The Miami University RedHawks hockey team (4-0) looks to continue its winning streak on the road this weekend against the Lindenwood University Lions (3-3) on Oct. 24-25.
The RedHawks are coming off a bye week after shutting out the Ferris State University Bulldogs and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers. Miami’s four-game winning streak puts the team one win ahead of its total win count last season.
The Engineers kept game one close, taking a 3-1 lead early in the second period. However, a three-goal performance from the RedHawks in the same period swung the advantage their way, and they ultimately won 5-3. Miami left no room for doubt in game two, scoring early in the first period and shutting RPI out for a 5-0 win.
This year’s team is a significant improvement from previous seasons, but head coach Anthony Noreen said the RedHawks still have improvements to make early on.
“Get ready for Lindenwood,” Noreen said. “Obviously clean up some of the stuff that we felt we could be better at after the weekend against RPI … We thought there was plenty there for us to clean up that we feel we could get better at. We also felt that there’s been a lot of things on the ice [and] off the ice, in the weight room, that we want to build on that we think are good.”
Lindenwood dropped its first two games against the University of Wisconsin Badgers but won three in a row, including a 5-4 victory over the No. 7 University of Denver Pioneers.
The Lions took game one against the Pioneers thanks to a goal each from freshman forward Jacob Fletcher, sophomore forward Adam Raesler, sophomore forward Ty Hipkin and freshman forward Olivier Houde. Raesler ranks second on the roster with three goals this season behind sophomore forward Giovanni Morneau with four.
Neither team touched the scoreboard in the first period. Houde brought Lindenwood up by one a little under halfway through the second frame, but Denver evened it back to 1-1 three minutes later.
Both teams added another goal before the third period. The Lions scored twice, including an unassisted goal from Fletcher, in the final three minutes, allowing the team that went 8-22-2 last season to defeat the nationally ranked Pioneers.
Lindenwood faced a similar situation to the RedHawks this year with an almost-entirely new roster and a new leader in head coach Keith Fisher. Noreen said the current era of college hockey created a lot of surprises early in the 2025-26 season.
“Everything’s up in the air,” Noreen said. “It’s not really as clear cut as it’s been with the amount of roster turnover, with the amount of players coming from places they’ve never came from before, with the amount of guys in the transfer portal moving around. I think it’s going to take a little while before it settles down here.”
Denver took the lead just over one minute into the second game, and the Pioneers eventually shut out Lindenwood 4-0 to even the series to 1-1.
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Miami faced the Lions last year at home in what would be the RedHawks last win of the 2024-25 season. The RedHawks dropped the first game 4-2 thanks to the Lions’ three-goal performance in the third period. They retaliated in the second game, winning 4-1 after keeping Lindenwood away from the goal for two periods straight.
The RedHawks now are a different team compared to one year ago. Noreen said the win column has no impact on how the team prepares for each series, but the success so far this season has made it easier for players to put in the work.
“I think that the competitive spirit of these guys will be the same no matter what the result is,” Noreen said. “I know we try to be consistent, and we always will try to be consistent no matter what the result is. But I think human nature is that when things are being preached and things are being celebrated, and you’re trying to engrain certain things, having success by doing those things makes it a lot easier for things to be replicated.”
Both games start at 8:10 p.m. at Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, Montana. The game will be broadcasted on FloHockey.
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