Ice Hockey Downed by Southern New Hampshire
Hookset, N.H. - Five different players tallied goals for the Penmen as Southern New Hampshire topped Framingham State 7-2 at the Ice Den on Saturday night. With the win, the Penmen improve to 2-1-1 and the Rams fall to 0-1-1.
Southern New Hampshire scored three goals in the first, two goals in the second, and two more in the third period. At 3:21 in the first period, Brandon Bradley (Wichita, Kansas) was allowed a penalty shot after a Rams delay of game penalty. Bradley was able to deke the Rams goaltender to score the first goal of the game for the Penmen. Ryan DiBartolomeo (Leominster, Mass.) scored soon after Bradley at 3:58, with assists on the goal going to John Frey (Westminster, Colo.) and Matt Farley (Halifax, Mass.). Anthony Dercole (Hamden, Conn.) also scored an unassisted power-play goal at 16:40 in the first.
Bradley opened up the second period with his second goal of the game, scoring 38 seconds into the period off a feed from Troy Maybury (South Portland, Maine). The Penmen power play was also active in the second period, as Frey would follow up with another unassisted power play goal at 13:57 in the second period.
Southern New Hampshire scored two goals in the third period, both of them from Troy Maybury, as he scored at 3:24 and 5:58. Andrew Hildreth (Leominster, Mass.) assisted on both goals, and Brandon Bradley also tallied a helper on Maybury's first goal of the game.
John Sheehan (Stoughton, Mass.) and Anthony Woodward (Centerville, OH) would provide the only scoring punch for the Rams, with Sheehan scoring at 10:25 in the second period with assists from Aran Ward (Dunstable, Mass.) and Joseph Hurley (Charlestown, Mass.). Woodward's tally was assisted by Nicholas Jackson (Las Vegas, NV) at 4:57 in the third period.
Shane Brooks (Kennebunk, Maine) made 23 saves in goal for SNHU to earn the victory. Rams goaltender Terence Sullivan (Shirley, Mass.) stopped 32 shots for the Rams, who were outshot by the Penmen 39 to 25.
The Rams return to action on Tuesday night as they host Westfield State at 7:20 p.m. in their first MASCAC game of the season.