven saves, respectively, in the Trinity net.  Golden Bear senior backstop Eric Sorenson (Fairport, N.Y.) had nine stops in just under 17 minutes, before yielding to junior Tim Carr (Pine Bush, N.Y.) who totaled 31 saves the rest of the way.