Hockey Falls On Road at New England College
Henniker, N.H.—The New England College men's ice hockey team had seven different goal scorers in the team's 8-2 over the Rams of Framingham State University in Tuesday evening's non-conference game.
The win brings the Pilgrims to 4-3, while the Rams fall to 1-6 on the season.
Carlos Fornaris (Miami, Fla.) tallied two goals and two assists to lead the Pilgrims to victory. Adam Zollner (Varnamo, Sweden) finished with a goal and four assists. In total, 14 different members of the team finished with at least one point.
Gregory Stoya (Lake George, N.Y.) scored the Ram's first goal of the game and assisted on the team's second goal, which was scored by Vaughn Guetens (Cheshire, Conn.).
NEC scored their first goal six-and-a-half minutes into the game and did not look back, using goals by Fornaris and Joe Osaka (Tokyo, Japan) in the 13th and 15th minutes to build a 3-0 lead entering the first intermission.
A power play breakaway goal by Andreas Zollner (Varnamo, Sweden) 6:08 into the second period gave the Pilgrims a 4-0 lead, and Mike Whitehair (Victor, N.Y.) scored just over a minute later for the 5-0 advantage.
Riding a 5-on-3 opportunity while NEC served a major penalty, The Rams managed to back-to-back goals by Stoya and Guetens at 13:19 and 16:23, breaking up NEC's shutout attempt.
NEC finished out the high-scoring second period with goals by Keenan Haase (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Fornaris at 18:05 and 18:32, respectively, to lead 7-2 through two full periods.
The Pilgrims added just one more goal in the final period as Scott Cornfield (Brea, Calif.) netted his first goal of the season at the 6:12 mark.
Christoffer Sjoo (Stockholm, Sweden) earned his first win of the season in net for the Pilgrims, tallying 13 saves in 47:45 before giving way to Jon Manlow (Murreta, Calif.), who played the final 12:15.
Raymond Feeley (Winthrop, Mass.) tallied 23 saves for the Ram and gave up seven of the eight goals in 38:32. Matthew Pearless (Framingham, Mass.) made 15 saves in relief.
The Rams return to the ice on Thursday, December 1st when they travel to Salem State. The Pilgrims are back in action on Saturday when they host Wentworth on at 7:00 p.m. in Lee Clement Arena.
*Release courtesy of NEC sports information