West Hartford, Conn. - Sophomore forward Steven LaBrie (Springfield, Mass.) recorded two goals and two assists to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 7-2 win over the visiting Salem State College Vikings in the men’s ice hockey season opener for both teams this evening at Kingswood-Oxford Rink. Trinity, ranked No. 16 in the nation, improves to 1-0 overall and in the NESCAC, while the Vikings, ranked No. 20 in the nation, fall to 0-1 overall and in the ECAC East.

Trinity broke open a 2-2 game midway through the second period with five unanswered goals by five different players. Sophomore goalie Doug Kisielius (Park Ridge, Ill.) made 20 saves for the Bantams, and senior co-captain Kaleb Christensen (International Falls, Minn.) stopped 39 shots for the Vikings.

<sup>SCORING
1. SS- Steve Wenzel (Ryan Ferguson, Mike Viens) pp 13:16, TC- Steve LaBrie (Brendan Timmins, Tim Joncas) 18:46.
2. TC- Ryan Stevens (Greg O’Leary, Kevin Hathway) 1:28, SS- Ryan Penney (B. J. Heckendorn) 8:28, TC- Joseph Ori (Jeff Natale, John Newhall) 8:43, TC- LaBrie (Bryan Crabtree) 9:57,
3. TC- Natale (Ori, Colin Wilson-Murphy) 6:31, TC- Crabtree (Cameron Finch, LaBrie) 12:39, TC- Timmins (Stevens, LaBrie) 14:31.</sup>

^{GOALIE SAVES
SS- Kaleb Christensen 39
TC- Doug Kisielius 20}

^{PENALTIES
SS- 4/8, TC- 5/10}

^{POWER PLAY
SS- 1/4, TC- 0/2}