Ice Hockey Falls to UMass Dartmouth, 5-2
Framingham, Mass. - Sophomore forwards Rob Dudley (Stoughton, Mass.) and Giancarlo Capodanno (Mountainside, NJ) and freshman forward Dave McDonald (Wakefield, Mass.) each scored a goal and handed out an assists to lead the UMass Dartmouth ice hockey team to a 5-2 win today over Framingham State in Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action at Framingham's Loring Arena.
The Corsairs improve to 7-10-1 on the season and 2-8-1 in conference, while the Rams fall to 1-14-2 overall and 1-10-1 in the MASCAC.
UMass Dartmouth scored two goals in the first period to take control of the game. Dudley scored just seven minutes in off assists from Capodanno and senior Aaron Blades (Chino, CA), who finished the game with two helpers. McDonald gave the Corsairs a 2-0 lead in the 18th minute on his second goal of the season.
The Corsairs outshot the Rams 34-28 in the game and tacked on two more goals in the second period. Capodanno scored the game winner off assists from Dudley and Blade at 14:21. Framingham State sophomore forward Charles Vaillancourt (La Valle, WI) scored just 20 seconds later to pull the Rams within two, but Paul Graham's (Quincy, Mass.) goal two minutes later put UMass Dartmouth back up by three heading into the third period.
Mike Owens (South Boston, Mass.) extended the UMD lead to four goals with his tally at 13:09 in the third. Senior Matt Lally (Natick, Mass.) scored a power-play goal and his fourth of the season for the Rams at 17:44 to finish off the scoring.
Junior Collin Tracy (Medford, Mass.) made 26 saves for the Corsairs and picked up the win to improve to 1-1 on the year for the Corsairs, while junior Terence Sullivan (Shirley, Mass.) made 29 saves for the Rams.
The Rams return to action on Wednesday as they host Stonehill at 7:20 p.m., while the Corsairs travel to Fitchburg State on Thursday at 7 p.m.