Sophomore goaltender Louis-Philippe De Courcy earned his first collegiate victory as the Forester men's hockey team overcame a two-goal deficit and defeated Marian University 4-3 at home Saturday night.
Making just his second appearance of the season and third in his career, De Courcy entered the game late in the first period with the Foresters trailing 3-1. He stopped all 19 shots on goal he faced the rest of the way to come away to come away with the victory.
Lake Forest senior forward Jack Lewis scored the game's first goal just 105 seconds into the contest with sophomore forward Bron Loiselle assisting. Marian then tied the game on a power play goal at 10:37, took the lead at 15:57 and added another power play score with 1:24 remaining in the period, prompting the Foresters to switch to De Courcy in goal.
The home team began the comeback with a score by senior defenseman Travis Hill at the 3:44 mark of the second period. His second goal of the year was assisted by sophmore forwards John Nugent and Vito Aluia. Cody Guidorzi, another sophomore forward, then tied the score on an unassisted power play goal at 7:24.
Lewis netted what proved to be the game-winning goal with 1:11 remaining in the second. He Northern Collegiate Hockey Association leader with 15 goals on the season now has three game-winners in 2016-17 and seven in his career. His second goal on Saturday was assisted by Guidorzi.
After the Sabres put 20 shots on goal to the Foresters' 13 in the opening period, the home team out-shot Marian 17-8 in the second. The visitors had a 9-8 advantage in that category in the game's final 20 minutes but were unable to get the puck past De Courcy.
Lake Forest improved to 10-9-0 overall this season and 6-8-0 in Northern Collegiate Hockey Association play. The Foresters snapped the Sabres' five-game winning streak as Marian fell to 10-8-1 overall and 8-6 in the conference.
After a weekend off, the Foresters will host play a home-and-home series with Aurora University February 4-5. The teams will face off at Lake Forest Saturday night at 7:00 and in Aurora Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
