Adrian College Shuts Out Jamestown 5-0, Ends Jimmies Season
Brandon Weare made 29 saves but the Jimmies were shut out for just the second time all season in a 5-0 loss to Adrian College that ended their year at 21-12.
The University of Jamestown men's hockey season ended Saturday at the Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, Missouri, where Adrian College dismantled the Jimmies 5-0 in the round of 16 of the 2026 ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships.
Jamestown finished 21-12-0, eliminated by a Bulldogs squad that controlled the game from the opening period. Adrian College scored twice in the first period, added one in the second, and closed with two more in the third to hand UJ only its second shutout of the season.
The scoring opened at 16:56 of the first period when Keegan DeCaluwe finished with assists from Blake Wideman and Cale Strasky. Hunter Allen doubled the lead at 15:06, with Gajewski and Strasky assisting. Sebastian Smith made it 3-0 at 18:46 of the second period on assists from Allen and McLaughlin.
A major penalty midway through the second period complicated matters for Jamestown. At the 10:36 mark, UJ sophomore forward Jacob Thomas was assessed a major for grabbing an opponent's facemask and received a game misconduct, handing Adrian College a 15-minute power-play opportunity. The Jimmies' penalty-killers held firm, clearing the remaining 10 minutes of the second period and the first five minutes of the third without allowing a goal. Jamestown killed 19 minutes of Bulldog power plays overall, the clearest bright spot in an otherwise one-sided contest.
The Bulldogs extended the lead in the third. Blake Wideman scored at 5:46 with assists from DeCaluwe and Marley. After Jamestown pulled goaltender Brandon Weare for the final four minutes, Cale Strasky sealed the result with an empty-net goal at 4:38.
Adrian outshot Jamestown 34-25 across the game. Weare stopped 29 shots on the night, turning aside 11 in the first period, 12 in the second, and six in the third. Bulldogs goalie Peyton Trzaska needed to make only 25 saves to preserve the shutout, recording 8 in the first, 5 in the second, and 12 in the third as Jamestown pushed hardest in the final period.
On the penalty sheet, Adrian College took just one minor for two minutes while Jamestown totaled three penalties for 19 minutes, including the Thomas major.
The loss closes a season that included a 2-0 blanking of 11th-ranked University of Mary at Wilson Arena in January and a come-from-behind overtime win over Midland on January 9. The national tournament run ends in the round of 16, but the 21-win campaign marks a competitive year for the Jimmies program.
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