For Immediate Release
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Saturday, November 10, 2007
CORSAIRS WIN OPENER AT BECKER
MARLBOROUGH, MA– Two Jeffs were better than none in the season opener for University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s hockey team against host Becker at the New England Sports Center Saturday afternoon.
Senior forward Jeff Grant (Burlington, MA/Austin Prep) scored twice and junior goaltender Jeff Green (Medway, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors) turned aside 24 shots to earn the shutout as the Corsairs blanked the Hawks in an Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast game, 5-0.
Grant, who led the league in scoring, fittingly scored the first goal of the season for UMass Dartmouth, converting passes from freshmen Jason Stahl (Londonderry, NH/Valley Jr. Warriors) and Joe Hill (Newburyport, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors) at 17:32 of the first period. Sophomore Matt Serino (Saugus, MA/Avon Old Farms) and junior Nick Paquin (Warwick, RI/Winchendon) scored second period goals to make it 3-0, then Stahl and Grant added power play goals in the third period.
Stahl added two assists and Hill had three, giving each three points in their first game at UMass Dartmouth. Green assisted on Serino’s second period goal and earned his first shutout of the season and the seventh in his Corsair career.
“We did a good job of puck possession, and we were opportunistic,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach John Rolli. “Nick Paquin and Matt Serino were very effective on the penalty kill, and Jeff Green made some big saves. He made a very good save in the first period, after which we took the puck right down and scored, and he stopped two clean breakaways in the second period, one of which came on one of our power plays. He and Jeff Grant came up big when we needed them.”
The Corsairs out shot Becker, 39-24. Tony Stoehr and Bobby Dillion combined to make 34 saves for the Hawks, who were blanked in five power play chances while UMass Dartmouth converted two of five opportunities with a man advantage.
The Corsairs improved to 1-0 and 1-0 in ECAC Northeast play with the victory, while the Hawks fell to 1-2 and 0-1 with the defeat.
UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they visit Stonehill Wednesday evening.
UMASS DARTMOUTH HOCKEY
UMass Dartmouth (1-0 (1-0 ECAC N.E)) vs. Becker College
(1-2 (0-1 ECAC N.E))
Date: Nov 10, 2007 Location: Marlboro Arena: N.E Sports Center
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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UMass Dartmouth..... 1 2 2 - 5
Becker College...... 0 0 0 - 0
1st period - 1, UMDM, Jeff Grant/1 (Jason Stahl/1, Joseph Hill/1)
17:23. Penalties - Jason Stahl, UMDM (holding) 4:11; Brad Jones,
BECKER (boarding) 10:20.
2nd period - 2, UMDM, Matt Serino/1 (Paul Moran/1, Jeff Green/1)
11:21. 3, UMDM, Nick Paquin/1 (Matt Serino/1, Francis Gunn/1) 19:03.
Penalties - Matt Serino, UMDM (hooking) 1:16; Tony Stoehr, BECKER
(tripping) 7:07; Derek Stabile, BECKER (tripping) 12:28; Joey Meyer,
BECKER (holding) 12:57; Jim Ceglarek, BECKER (hit after whistle)
16:30; Michael Herbert, BECKER (hit after whistle) 16:30; Nick Paquin,
UMDM (hit after whistle) 16:30; Jeff Grant, UMDM (hit after whistle)
16:30; Mike Caprio, BECKER (roughing) 18:09; Billy Carroll, UMDM
(elbowing) 18:09.
3rd period - 4, UMDM, Jason Stahl/1 (Mickey Dudley/1, Joseph
Hill/2) 4:20 (pp). 5, UMDM, Jeff Grant/2 (Jason Stahl/2, Joseph
Hill/3) 8:23 (pp). Penalties - Mickey Dudley, UMDM (charging) :28;
John Nogatch, BECKER (tripping) 3:07; John Nogatch, BECKER (slashing)
6:27; Matt Berard, UMDM (interference) 9:18; Tyler Crocker, UMDM
(elbowing) 18:29.
Shots on goal - UMDM 14-12-13 39; BECKER 6-8-10 24.
Power plays - UMDM 2 of 5; BECKER 0 of 5.
Penalties - UMDM 8 (16 min); BECKER 9 (18 min).
Goalies - UMDM, Jeff Green 1-0 (60:00 minutes, 24 shots-24 saves);
BECKER, Tony Stoehr 1-2 (48:23, 33-28) , Bobby Dillion (11:37, 6-6).
A-132 T-2hr 5min
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