Men’s Hockey Drops Season Opener to Wilkes

RYE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville University men’s hockey team dropped its season opener on Friday night, falling 5-2 to visiting Wilkes at the Playland Ice Casino. The Colonels took control of the game with three goals in the opening ten minutes to begin the 2026-27 campaign. Wilkes opened the scoring with a Daniel Nau goal 1:42 into the tilt before Easton Stafford scored the first two goals of his opening-night hat trick with tallies at 7:26 at 10:09. Manhattanville was held to just four shots in the period, all coming on a pair of power plays that Wilkes successfully killed…