For Immediate Release
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
HOCKEY TEAM DEFEATS PLYMOUTH STATE, 5-2
NEW BEDFORD, MA– On the day they raised the banner, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s hockey team exorcised the ghost of their last loss at the Stephan Hetland Memorial Ice Arena.
The Corsairs were 28-0-1 in their last 29 games at Hetland since losing to Plymouth State and goaltender Karl Helgesson, 3-2 in overtime on November 19, 2005.They scored four goals against Helgesson in the first two periods and defeated the Panthers, 5-2, in their Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast game at the Stephan Hetland Memorial Ice Arena Saturday.
No sooner had UMass Dartmouth raised a banner celebrating last year’s ECAC Northeast championship and NCAA playoff berth than PSU drew first blood. Topo LaCroix beat junior goaltender Jeff Green (Medway, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors) 42 seconds into the game to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead.
The Corsairs came back, tying the score on the first goal of the night by freshman forward Joe Hill (Newburyport, MA/Valley Jr. Warriors) at 9:26 and taking the lead for good when junior forward Chris Shore (West Haven, CT/Winchendon Academy) scored at15:08 of the first period. Junior forward Nick Paquin (Warwick, RI/Winchendon Academy) made it 3-1 with a power play goal 1:01 into the second period. Hill’s second goal of the night extended the Corsairs’ lead to 4-1 before Dave Dufresne scored a power play goal for the Panthers at 17:20 of the second period to make it 4-2.
The third period was scoreless until PSU pulled Helgesson for an extra attacker at 18:05 of the third period. Freshman forward Jason Stahl (Londonderry, NH/Valley Jr. Warriors) took a pass from Hill and scored into the empty net at 18:40 to seal the verdict.
UMass Dartmouth out shot Plymouth State, 39-17, and killed eight of nine Panther power play chances while converting two of 10 opportunities with a man advantage. Green made 15 saves, while Helgesson was credited with 34.
The Corsairs improved to 3-0 both overall and in ECAC Northeast play with the victory, while the Panthers fell to 0-1-1 and 0-1 in conference action with the defeat.
UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they host 11th–ranked Babson Tuesday. PSU will play Suffolk in the first round of the PAL/Stovepipe Tournament at Southern New Hampshire next Friday evening.
UMASS DARTMOUTH HOCKEY
Plymouth State (0-1-1, 0-1-0) vs. UMass Dartmouth (3-0-0, 3-0-0)
Date: Nov 17 2007 Location: New Bedford, MA
Arena: Hetland Ice Arena
Attendance:1255 Start time:4:30 pm End time:6:45 pm
Total time:2:15
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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Plymouth State...... 1 1 0 - 2
UMass Dartmouth..... 2 2 1 - 5
1st period - 1, PLYM, Topo LaCroix/1 (Deni Bojadzic/2) :42. 2,
UMDM, Joseph Hill/2 (Jason Stahl/5, Jeff Grant/1) 9:26. 3, UMDM, Chris
Shore/1 (Matt Serino/2) 15:08. Penalties - Deni Bojadzic, PLYM
(interference) 3:55; Paul Jerusik, UMDM (interference) 10:45; Topo
LaCroix, PLYM (tripping) 15:56; Chris Cadieux, PLYM (cross-checking)
19:28; Jason Stahl, UMDM (elbowing) 19:50.
2nd period - 4, UMDM, Nick Paquin/2 (Paul Moran/3) 1:01 (pp). 5,
UMDM, Joseph Hill/2 (Tyler Crocker/2, Jeff Grant/2) 17:20 (pp). 6,
PLYM, Dave Dufresne/1 (Bryan Horrigan/1, Chris Chambers/2) 18:52 (pp).
Penalties - Topo LaCroix, PLYM (tripping) :37; Chris Cadieux, PLYM
(high sticking) 3:46; Chris Shore, UMDM (cross-checking) 6:35; Jason
Stahl, UMDM (hooking) 9:39; Jake Curtin, PLYM (interference) 10:49;
Bryan Horrigan, PLYM (roughing) 13:49; Jake Curtin, PLYM
(cross-checking) 15:39; Billy Carroll, UMDM (interference) 17:08;
Chris Shore, UMDM (hitting from behind) 17:47; Chris Shore, UMDM (game
misconduct) 17:47; Matt Serino, UMDM (high sticking) 19:08; Dave
Dufresne, PLYM (hooking) 19:30.
3rd period - 7, UMDM, Jason Stahl/2 (Joseph Hill/5) 18:40 (empty
net). Penalties - Billy Carroll, UMDM (interference) 1:29; Pat Welch,
UMDM (holding) 4:22; Jason Butler, PLYM (hooking) 9:39.
Shots on goal - PLYM 7-5-5 17; UMDM 12-19-8 39.
Power plays - PLYM 1 of 9; UMDM 1 of 9.
Penalties - PLYM 10 (22 min); UMDM 10 (31 min).
Goalies - PLYM, Karl Helgesson 0-1-0 (59:25 minutes, 38 shots-34
saves) , EMPTY NET (00:35, 0-0); UMDM, Jeff Green 3-0-0 (60:00,
17-15).
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