Box Score (Box
Score)
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - The Plymouth State University ice
hockey team scored three unanswered goals in final period Saturday
night to defeat Framingham State College, 8-5, at Loring Arena in
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC) men's ice
hockey action.
Freshman
Alex Cottle (Westchester, Pa.) and senior
Chris Chambers (Crofton, Md.) led the Panthers
with five points apiece in the game. Cottle scored
three goals with two assists, while Chambers picked up two goals
and three assists.
The Panthers
improve to 11-4-1 in the MASCAC and 15-7-1 overall, while the Rams
fall to 2-19-2 overall and 2-14-1 in the MASCAC. PSU is in third
place with a week to go in the regular season, trailing
second-place Salem State by just one point with a game-in-hand.
Senior Joe
Hurley (Charlestown, Mass.) led the Rams with a goal and three
assists for four points on the night.
Plymouth State
came out of the locker room hot and took a 2-0 lead in the opening
minutes of the game. Cottle scored his first of the night at
5:32 and Richie Zobak (Evergreen Park, Ill.) added
a power play goal at 6:09. Framingham State cut the deficit
to one goal late in the period as senior Brett Casavant (Gardner,
Mass.) scored a power play goal at 15:09.
The Rams tied
the game just 31 seconds into the second on senior Matt Lally's
(Natick, Mass.) eighth goal of the season. The tie would not
last long as just 27 seconds later Cottle scored his second of the
game to put the Panthers back up 3-2.
Framingham
State tied the score once again at 4:02 of the second on a power
play goal from Eric Walsh (Haverhill, Mass.), but once again the
Panthers broke the tie 31 seconds later on a Chris
Zaremba (Colorado Springs, Colo.) goal. Chambers
would add his first of the game at 12:48 to give the Panthers a 5-3
lead that they took into the second intermission.
Framingham
State scored two goals in the first 3:21 of the third period to
knot the game at 5-5. Hurley scored an unassisted goal, his
team leading 14th of the season, 1:33 into the period
and senior Trevor Johnson scored a shorthanded goal at 3:21.
Junior Sean
Buckley (Sagamore Beach, Mass.) would give the Panthers the lead
for good just over a minute later as he scored what proved to be
the game winner. Cottle completed the hat trick at 6:41 of
the third with his seventh of the season that put the Panthers up
7-5 and Chambers added an empty net goal in the final minute to
reach the final score.
The Panthers
outshot the Rams 40-28 in the game as freshman Jack
Astedt (Angelholm, Sweden) made 23 saves en route to the
win. Framingham State goalie Terence Sullivan (Shirley,
Mass.) made 32 saves on the night in a losing effort.
In a game that
saw 16 penalties called, both teams were successful several times
on the power play as the Rams converted two of four and Plymouth
State converted three of eight. Framingham State also picked
up a shorthanded goal in the game.
Both teams
continue with MASCAC action next Thursday as the Rams travel to
UMass Dartmouth at 7:30 p.m., and the Panthers host Fitchburg State
at 6 p.m. on Senior Night at Waterville Valley.
(Courtesy of Framingham State Sports
Information)
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