Results of the Salem State Invitational, held at Rockett Arena last weekend:
 
Saturday, January 4:
     Elmira 9, UMass-Dartmouth 1
     Salem State 10, Fitchburg State 2
 
Sunday, January 5:
     Consolation:
     Fitchburg State 5, UMass-Dartmouth 4
     Championship:
     Salem State 4, Elmira 1
 
Notes on some of the games:
 
Salem State 10, Fitchburg State 2
     The Vikings cruised into the tournament finals behind Craig Seabury's
     six goals and two assists, while linemate Mike Lecroix contributed a
     goal and five assists.
 
Elmira 9, UMass-Dartmouth 1
     Elmira put this game away quickly, with five goals in the first period
     and a 22-3 margin in shots on goal (for the game, the Soaring Eagles
     outshot the Corsairs 46-12).  This was the fourth straight game in
     which Elmira did not allow a power-play goal, but the Eagles had a
     pretty easy task in that area, since they were not called for a penalty
     all night (Dartmouth was whistled for three).  Joe Caswell got things
     rolling for Elmira with a score 1:58 into the game, and Bernie Cassell
     added the first of his two goals two minutes later.  Bob Carroll
     brought Dartmouth to within one when he scored at the 8:46 mark, but it
     was all Eagles after that.  The scoring barrage included a hat trick by
     Bob McGee and Peter Feola's first goal of the season.  Elmira goal-
     tender Tom O'Brien recorded six saves before leaving the game at 10:54
     of the second period; replacement Dave Laudato stopped all five shots
     he faced.  Dartmouth's Sean Sullivan stopped 26 shots in two periods of
     work, and Dave Coughlin made 11 saves in the third.
 
Salem State 4, Elmira 1
     In last season's Elmira Invitational, Salem State beat the host Elmira
     team to win the championship.  The Soaring Eagles were hoping to return
     the favor on Sunday at Salem State's tournament, but they suffered a
     big blow when head coach Glenn Thomaris suspended his entire second
     line of Bob Holmes (the team's leading scorer), Matt Weir, and Greg
     Moore for the game because of "disciplinary problems".  An anonymous
     source close to the team told the Elmira _Star-Gazette_ that the three
     players had all missed Saturday night's midnight curfew.  The players
     themselves did not comment.  [aside to Mark Daly:  the paper didn't say
     any more than this -- have you heard anything else about this incident?
     Also, has there been any resolution in the disorderly-conduct charges
     against Tom O'Brien and Bob McGee from back in November?  The last I
     heard, you had mentioned that both had pleaded not guilty, and they
     seemed to have a pretty good case]
 
     Elmira scored first at 14:17 of the first period, when Joe Caswell
     poked home a pass from Kyle Kirkpatrick, but Salem State took control
     of the game in the second, when they scored four times.  Craig Seabury
     got things going for the Vikings 21 seconds into the period, beating
     Elmira goalie Tom O'Brien low.  Seabury would later notch a second goal
     on the power play, and Salem State also got tallies from John Khacha-
     dorian and Dan Bates.  O'Brien left the game after the second period,
     having made 25 saves, and Dave Laudato finished up for the Eagles,
     stopping seven shots.  Salem State goalie Mike Gregorio made 26 saves.
     Seabury's eight goals and two assists on the weekend made him an easy
     choice as tournament MVP.
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