Game Breakdown

First Quarter

Westminster struck first on a Theo Le goal at 12:54, but Northwest Nazarene quickly answered to tie it at 1-1. The Griffins regained control with back-to-back goals from Luke Sillstrop and Max Muller to make it 3-1, before Colton Altimus pulled NNU within one at 2:50. Sillstrop closed the quarter with his second goal of the frame, assisted by Theo Le, to send Westminster into the second leading 4-2.

Second Quarter

Westminster extended the lead to 6-2 on goals from Taigen Hagen — assisted by Sillstrop — and Drew Grau, assisted by Theo Le. Northwest Nazarene responded with back-to-back goals from Drew Guerrero and Hank Riddle to pull within two at 6-4. Duke DeVault answered for Westminster at 6:43, assisted by Wade Harvey, before NNU's Kellen Young made it 7-5. Kaydin Berry, assisted by Duke DeVault, closed the half with Westminster leading 8-5.

Third Quarter

The Griffins took over in the third quarter, outscoring Northwest Nazarene 7-1. Ridge Crouch opened the frame with a goal assisted by Cam Conti at 14:29, then added a man-up goal at 13:15 — just over a minute later. Hayden Hansen followed immediately at 12:56 to push the lead to 11-5, and Crouch added his third goal of the quarter at 10:47 to make it 12-5. Drew Grau then scored twice — at 7:24 and 3:46 — sandwiching a Luke Sillstrop goal assisted by Ridge Crouch to push Westminster's lead to 15-5. Colton Altimus scored the quarter's only NNU goal at 2:21 to close the period 15-6.

Fourth Quarter

Altimus gave NNU a quick fourth-quarter tally to cut the lead to 15-7, but Westminster answered with five unanswered goals to close the game. Daxton Jensen got things going at 10:04, followed by Sillstrop's man-up goal at 5:50 assisted by Ridge Crouch. Duke DeVault added a goal at 3:48, and Sillstrop and Jensen closed things out in the final two minutes to seal the 20-7 win.

Griffin Performances

Luke Sillstrop — 5G, 1A, 10 shots Ridge Crouch — 3G, 2A, 15 shots Drew Grau — 3G, 4 shots Daxton Jensen — 2G, 5 shots Duke DeVault — 2G, 1A, 7 shots Theo Le — 1G, 3A, 6 shots Hayden Hansen — 1G, 2 shots Taigen Hagen — 1G, 2 shots Max Muller — 1G, 1 shot Kaydin Berry — 1G, 3 shots Cam Conti, Wade Harvey, Tate Craig — 1A each Christian Jones (GK) — 12 saves, 7 GA (60:00)

Westminster out-shot Northwest Nazarene 68-34 and won 19 of 30 faceoffs.

Up Next

The Griffins are set to be the one seed in the RMAC Tournament, which is in Salt Lake City next weekend. Westminster faces a rematch with Northwest Nazarene on Friday at 4 PM.