UTICA, NY- The Utica College men's hockey team cruised to an 8-0 victory over visiting Endicott College in an exhibition contest Saturday evening at the Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.
 
The teams will return to action Sunday at 2 p.m. for a second exhibition contest before the regular season officially begins next weekend.
 
The Pioneers netted two goals in each of the first two periods and then tacked on four more in the final 20 minutes to secure the lopsided victory.
 
Shawn Lynch (Syracuse, NY/Ottawa Jr. Senators (CCHL)) opened the scoring at 16:26 as he put in a feed from Jarrod Fitzpatrick (Wakefield, MA/Northern Cyclones (EHL)) and freshman Liam Hunter (Norwood, ON/Kemptville 73's (CCHL)), who tallied his first collegiate point on the play.  Just 1:24 later, it was Hunter who found the back of the net to give UC an insurance tally.  Freshman JT Entelisano (Rome, NY/Markham Royals (OJHL)) and Jacob Gerson (Colorado Springs, CO/Hampton Roads (USPHL)) assisted on Hunter's first collegiate goal.
 
Reigning UCHC Rookie of the Year, Conor Landrigan (New Tripoli, PA/Binghamton Jr. Sens (NAHL)) put in a pair of goals, both assisted by Greg Burmaster and Justin Allen (Rochester, NY/Rochester Monarchs (USPHL-NCDC)) to give the Pioneers a four-goal lead after 40 minutes of play.
 
The third period was all Utica as Burmaster netted his first of the evening just 52 seconds into the third period to stretch the UC lead to 5-0.  Entelisano and senior Zach Borsoi (Brossard, Quebec/Gloucester (CCHL)) also scored in the third frame and Burmaster put in his second of the evening to cap off the scoring.  Tyler Dill (South Lake Tahoe, CA/Charlotte Rush (USPHL-Premier)) and Brandon Young (Muskegon, MI/Johnstown (NAHL)) each had one assist on the evening. 
 
The Pioneers went 3-for-10 on the power play, while the Gulls were scoreless on eight opportunities with the man advantage.  Junior Gianluca Baggetta (Maple, Ontario/North York (OJHL)) was lights out in net as he turned aside all 40 shots he faced.  Meanwhile, Mark Speccia and Connor O'Brien combined for 31 saves for Endicott.