Tritons started off strong in the first period with aggressive forechecking and attacking, outshooting SJSU 13 to 5. Senior Sohrab Shamloo scored a natural hattrick in the first period (two of which were assisted by sophomore Alex Nakashima) to put the Tritons up 3-0 at the end of the first. The second period we outshot SJSU 13-6, however each team scored only one goal each, with freshman Sean Miller scoring the only UC San Diego goal of the period assisted by a fellow freshman Luca Tartaglia. The second period ended 4-1. In the third period, SJSU and UC San Diego traded 3 goals, with Masters student Andrew Chua scoring early in the 3rd to push the lead to 5-1, assisted by Sean Miller, which would be quickly followed by a powerplay goal by Senior Nicholas Goutzioulis off an assist from Luca to extend the lead to 6-1. SJSU would strike back to make it 6-2, and, with several penalties handed out to each team throughout the middle and end of the period, would score another 2 more goals to make the lead 6-4 by the last 3 minutes. 3rd year transfer Alex Tatotian would seal the game for the Tritons with an empty net goal with 2 minutes left to make the game 7-4. Freshman goaltender Matthew Mahlow played extremely well, coming up big when needed.

Highlights

Sohrab "Sham" Shamloo with a natural hattrick.

Alex Nakashima 2 points (2A)

Sean Miller 2 points (1G 1A)

In their loss against SJSU, Tritons were missing several key players at the beginning of the game resulting in a very slow start. SJSU would score 4 unanswered goals in the first, while the Tritons would struggle to maintain offensive zone possession, ending the period 4-0. The second period started off equally badly, with SJSU scoring in the first 2 minutes, however the Tritons would respond, with a breakaway goal by senior Reece Wissmueller with a feed from freshman Sean Miller, however, SJSU would continue to dominate an exhausted and shortbenched UC San Diego team, scoring another 3 to make the score 8-1 by the end of the second. The Tritons would make a determined effort to finish strong, with Reece scoring a powerplay goal off Alex Tatotian and Sean Miller in the middle of the period. SJSU would score another 2 before the last minute, however freshman Ken Rolnick would score a goal in the last 30 seconds off senior Nicholas Goutzioulis and sophomore Logan Defrietas to make the score 10-3.