For Immediate Release
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007					

CORSAIRS WIN AT STONEHILL, 7-1

BRIDGEWATER, MA– The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s hockey team scored four times in the first period and defeated Stonehill, 7-1, in their Eastern College Athletic Conference game against host Stonehill at the Bridgewater Ice Arena Wednesday evening. 

Senior forward Jeff Grant (Burlington, MA/Austin Prep) and sophomore forward Pat Welch (Dorchester, MA/Bay State Breakers) each scored twice for the Corsairs, who also got single goals from sophomore forward Matt Serino (Saugus, MA/Avon Old Farms), freshman forward Joe Hill (Newburyport, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors), and senior defenseman Tyler Crocker (Wakefield, MA/Wakefield HS).

Junior goaltender Jeff Green (Medway, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors) earned his second victory in as many starts, turning aside 16 shots in 50 minutes of action before yielding to sophomore Collin Tracy (Medford, MA/Medford HS), who stopped two shots and did not yield a goal in his collegiate debut.

UMass Dartmouth, which led, 6-1, after the second period, out shot the Skyhawks, 53-19, and killed all eight Stonehill power play chances while converting three of eight opportunities with a man advantage. 

“We played a good, solid, 60 minutes of hockey,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach John Rolli. “It was certainly an improvement from the opening game.”

The Corsairs improved to 2-0 both overall and in ECAC Northeast play with the victory, while the Skyhawks fell to 0-2-1 and 0-1 in conference action with the defeat.

UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they host Plymouth State Saturday.

UMASS DARTMOUTH HOCKEY

UMass Dartmouth (2-0-0, 2-0-0) vs. Stonehill (0-2-1, 0-1-0)
 Date: Nov 14, 2007  Location: Bridgewater, MA       Arena: Bridgewater Ice Arena
 

 Goals by Period       1  2  3  Tot
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 UMass Dartmouth.....  4  2  1 -  7
 Stonehill...........  1  0  0 -  1

   1st period - 1, UMDM, Matt Serino/2 (Paul Moran/2, Chris Shore/1)
1:15. 2, UMDM, Pat Welch/1 (Graeme Bourne/1, Paul Garabedian/1) 2:30.
3, STNM, Matt Curran/2 (Brendan O'Brien/1) 2:45. 4, UMDM, Pat Welch/2
(Paul Garabedian/2, Billy Carroll/1) 11:45. 5, UMDM, Jeff Grant/3
(Jason Stahl/3) 12:58. Penalties - Paul Jerusik, UMDM (cross-checking)
5:34; John Durkin, STNM (hooking) 7:29; Matt Berard, UMDM
(interference) 15:16; Jonathan Finn, UMDM (hooking) 19:24.

   2nd period - 6, UMDM, Joseph Hill/1 (Jason Stahl/4, Tyler
Crocker/1) 8:58 (pp). 7, UMDM, Jeff Grant/4 (Mickey Dudley/2, Joseph
Hill/4) 16:19 (pp). Penalties - Billy Ninteau, STNM (cross-checking)
5:26; Jonathan Finn, UMDM (tripping) 6:28; Matt Curran, STNM (holding)
7:35; Steve Zanetti, STNM (elbowing) 8:31; Jeff Grant, UMDM (high
sticking) 8:58; Paul Reissfelder, STNM (elbowing) 14:36; James
Florentino, STNM (slashing) 15:43; Mickey Dudley, UMDM (holding)
19:50. Paul Reissfelder, STNM (holding) 7:51.

   3rd period - 8, UMDM, Tyler Crocker/1 (Mickey Dudley/3, Billy
Manning/1) 14:50 (pp). Penalties - Joseph Hill, UMDM (tripping) 2:44;
Matt Curran, STNM (10-minute misconduct) 3:16; Jason Stahl, UMDM
(hitting from behind) 4:43; Jason Stahl, UMDM (game misconduct) 4:43.
Joseph Hill, UMDM (slashing) 13:11; Steve Zanetti, STNM (slashing)
13:11; James Florentino, STNM (slashing) 13:32.

   Shots on goal - UMDM 20-14-19 53; STNM 9-5-5 19.

   Power plays - UMDM 3 of 8; STNM 0 of 8.

   Penalties - UMDM 10 (31 min); STNM 10 (28 min).

   Goalies - UMDM, Collin Tracy (10:12 minutes, 2 shots-2 saves) ,
Jeff Green 2-0-0 (49:48, 17-16); STNM, Justin Zegel 0-1-1 (60:00,
53-46).

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