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Saturday, March 1, 2008
HOCKEY DOWNS SALVE REGINA IN ECAC NE PLAYOFF GAME, 5-2
by Joel Baptista
NEW BEDFORD, MA The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth hockey team scored the first five goals of the game, including three goals in the first period and went on to defeat visiting Salve Regina, 5-2, in a first round Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast playoff game at the Stephan Hetland Memorial Ice Arena Saturday afternoon.
Junior forward Nick Paquin (Warwick, RI/Winchendon Academy) sandwiched two goals for the Corsairs around a goal from his teammate, senior forward Paul Garabedian (Belmont, MA/Belmont HS) to put UMass Dartmouth up 3-0 at the first intermission. Paquin scored his first, when he went top shelf, off a nice feed from junior forward Chris Shore (West Haven, CT/Winchendon Academy) at 9:06. Ninety seconds later, Garabedian lit the lamp off assists from freshman forward Billy Manning (Stoughton, MA/ Bridgewater Jr. Bandits) and sophomore forward Paul Jerusik (Springfield, MA/Lawrence Academy). Paquin made it 3-0 at the 17:27 mark when he scored on the power play after collecting a pass from sophomore defenseman Graeme Bourne (Redlands, CA/Campbell River Storm).
“We were very opportunistic in the first period”, said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach John Rolli. “We created two on ones and were able to finish them by putting the puck in the net”
Freshman forward Joe Hill (Newburyport, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors) put the Corsairs up 4-0, when he one-timed home a power play goal from point blank range at 8:51 of the second period. Senior forward Jeff Grant (Burlington, MA/Austin Prep) and freshman forward Jason Stahl (Londonderry, NH/Valley Jr. Warriors ) drew assists.
Hill would net his second goal of the period after being set up by Grant on a four on four situation that swelled the lead to 5-0 at the 12:48 mark.
Salve Regina got on the scoreboard in the third period with goals from freshman forward Bryan Russell at 2:19 and sophomore forward Patrick Bamberry at 8:23.
”We were a little lackadaisical in the third period, but, overall I was encouraged with how we played”, said Rolli. “Hey, we’re trying to chase our third ECAC championship in a row and Salve was not the team we wanted to play. Murphy’s Law will catch up to you someday, thankfully it wasn’t tonight.”
Junior goaltender Jeff Green (Medway, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors) made 23 saves for UMass Dartmouth, while freshman Pat Enloe made 32 stops for SRU.
UMass Dartmouth improved to 16-8-1 with the victory, while Salve Regina ends their season at 10-10-4 with the defeat. The Corsairs will return to action Wednesday at 7:30 against Fitchburg State in a ECAC semifinal game at the Hetland Arena.
UMASS DARTMOUTH HOCKEY
Salve Regina (10-10-4) vs. UMass Dartmouth (16-8-1)
Date: Mar 1, 2008 Location: New Bedford, MA Arena: Hetland Ice Arena
Attendance:537 Start time:4:30 pm End time:6:33 pm Total time:2:03
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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Salve Regina........ 0 0 2 - 2
UMass Dartmouth..... 3 2 0 - 5
1st period - 1, UMDM, Nick Paquin/8 (Chris Shore/5) 9:06. 2, UMDM,
Paul Garabedian/6 (Billy Manning/8, Paul Jerusik/7) 10:36. 3, UMDM,
Nick Paquin/9 (Graeme Bourne/4) 17:27 (pp). Penalties - Joseph Hill,
UMDM (hooking) :50; Ryan Petersen, SLVM (roughing) 15:09; Brandt
Nelson, SLVM (elbowing) 15:54; Pat Welch, UMDM (hooking) 18:06.
2nd period - 4, UMDM, Joseph Hill/11 (Jeff Grant/18, Jason
Stahl/15) 8:51 (pp). 5, UMDM, Joseph Hill/12 (Jeff Grant/19) 12:48.
Penalties - Chris Shore, UMDM (interference) 4:51; Justin Pethick,
SLVM (charging) 8:26; Chris Shore, UMDM (roughing) 11:59; Jake
Pickard, SLVM (roughing) 12:40; Billy Carroll, UMDM (cross-checking)
14:45; Jason Stahl, UMDM (roughing) 19:59.
3rd period - 6, SLVM, Bryan Russell/4 (Ryan Petersen/3, Kevin
Sullivan/5) 2:19. 7, SLVM, Patrick Bambery/8 (Jake Pickard/10) 8:23.
Penalties - Chris Shore, UMDM (hooking) 5:10; Zach Sufilka, SLVM
(slashing) 12:03; Jake Pickard, SLVM (charging) 16:44.
Shots on goal - SLVM 5-7-13 25; UMDM 13-18-6 37.
Power plays - SLVM 0 of 7; UMDM 2 of 6.
Penalties - SLVM 6 (12 min); UMDM 7 (14 min).
Goalies - SLVM, Chase Goodrich (02:33 minutes, 0 shots-0 saves) ,
Pat Enloe 5-5-4 (57:27, 37-32); UMDM, Jeff Green 15-8-1 (60:00,
25-23).
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