NASHUA, N.H. (February 5, 2022)-John Peloso scored his team-leading ninth goal but unfortunately it was not enough as the Stonehill College men's ice hockey team fell to Rivier University, 3-1 Saturday night in non-conference action at the Conway Arena.
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Nehmer dished out his team-leading ninth assist Saturday night (Photo Courtesy: Saylor Murphy). |
The Details:
- Rivier got the scoring started not even one minute into the first period (19:04) when Nicolas Paolucci won the faceoff and swung the puck over to Milan Breczko who sent his shot past Stonehill goalie, Gavin FitzPatrick for the early 1-0 lead.
- However after a hard-fought first period, the Skyhawks evened things up at one with just a little over six minutes left (06:45). Brendan Nehmer swung the puck over to Pelso and sent a wrister by Raiders netminder, Andrew LoRusso. Nehmer's assist was his team-leading ninth on the season.
- FitzPatrick helped Stonehill maintain the tie for the rest of the period as he made 10 of his 37 saves in the last 06:45 of the first.
- The Raiders ended up using a two-goal second period that ended up helping secure the win for Rivier. Breczko scored his second goal of the contest with 12:34 left in the period capitalizing on a power-play opportunity. Just 19 seconds later (12:15), Rivier tacked on an insurance goal Bryan Van Ness after Zach Winslow had won the face-off.
- Despite being down 3-1, Stonehill drew a power-play with just 04:39 left in the period that saw shots from both Peloso and Mike Seoane but were turned away by LoRusso.
- Stonehill continued to threaten in the third frame doubling up Rivier in shots (12-6) that included a power-play chance with Peloso putting a shot on the net. LoRusso turned him away and ended up making 37 saves on the evening.
Up Next:
Stonehill has a quick turnaround as the squad travels to Saint Michael's College for Northeast-10 Conference action on Tuesday, February 8 at 7 p.m. Rivier will travel to Albertus Magnus on Tuesday, February 8 at 4 p.m.
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