Dave Geringer
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HOCKEY WINS AT WESTFIELD STATE, 5-3 
WESTFIELD, MA –The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's hockey team took a 4-1 lead after two periods and went on to defeat host Westfield State, 5-3 , in a Massachusetts Collegiate Athletic Conference game at the Amelia Park Arena Thursday evening.

Junior forwards Nick Marquis (Londonderry, NH/Valley Jr. Warriors-EJHL) and Dave McDonald (Wakefield, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors-EJHL) scored in the first period to stake UMass Dartmouth to a 2-0 lead Senior forwards Rob Dudley (Douglas, MA/Middlesex School) and Andrew Pontes (New Bedford, MA/Winchendon School) scored in the second period to give the Corsairs a three-goal lead at the second intermission.
The owls scored a pair of power play goals in the third period, the second one coming with 3:18 left to cut the Corsairs’ advantage to 4-3. But senior forward Mike Owens (South Boston, MA/Boston Jr. Bulldogs=AtJHL) scored into an empty net to seal the verdict.
“We played a very good second period, and average first and third periods,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach John Rolli. “We did a good job in the second period, outshooting them 15 to 8, but they came back with two power play goals to cut a reasonable safe lead into a one-goal lead before Mike Owens scored an empty net goal. It was good to move into a tie for first place.”
The Corsairs outshot the Owls, 36-32. UMD junior goaltender Ryan Williams (Milton, ON/Huntsville Otters-OPJHL) made 29 saves, while Westfield State’s Ian Wilson stopped 31 shots. 
UMass Dartmouth improved to 10-4-1 and 6-2-1 in the MASCAC with the victory, moving into a tie for first place in the league, while Westfield State dropped to 3-10-2 and 2-7-1 with the defeat. UMD will return to action when they host Fitchburg State Saturday. 
                                                            UMASS DARTMOUTH HOCKEY

UMass Dartmouth (10-4-1, 6-2-1 MASCAC) vs. Westfield State (3-10-2, 2-7-1 MASCAC)
 Date: Jan 19, 2012  Location: Westfield, MA         Arena: Amelia Park Arena
 Attendance:60   Start time:7:35 pm   End time:9:31 pm   Total time:1:56
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 Goals by Period       1  2  3  Tot
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 UMass Dartmouth.....  2  2  1 -  5
 Westfield State.....  0  1  2 -  3

   1st period - 1, UMDM, Nick Marquis/2 (Mike Owens, Rob Dudley) 1:47.
2, UMDM, Dave McDonald/6 (Dan Dempsey, Ryan Ruddock) 18:42. Penalties
- Ryan Ruddock, UMDM (boarding) 9:37; Pat Nelson, WFSM
(cross-checking) 9:50.

   2nd period - 3, WFSM, A.J. Shiverdecker/2 (Vince Perreault, Pat
Nelson) :28. 4, UMDM, Rob Dudley/9 (Mike Owens, Zach Hepler) 6:27. 5,
UMDM, Andrew Pontes/1 (Greg Girtatos, Steve Laliberte) 12:04.
Penalties - Nate Dupere, UMDM (interference) 12:18; Todd Gebert, WFSM
(boarding) 14:50; Billy Miller, WFSM (cross-checking) 18:30.

   3rd period - 6, WFSM, Dave Ciminelli/1 (Taylor Murphy, Billy
Miller) 4:21 (pp). 7, WFSM, Josh McCully/1 (Vince Perreault, Pat
Nelson) 16:48 (pp). 8, UMDM, Mike Owens/13 (Rob Dudley) 18:31 (empty
net). Penalties - Steve Ginand, UMDM (holding) 3:08; Andrew Pontes,
UMDM (roughing) 15:23.

   Shots on goal - UMDM 14-15-7 36; WFSM 12-8-12 32.

   Power plays - UMDM 0 of 3; WFSM 2 of 4.

   Penalties - UMDM 4 (8 min); WFSM 3 (6 min).

   Goalies - UMDM, Ryan Williams 8-4-1 (60:00 minutes, 32 shots-29
saves); WFSM, Ian Wilson 1-3-1 (58:15, 35-31) , EMPTY NET (01:45,
0-0).