Trey Bradley and
Alex Berardinelli each scored twice and Colorado College won the Pikes Peak Trophy with a 6-1 victory over Air Force Saturday night at the Broadmoor World Arena.
The Tigers (3-1) scored every which way, posting two even-strength goals, two power-play goals and two shorthanded goals.
Bradley put the CC ahead 1-0 with 19 seconds remaining in the first period. On the power play, Bradley scored his first of the season when he poked in a rebound from the side of the net past Air Force goalie Billy Christopoulos after a save off a
Nick Halloran shot from the slot.
After Matt Serratore evened the score at the 5:50 mark of the second period with a power-play goal of his own, the Tigers took control of the game. Bradley notched his second of the game with a spectacular individual effort. After creating a turnover in the CC end, he grabbed the puck at the blue line, raced down the right side boards with an Air Force defender all over him and sent a backhander past Christopoulos before crashing into the goalie and taking a charging penalty.
"He's been snake-bitten to start the year but he's gotten a lot of chances," Haviland said about Bradley. "He got the monkey off his back. I am proud of those seniors. They were on a mission tonight starting with Trey. It hasn't been the greatest three years against them (Air Force) and to do that in their final season is something special (for the seniors)."
The Tigers increased their lead to 3-1 as
Westin Michaud scored the team's second power-play goal of the game. Halloran took a pass from
Mason Bergh and his shot was stopped by Christopoulos, but Michaud was right there and took advantage of an open net for his third tally of the season.
CC kept the momentum in the third period as
Ben Copeland scored on a rebound of his own after Christopoulos stopped
Christiano Versich from the high slot to make it 4-1 just 2:06 into the third period.
Then, it was the
Alex Berardinelli show. Exactly one minute after a tripping call to
Zach Berzolla at the 6:55 mark of the third period, Berardinelli gathered a loose puck at center ice, took a couple of strides and fired a rocket from the top of the left circle into the upper right corner of the net to make it 5-1 with his second career shorthanded goal.
At that point, Air Force pulled Christopoulos in favor of Zach Laroque, and Berardinelli did exactly the same thing to him with three seconds remaining in Berzolla's penalty for his third-career shorty and team-leading fourth goal of the 2018-19 campaign.
The last time CC scored two shorthanded goals during the same penalty kill was exactly six years ago on Oct. 12, 2012 when Jeff Collett and Rylan Schwartz did the trick against Clarkson.
The Tigers held their opponent to just 18 shots for the second consecutive game and put 29 shots of their own on net. Bradley led all players with five shots, followed by Berardinelli and Air Force's Kyle Haak with four apiece.
The Tigers continue their six-game home stand with a pair of games against New Hampshire next weekend, Oct. 19-20, at the Broadmoor World Arena.