Curry Closes Out Stonehill Late, 6-3
Colonels secure victory two
goals in final five minutes
Boxscore
MILTON, Mass. (November 14,
2009) - Curry College scored two goals in the final five
minutes of regulation to close out a 6-3 victory over Stonehill
College in non-conference ice hockey action at Max D. Ulin Rink
this afternoon.
Sophomore John Williams
(Flourtown, Pa.) scored two goals and classmate
Steven Mohler (Anaheim, Calif.) posted three
points with a goal and two assists to lead Curry to its
second-straight win to open its season. Senior Sean
Sylvester (Randolph, N.J.) added a goal and assist, while
sophomores Payden Benning (Estevan, Saskatchewan)
and Ryan Barlock (Niles, Ill.) both chipped in
with two assists. Sophomore Michael Guzzo (Pinckney,
Mich.) and freshman Connor Hendry (Edmonton,
Alberta) each contributed goals for the Colonels.
Stonehill got goals from juniors
Angelo Todesca (Westwood, Mass./Catholic Memorial)
and Andrew Webb (Jaffrey, N.H./Westminster School)
as well as freshman Christopher Gorovitz (Framingham,
Mass./Framingham). Senior captain Peter Roundy
(Simsbury, Conn./Kimball Union) dished out two assists for
the Skyhawks.
Senior Steven Jakiel (Santa
Clarita, Calif.) made 18 saves to preserve the win for
Curry. Junior Michael Manna (Framingham, Mass./Xavarian
Brothers) posted 33 stops in goal for Stonehill as the
Colonels finished with a 39-21 advantage in shots for the night.
Curry was 2-for-5 on the power play, while the Skyhawks converted
on 2-of-9.
Stonehill opened the scoring just
2:31 into the contest when Todesca scored his first goal of the
season on the power-play, assisted by Roundy and senior
Christopher Rogers (Westford, Mass./Pomfret
Academy). Curry evened the score less than a minute later
when Williams netted his first of the season, assisted by Mohler.
The Colonels took the lead into the first intermission on an
unassisted tally by Mohler with 3:23 remaining.
Curry extended its lead to two
goals 4:52 into the second as Mohler and Sylvester set up Hendry
for his second of the season. Stonehill got that goal back less
than three minutes later with Gorovitz's first collegiate goal,
assisted by freshman Dana Borges (Taunton, Mass./Coyle
Cassidy) and sophomore Matt Doherty (Milton,
Mass./Thayer Academy), at 7:42.
Curry regained its two-goal cushion
when Williams scored what would prove to be the game winner 7:04
into the third, assisted by Barlock and Benning. Webb pulled
Stonehill back within a goal 3:31 later, assisted by Roundy and
sophomore Bill Harris (Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth),
on the power-play at 10:35. Barlock and Benning set up the Colonels
first insurance goal, scored by Guzzo at 15:48, then with Manna
pulled for the Skyhawks in the final minute, Sylvester iced the win
with an unassisted empty-netter with ten seconds to play.
Stonehill (2-2-1, 0-0-0 NE-10) is
back in action on Wednesday to host Assumption College for its
Northeast-10 Conference opener at 7 p.m. Curry (2-0-0, 0-0-0
ECAC-NE) hosts Western New England College on Thursday at 7:35 p.m.
Curry 6, Stonehill
3
1 2
3 - T
Stonehill
1 1
1 - 3
Curry
2 1
3 - 6
Scoring: STO:
Angelo Todesca (Peter Roundy, Chris Rogers) 2:31-PP; CC: John
Williams (Steven Mohler) 3:29; CC: Mohler (unassisted) 16:37; CC:
Connor Hendry (Mohler, Sean Sylvester) 4:52; STO: Christopher
Gorovitz (Dana Borges, Matt Doherty) 7:42; CC: Williams (Ryan
Barlock, Payden Benning) 7:04-PP; Andrew Webb (Roundy, Harris)
10:35-PP; Michael Guzzo (Barlock, Benning) 15:48-PP; CC: Sylvester
(unassisted) 19:50 - EN.
Goaltending: STO:
Michael Manna (59:46) 7-15-11=33; CC: Steven Jakiel (60:00)
7-4-7=18.
Shots on Goal:
STO: 8-5-8=21; CC: 9-16-14=39
Power Play: STO:
2/9; CC: 2/5
