Spencer Collects Pair Of Assists On Reissfelder, Amato Goals, Gorman Makes 32 Saves As Ice Hockey Drops 5-2 ECAC Northeast Decision At UMass Dartmouth
November 15, 2006
STONEHILL ICE HOCKEY
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Hetland Arena, New Bedford, Mass.
FINAL: UMASS DARTMOUTH 5, STONEHILL 2
1 2 3 Total
Stonehill (1-3, 0-2 ECAC Northeast) 1 1 0 - 2
UMass Dartmouth (3-0, 1-0 ECAC Northeast) 1 2 2 - 5
SCORING SUMMARY
STO: Paul Reissfelder (Evan Spencer) 1:54 1st
UMD: Jim Foley (Kyle McCullough, Jeff Grant) 10:44 2nd
UMD: Eric Quinlan (Nick Paquin, Matt Serino) 2:53 2nd
UMD: Foley (McCullough) 11:32 2nd
STO: Frank Amato (Spencer, Anthony Zanetti) PPG 13:32 2nd
UMD: Grant (McCullough) SHG 14:03 3rd
UMD: Grant (Ray Kirby) 17:17 3rd
GOALIE SAVES
STO: Matt Gorman-32
UMD: Jeff Green-24
NEW BEDFORD, Mass.-- Senior Jim Foley (Brockton, Mass.) and junior Jeff Grant (Burlington, Mass.) each netted a pair of goals to lead UMass Dartmouth to a 5-2 ECAC Northeast ice hockey victory over Stonehill Wednesday evening at Hetland Arena.
The two teams traded markers in the opening period of play for a 1-1 tie after 20 minutes of action before the host Corsairs (3-0, 1-0 ECAC Northeast) jumped out to a 3-1 cushion on tallies by Foley and freshman Eric Quinlan (Saugus, Mass.) in the first 11:32 of the middle stanza. The visiting Skyhawks (1-3, 0-2 ECAC Northeast) closed back to within one at 3-2 after two on sophomore Frank Amato's (West Springfield, Mass.) power play goal, but Grant gave UMass Dartmouth some with 5:57 remaining on a shorthanded tally and added his second of the night just 3:14 later to account for the final score.
Grant added an assist to finish with three points on the night for the winners, who also received three assists off the stick of senior Kyle McCullough (Danvers, Mass.) as well as single helpers from senior Ray Kirby (Fairhaven, Mass.), sophomore Nick Paquin (Warwick, R.I.) and freshman Matt Serino (Saugus, Mass.). Sophomore Paul Reissfelder (Plymouth, Mass.) tallied Stonehill's first goal of the night just 1:54 into the contest, while senior Evan Spencer (Billerica, Mass.) assisted on both markers in the setback for the Skyhawks, who also received an assist from junior Anthony Zanetti (Ludlow, Mass.).
Sophomore Jeff Green (Medway, Mass.) picked up the win in goal for UMass Dartmouth with a 24-save effort, while senior Matt Gorman (Southboro, Mass.) made 32 stosp in net for Stonehill as the Corsairs outshot the Skyhawks by a 37-26 margin.
Stonehill travels to Pomfret, Conn. on Saturday afternoon to take on Nichols in a non-league outing that faces off at 3:00 p.m., while UMass Dartmouth heads to Waterville Valley, N.H. on Saturday evening to take on Plymouth State in an ECAC Northeast match-up at 6:00 p.m.