Ice Hockey Blanked at New England College

Henniker, N.H. - New England College men's ice hockey netted two goals in each period as the Pilgrims topped the visiting Framingham State University 6-0 Tuesday evening in non-conference action.

With the win the Pilgrims improve to 3-4-1 overall, while the loss drops the Rams to 1-5-1 on the season.

The two teams would battle through much of the opening period scoreless before NEC's Kyle Manlow (Murretta, Calif.) would break the drought netting his second goal of the season putting in a nice pass up the ice from Bryce Nielsen (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

The Pilgrims would extend their lead 2-0 just before the first intermission as Dan Shrilla (Landenberg, Pa.) would net his first goal of the season assisted by James O'Reilly (Charleston, S.C.) and Andreas Persson (Landskrona, Sweden) with just 11 seconds left on the clock.

NEC would add two goals in the second period, including a score by Bryce Nielsen assisted by Kyle Manlow and a power-play goal by Cheyne Matheson (Wheatley, Ontario) assisted by Scott Cornfield (Brea, Calif.) and James O'Reilly.

The Pilgrims would net their fifth goal of the evening in 3:20 into the final period as Joe Osaka (Tokyo, Japan) would score his first collegiate goal putting in the Pilgrims' second power-play goal of the night assisted by Garrett Brazzier (Mississauga, Ontario) and James O'Reilly. NEC would tack on their final score of the evening at the 5:35 mark as Matheson would come through with his second goal of the game assisted by Nielsen.

NEC finished the game with a 48-17 advantage in shots on net. The Pilgrims finished the game 2-for-5 on the power-play, while the Rams were 0-of-4 with the extra man.

Picking up the win in net for NEC was Sebastian Andersson (Sundyberg, Sweden) who finished the game with 17 saves.  Seeing the bulk of the time in net for Framingham State was sophomore Alessio Muggli (Ruiti, Switzerland) who finished the game with 37 saves.

NEC returns to action on Sunday, Nov. 30 when they host non-conference opponent Suffolk University.  Framingham will hit the ice again on Thursday, Dec. 4 when they host conference foe Plymouth State University.

Release courtesy of NEC Sports Information.