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Saturday, February 17, 2007
UMASS DARTMOUTH DEFEATS JOHNSON & WALES, 6-1
NORTH SMITHFIELD, RI–The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s hockey team scored three times in the second period en route to a 6-1 victory over host Johnson & Wales in an Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast hockey game at the Rhode Island Sports Center Saturday night.
The Corsairs scored three power play goals and out shot the Wildcats, 42-19.
Junior forward Jeff Grant (Burlington, MA/Austin Prep) put UMass Dartmouth ahead with the only goal of the first period at 11:46. Junior defenseman Tyler Crocker (Wakefield, MA/Wakefield HS) fired a slap shot that bounced off the boards in back of the net, then caromed in front of the net. Grant fired the rebound past JWU goaltender Brian Noiles to make it1-0.
Sophomore defenseman Francis Gunn (Winthrop, MA/Berkshire Academy) made it 2-0, scoring his first goal of the season at 9:26 of the second period. Senior forward Jim Foley (Brockton, MA/Catholic Memorial HS), who assisted on Gunn’s goal, scored at 13:54 of the third period to make it 3-0. After Zach Cobb scored a power play goal for the Wildcats at 13:13 of the second period to make it 3-1, Foley scored his second goal of the game to make it 4-1, batting the rebound of his own shot out of the air past Noiles at 18:03. Junior forwards Tyler Vrolyk (Boylston, MA/New England Junior Falcons) and Paul Garabedian (Belmont, MA/Belmont HS) scored third period goals to account for the final score.
“It was a solid win,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach John Rolli. “If we can win Tuesday night at home, we can get the number one seed in the playoffs.”
UMass Dartmouth sophomore goaltender Jeff Green (Medway, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors) made 18 saves, while Noiles made 36 stops.
UMass Dartmouth improved to 21-2-1 and 13-1-0 in conference play with the victory, while Johnson & Wales fell to 11-11-1 and 8-6-0 with the defeat. The Corsairs will return to action when they host Nichols in an ECAC Northeast game Tuesday evening. That game will be the final game of the regular season.
UMASS DARTMOUTH HOCKEY
UMass Dartmouth (21-2-1, 13-1-0) vs. Johnson & Wales (11-11-1, 8-6-0)
Date: Feb 17, 2007 Location: North Smithfield, RI Arena: RI Sports Center
Attendance:240 Start time:7:00 pm End time:9:05 pm Total time:2:05
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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UMass Dartmouth..... 1 3 2 - 6
Johnson & Wales..... 0 1 0 - 1
1st period - 1, UMDM, Jeff Grant/19 (Tyler Crocker/12) 11:46 (pp).
Penalties - Shawn Roach, J_WM (cross-checking) 4:27; DJ McNaughton,
J_WM (holding the stick) 10:59; Eric Quinlan, UMDM (tripping) 12:26;
Colin Brophy, J_WM (elbowing) 16:22.
2nd period - 2, UMDM, Francis Gunn/1 (Jim Foley/13) 9:26. 3, UMDM,
Jim Foley/13 (Paul Carr/18, Kyle McCullough/22) 11:54 (pp). 4, J_WM,
Zach Cobb/11 (Matt McGilvary/11) 13:13 (pp). 5, UMDM, Jim Foley/14
(Kyle McCullough/23) 18:03. Penalties - Pat Welch, UMDM (roughing)
8:11; Robert Rambone, J_WM (roughing) 8:11; Ryan Jacobs, J_WM (hitting
from behind) 11:36; Jon Finn, UMDM (holding) 12:55; Chris Shore, UMDM
(roughing) 14:12.
3rd period - 6, UMDM, Tyler Vrolyk/13 (Francis Gunn/9) 7:33 (pp).
7, UMDM, Paul Garabedian/7 (Jeff Grant/25, Kyle McCullough/24) 13:35.
Penalties - John Madsen, J_WM (hooking) :31; Tyler Crocker, UMDM
(roughing) 1:37; Shawn Roach, J_WM (hooking) 4:30; John Madsen, J_WM
(cross-checking) 6:27; Shane Poulin, J_WM (cross-checking) 8:33; Matt
Serino, UMDM (tripping) 10:55; Zach Cobb, J_WM (hooking) 11:29; Jim
Foley, UMDM (hit after whistle) 13:11; Ryan Jacobs, J_WM (hit after
whistle) 13:11.
Shots on goal - UMDM 13-12-17 42; J_WM 2-11-6 19.
Power plays - UMDM 3 of 9; J_WM 1 of 5.
Penalties - UMDM 7 (14 min); J_WM 11 (22 min).
Goalies - UMDM, Jeff Green 21-2-1 (60:00 minutes, 19 shots-18
saves); J_WM, Brian Noiles 6-4-0 (60:00, 42-36).
A-240 T-2:05
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