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Saturday, January 26, 2008
HOCKEY TEAM BLANKS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE, 7-0
NEW BEDFORD, MA–The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s hockey team scored three goals in the first period and freshman forward Joe Hill (Newburyport, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors) had a natural hat trick as the Corsairs blanked visiting Southern New Hampshire, 7-0 , in an Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast game at the Stephan Hetland Memorial Ice Arena Saturday.
Hill scored the first three goals of the third period as UMass Dartmouth broke the game open. He converted a pass from junior forward Chris Shore (West Haven, CT/Winchendon Academy) for his first goal, was assisted by sophomore forward Matt Serino (Saugus, MA/Avon Old Farms) on his second, and was aided by Serino and senior defenseman Jon Finn (Warwick, RI/Boston Harborwolves) on the third. Sophomore forward Pat Welch (Dorchester, MA/Bay State Breakers) scored the final goal of the game.
“Joe Hill was pretty impressive today with a natural hat trick,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach John Rolli. “His linemates made several nice plays.”
UMass Dartmouth took a 3-0 lead in the first period. Junior forward Nick Paquin (Warwick, RI/Winchendon Academy) put the Corsairs ahead, 1-0, with a power play goal at 4:32 of the first period. Shore’s power play goal at 14:30 made it 2-0, and senior forward Jeff Grant made it 3-0 by scoring at 17:29 of the first period.
“I liked the way we played as a team in a game that was crucial for us, coming off two tough 3-2 losses,” said Rolli. “We got excellent goaltending from (junior goaltender) Jeff Green (Medway, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors), and we did an excellent job on the power play. This sets us up for a huge game Wednesday against Suffolk, the only undefeated team in our league.”
The Corsairs converted four of their six power play opportunities while stopping the Penmen on all three of their chances. UMass Dartmouth out shot SNHU, 42-29. Green made 29 saves for the Corsairs in earning his second shutout of the season and the eighth of his career. Matt Courchesne made 35 stops for Southern New Hampshire.
UMass Dartmouth improved to 9-6-1 and 7-1-0 in the ECAC Northeast with the victory, while the Penmen dropped to 8-7-1 and 5-5-1 with the loss. The Corsairs will return to action when they host Suffolk in an ECAC Northeast Conference game Wednesday evening, while Southern New Hampshire will visit Salve Regina February 2nd.
UMASS DARTMOUTH HOCKEY
So. New Hampshire (8-7-1, 5-5-1) vs. UMass Dartmouth (9-6-1, 7-1-0)
Date: Jan 26, 2008 Location: New Bedford, MA Arena: Hetland Ice Arena
Attendance:205 Start time:4:30 PM End time:6:23 PM Total time:1:53
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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So. New Hampshire... 0 0 0 - 0
UMass Dartmouth..... 3 0 4 - 7
1st period - 1, UMDM, Nick Paquin/7 (Paul Garabedian/8) 4:32 (pp).
2, UMDM, Chris Shore/4 (Jonathan Finn/4, Matt Serino/4) 14:30 (pp). 3,
UMDM, Jeff Grant/8 (Nick Paquin/5, Paul Garabedian/9) 17:29. Penalties
- Dave Carroll, SNHM (roughing) 3:28; Jeff Grant, UMDM
(obstruction-hooking) 7:19; Graeme Bourne, UMDM (cross-checking) 7:58;
Andrew Hildreth, SNHM (high sticking) 13:13.
2nd period - Penalties - Graeme Bourne, UMDM (obstruction-hooking)
5:20; Ryan DiBartolomeo, SNHM (elbowing) 9:16.
3rd period - 4, UMDM, Joseph Hill/7 (Chris Shore/3) 8:07. 5, UMDM,
Joseph Hill/8 (Matt Serino/5) 11:40. 6, UMDM, Joseph Hill/9 (Matt
Serino/6, Jonathan Finn/5) 14:45 (pp). 7, UMDM, Pat Welch/4 (Paul
Jerusik/5, Matt Berard/3) 16:29 (pp). Penalties - Brandon
Hammermeister, SNHM (slashing) 14:18; Dave Carroll, SNHM (interference)
14:33; Josh Goodman, SNHM (tripping) 19:36; Josh Goodman, SNHM (game
misconduct) 19:36.
Shots on goal - SNHM 8-11-10 29; UMDM 15-14-13 42.
Power plays - SNHM 0 of 3; UMDM 4 of 6.
Penalties - SNHM 7 (25 min); UMDM 3 (6 min).
Goalies - SNHM, Matt Courchesne 4-4-0 (60:00 minutes, 42 shots-35
saves); UMDM, Jeff Green 9-6-1 (60:00, 29-29).
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