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Union coach Rick Bennett announced Sunday that three Dutchmen have been suspended for violation of team rules.

The three players penalties are senior forward Max Novak and junior forwards Matt Wilkins and Nick Cruice.

Novak was suspended five games, while Wilkins and Cruice each got three games. The suspensions begin with Sunday’s exhibition game against the University of Prince Edward Island.

“It’s just a violation of team rules. I’ll leave it at that,” Bennett said before the game. That’s going to be the protocol for this. I don’t want to elaborate. It’s a violation of team rules. It’s something our staff feels very strongly about. It’s nothing the guys didn’t know about. They’re veteran players. They knew about it. We’ve moved on.”

Freshman forward Ryan Scarfo missed the game because of a lower-body injury.

Union won, 6-3. Mike Vecchione and Daniel Ciampini scored in the first period for the Dutchmen, and Kevin Shier and Sam Coatta had second-period tallies. Michael Pontarelli and Spencer Foo scored in the third.

Goalie and Niskayuna native Colin Stevens stopped all 18 shots hea faced in 31:05 of playing time.