Three players had a goal and an assist and six different players scored for the preseason #1-ranked Gonzaga Eagles as they flattened Archbishop Spalding, 6-1, in an early season MAPHL matchup at Ft. Dupont Ice Arena on Thanksgiving eve. Captain John Cardellicchio was one of the three with a goal and an assist, opening the scoring 2:59 into the game. Cole Vallese assisted on the goal.

Connor Tait, with a helper from Will Rosen, and Ben Plant, assisted by Will Schuler and Tommy Krisztinicz, put the Eagles up, 3-0, after one period.  Schuler scored with an assist from Plant at 6:31 of the second period to give the home team a 4-0 lead before Matthew Rand, with an assist from Evan Donnelly, got the Cavaliers on the board with a goal at 9:37. That was the closest the Cavaliers would come to catching the Eagles.

Gonzaga got goals from Henry Middlebrook and Jack Massey in the third period to close out the scoring for the Eagles. Jalen Greene made 16 saves on 17 shots for Gonzaga, while Cavaliers goalie Jake Paprcka faced 33 shots and stopped 27.

With the victory, Gonzaga is now 2-0 in MAPHL play, while Spalding falls to 0-2 in the league.