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Posted: Jan 31, 2009

Ice Hockey Skates to 3-3 Tie with Lancers

Ice Hockey Skates to 3-3 Tie with Lancers
Box Score

Auburn, MA - Framingham State junior Joseph Hurley (Charlestown, MA) knotted the game at three with 13:37 remaining in the third period to help the Rams draw a 3-3 overtime tie with Worcester State, this evening at Horgan Memorial Rink in ECAC Northeast action.

The Lancers (4-10-2, 2-6-2 ECAC NE) opened the scoring with two goals - six minutes apart - in the opening period by freshman Erik Poitras (Duxbury, VT) and sophomore Dillon Wilde (Holden, MA) for the first career tallies for both players.

Senior Sean Maguire (Plymouth, MA) cut the lead in half at 13:48 in the first stanza.  Junior Jason Anderson (Arden Hills, MN) picked up his first of two assists in the game on the goal.

Worcester State extended the lead back to two goals when freshman Cody Warila (Ridgewood, NJ) sent in his fourth goal of the season at 5:46 in the second period to put WSC up 3-1.

From that point on Framingham State (0-16-4, 0-9-3 ECAC NE) took control of the pace of the game and out shot the Lancers 36-21 over the games last 45 minutes.

The Rams notched a pair of goals in the third period to tie the game and put the pressure on Worcester State. Junior John Mortimer (Corapolis, PA) notched a short-handed marker at 2:40 and then Hurley tied the game on an assist by Anderson and freshman Thomas Manning (Rockland, MA) at 13:37.

Worcester State drew a penalty in the games in the game's final two minutes of play, but their defense stiffened and they held off the Rams attack to force an overtime period.

In the extra frame both teams' tallied four shots apiece, but neither had a good opportunity to score as each goalkeeper made an outstanding effort to preserve the final score.

Junior Andrew Evans (Cromwell, CT) collected 44 saves in the cage for the Lancers. Sophomore Terence Sullivan (Shirley, MA) gave way to Andy Joyce (Milford, MA) who ended the evening with 23 stops for Framingham State.

Worcester State will play six of their last eight games on the road starting with a non-conference contest against Westfield State on Wednesday at 8:15 PM while the Rams will travel to Nichols next Saturday for an 8:30 face-off.