NEW BEDFORD, MASS. (October 29, 2022)- The Stonehill College men's ice hockey team saw three different skaters score on the night as the squad topped UMass Dartmouth, 3-1 Saturday afternoon. The Skyhawks are now on a five-game win streak which is their longest win streak since the 2013-14 season when the Purple and White rattled off 10-straight.

Scoring

STO: Max Pineo (Frank Ireland and Carter Rapalje), 16:52-2nd period

        Carter Rapalje (Frank Ireland and Will Cohen), 18:35-2nd period

       Matt Talarico (Matthew Pimental and Brendan Nehmer), 14:14-3rd period

UMD: Justin Weinbrenner (Cade Hanley and Sky Silverstein), 19:36-2nd period

Goaltending

STO: Gavin FitzPatrick (60:00)-27 saves

UMD: Daniel Davidson (60:00)-26 saves

The Details

• The first period ended scoreless but Stonehill had plenty of opportunities as they outshot the Corsairs, 13-8. Rapalje led the Skyhawks with four shots in the period, all of which were on target. Stonehill's defense and FitzPatrick also did their job as the sophomore netminder came up with big-time stops including two right before the end of the first at 19:36 and 19:47 when Ryan Mascali had two great looks but were turned away by FitzPatrick each time.
• As the second period got underway, both sides continued their strong defensive play but with less than five minutes left in the frame (3:08), the Skyhawks broke the scoring open courtesy of Pineo. After Cohen swung the puck over to Ireland, Pineo sent the puck past Davidson for the 1-0 advantage. 
• However, minutes later with 1:25 left, UMass Dartmouth pulled within one when the Corsairs took advantage of a powerplay opportunity when Weinbrenner cleaned up the rebound off Hanley's initial shot.
• In the final period, the Corsairs threatened to even the contest multiple times including a point where Brandon Clark put a shot on FitzPatrick early (01:58) but FitzPatrick turned him away to preserve the one-goal lead.
• With a little over five and a half minutes left in the contest (5:46), the Skyhawks got the insurance goal they needed when Cohen and Ireland helped set up Rapalje for the open look and put Stonehill up 3-1.
• From there, UMass Dartmouth rattled off five shots on FitzPatrick but was stonewalled each time as the squad held on for the 3-1 win.
• FitzPatrick has now posted 25 or more saves in three of his last four starts.

Up Next

Stonehill continues their four-game road trip when they head to Paxton, Mass. against the Anna Maria College AMCATS on Friday, November 11 at 5:40 p.m.

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