UTICA, NY - The #3 Utica College men's ice hockey team can now count its winning streak at ten games. Visiting Chatham didn't make it easy, holding Utica to a 1-0 lead after two periods, but a pair of goals in the third added additional insurance as the Pioneers prevailed by a 3-0 score at the Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. 

The Pioneers are now 17-2 overall, while maintaining a perfect 13-0 mark in league play. They maintain their hold on the conference lead with 39 standings points. Utica has now won 20 straight regular season conference games since a loss in the 2020-21 season opener.

Bryan Landsberger (Montreal, Quebec/Nepean Raiders (CCHL)) led the way for UC with a shutout in a second straight start. He made fourteen saves to improve to 3-0 for his young career. Landsberger out-dueled a tremendous effort from Chatham netminder Ricardo Gonzalez, who made 42 saves to keep the Cougars in the game. 

Brian Scoville (Agawam, MA/Alabama-Huntsville (NCAA DI)) scored the first two goals of his Utica career, while Dante Zapata (Huntington Beach, CA/Austin Bruins (NAHL)) delivered a power play goal in the third and tacked on an assist on Scoville's first goal. Remy Parker (Montclair, NJ/University of Maine (NCAA DI)), Brett Everson (Mississauga, Ontario/Hawkesbury (CCHL)), Brandon Osmundson (Virginia Beach, VA/Hampton Roads Whalers (USPHL)), Jamie Bucell (Garfield Heights, OH/Philadelphia (EHL)), and Cameron Patton (Truro, Nova Scotia/Yarmouth Mariners (MJAHL)) also had assists. 

The Pioneers grabbed a 1-0 lead at 11:19 of the first period by way of Scoville. Zapata carried the puck around the net and sent it to Scoville at the point. Scoville cranked a shot through a screen and past Gonzalez for the 1-0 lead. 

UC handily carried the play through two periods, but had difficulties finding the net again against Gonzalez until the third. Utica held a 28-8 shots on goal advantage through 40 minutes against a pesky visiting effort.

In the third, the floodgates opened for the Pioneers to extend their lead. Scoville found some good fortune on his second goal, as a seemingly harmless shot from the wing trickled through the pads of Gonzalez for a 2-0 lead at 2:32. The Utica power play would finish the job with a goal in a fourth straight game, as Zapata pounced on a loose puck and jammed it into the net at 15:29 to finish off the scoring. 

The Pioneers will host Nazareth College on Saturday. Game time for the UCHC matchup is set for 2 p.m.