Champaign, IL - The Illini opened the final regular season game of the year by honoring their senior class for their last game of their careers on the Big Pond. And with the starting line up comprised of 5 of the 7 seniors, the Illini were ready to put a cap on the perfect regular season.

The Illini came out hard and fast and took control of the game early against Adrian College. Over the course of the first 20 minutes the Bulldogs were allowed only 2 shots on goal compared to the Illini's 18, 3 of which would light the lamp for the home team. The first Illini goal would come just over five minutes into the period as Captain Drew Heredia and Johnny Liang would make a break towards Adrian's net, with Heredia passing the puck over to Liang at the top of the crease for the easy pop in goal. The Illini would strike again at the 11:46 mark as junior Tom Connell would send a shot from the slot past Adrian's net minder Matt Welch, the assists going to Joey Resch and Matt Jennings. Just past the 15 minute mark the Illini would notch their third goal of the period as junior Andy Betourne, with help from Pat Saliba and Mark Price, would get off a quick shot from the slot that would find the back of the net.

Johnny Liang would kick off the scoring for the Illini in the second period as well, as Matt Jennings would pass the puck back to Liang rushing into the Bulldog's zone, then wristing a shot into the Adrian net just 88 seconds in. Just over a minute later the Illini senior Nick Fabbrini let go of a slapshot from the top of the slot that would give the the Orange and Blue a 5 goal lead, the helpers going to Dave Schmitt and Joe Cardona. 7:29 into the period another senior would extend the lead for the Illini as Alex park would wrist in a shot from the top of the circle, Joey Resch helping set up the play. As if three goals weren't enough for the period, freshman Tim Gilbert would find the puck bouncing his way, then with a quick flick of the wrist, send the puck into the Bulldog's net. The Illini would again outshoot Adrian, sending 14 shots towards the net compared to the Bulldogs 4.

The third period would open with freshman Nick Pecoraro getting some time in net, replacing DJ Kohler who kept the Bulldogs off the board for the first 40 minutes of play. At the 8:39 mark freshman Ryan Goberstein would score his first career goal as an Illini, banging away at the puck in front of the Adrian net, the assists going to Tim Gilbert and Pat Saliba. With just under 3 minutes left to go in the match the Illini would pick up their first power play goal of the game as senior Joey Resch would send a wrist shot towards the Adrian goal that would find nothing but net, Drew Heredia and Tim Gilbert assisting. The Illini would keep the Bulldogs at bay for the remainder of the game, shutting out Adrian 9-0, and picking up the weekend sweep.

The Illini now improve there record to 33-0-0 with only one game left in the regular season, once again facing Adrian Saturday night on Senior night.