The Forester men's hockey team was unable to upset 12th-ranked Adrian College Saturday (February 6), falling to the Bulldogs 8-3. Lake Forest is now 7-12-1 overall this season and 7-8-1 in Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association play. Adrian raised its overall record to 18-3-0 and MCHA mark to a perfect 16-0-0.

The visitors took the early lead on a power play goal three minutes and 47 seconds into the contest. The Foresters, however, tied the game at the 5:29 mark on junior Anthony Ventura's (Pleasant Prairie, Wis./Lebanon Valley College) second goal of the season. He was assisted by senior Sean Farley (Park Ridge, Ill./Utica College) and freshman Zak Borowski (Gloucester, Ma./Granite City Lumberjacks). Adrian regained the lead at 9:16 and extended it at 12:14. Lake Forest pulled back to within a goal at 14:51 on freshman Justin Crawford's (Cobourg, Ontario/Peterborough Stars) first career goal. Senior Justin Taylor (Sun Valley, Idaho/Walpole Stars) and freshman Thomas Bark (Toronto, Ontario/Streetsville Derbys) were each credited with an assist.

After an exciting first period, the Bulldogs pulled away with goals at 9:21 and 13:46 in the second period. The visitors also scored at the 3:43 mark of the third period and added a short-handed goal at the 7:06 mark.

Forester freshman Jordan Culter (Highland Park, Ill./Lebanon Valley College) scored for the second time this season at 10:34 in the third period. He was assisted by Farley and Ventura. Adrian closed out the scoring with a power play goal at 12:16.

The Bulldogs finished the game with 39 shots on goal, eight more than the Foresters.

The Foresters will play a home-and-home series against Milwaukee School of Engineering next Friday and Saturday (February 12-13). A live radio broadcast of Friday night's 7:05 game at M.S.O.E. will be available on the Raiders' web site and Saturday's 7:30 contest can be heard live at wmxm.org.