Ice Hockey Falls to Fitchburg State 6-3

Framingham, Mass. – Junior Cory Callen (Annadale, NJ) scored two goals to propel the Fitchburg State University ice hockey team to a 6-3 win over the host Framingham State Rams in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) men's ice hockey action this afternoon at Loring Arena.  With the win, the Falcons improve to 10-4 on the season and 4-3 in the MASCAC, while the Rams are now 1-10 overall and 1-7 in conference.    

Junior Thomas McAleer (East Islip, NY) and senior Kevin McCready (Poughkeepsie, NY) each picked up a goal and two assists in the game for the Falcons, while Stephen Oldfield (Leominster, Mass.) added two assists.

Freshman Bo Driscoll (Chelmsford, Mass.) led the Rams offense with a goal, the first of his collegiate career, and an assist, while senior John Sheehan (Stoughton, Mass.) and freshman Eric Ward (Haverhill, Mass.) each scored once.  Jamie Pollara (Plymouth, Mass.), Matt Margolis (Raleigh, NC) and Daniel Miressi (Monroe, CT) each contributed a single assists.

Fitchburg State took a 2-0 lead with two goals seconds apart in the first period.  Callen scored his first of the game at 13:32 as he returned to the ice after a penalty expired and snuck behind the Rams defense for a breakaway.  Senior Andrew Jones (Franklin, Mass.) scored just eight seconds later off a faceoff at 13:40.  A minute later Sheehan scored for the Rams to cut the deficit in half, but Callen added his second of the game at 17:19 to give the Falcons a 3-1 lead after one.

Fitchburg added two more in the second as McAleer scored a power play goal that proved to be the game winner just under four minutes into the frame and Travis Bertolotti (Miller Place, NY) added a goal at 11:13.  Ward cut the Falcons lead to 5-2 with his goal late in the second. The two teams traded power play goals in the third with McCready scoring for the Falcons at 8:59 and Driscoll scoring for the Rams at 11:26 to reach the final margin of 6-3.

The Falcons outshot the Rams 37-29 in the game and converted on 2-of-4 power play attempts while the Rams only converted on 1-of-3.  Junior Bobby Leiser (Monroe, CT) picked up the win in net for the Falcons making 26 saves, while freshman Nick Cafrelli (San Jose, CA) made 31 saves and picked up the loss.

Both teams return to MASCAC action on Thursday as the Rams travel to Worcester State at 5:30 p.m., while the Falcons host Salem State at 7p.m.