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Tuesday, January 29, 2008					 

TWO UMASS DARTMOUTH PLAYERS HONORED BY ECAC NORTHEAST CONFERENCE
 
CAPE COD, MA– Two members of the of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s hockey team have been honored for their performances last week.

Junior goaltender Jeff Green (Medway, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors-EJHL) has been named Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast Goaltender of the Week, and freshman forward Joe Hill (Newburyport, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors-EJHL) has been named Rookie of the Week. It’s the first time Hill has been honored, while Green was named for the second time this season and the seventh time in his career.

Green made 52 saves in two games last week, earning his second shutout of the season and the eighth of his career in a 7-0 victory against Southern New Hampshire Saturday. He stopped six shots in the first period with the Corsairs down two men for 1:21 and holding a 1-0 lead, and has a career record of 41-9-2 at UMass Dartmouth. FIRST ON CONF IN SV OCT AND GAA (CONF ONLY)

Hill scored a natural hat trick against the Penmen, scoring the first three goals of the third period to break the game open. He scored his third power play goal of the season against SNHU, and leads the Corsairs with nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points.

“Jeff Green had probably his best game of the season against Southern New Hampshire,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach John Rolli. “Joe Hill had a natural hat trick, and is currently second in the conference in scoring among freshmen.”

The Corsairs are 9-6-1, 7-1-0 in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast. They will return to action when they host Suffolk, the only undefeated team in the ECAC Northeast, at the Hetland Arena tomorrow evening.


UMASS DARTMOUTH HOCKEY