Assumption Downs Stonehill,
5-2
Larsen and O'Kane the
difference and Greyhounds notch first win
Boxscore
Junior Angelo Todesca scored a power play goal for
Stonehill tonight against Assumption.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (November
18, 2009) - Assumption College opened a 4-0 lead early in
the second period and didn't look back in posting a 5-2 victory
over Stonehill College in Northeast-10 Conference ice hockey action
at the Foxborough Sports Center tonight.
Sophomores Taylor Larsen
(Blackstone-Millville, Mass./Worcester Academy) and
Pat O'Kane (Hollis, N.H./Bishop Guertin) did the
damage for Assumption, combining for five goals and four assists on
the night. Larsen notched a hat trick and dished two assists for
five points, while O'Kane tallied two goals and two assists for
four points. Junior line mate Pat Fitzgibbons (Worcester,
Mass./St. John's) chipped in with two assists for the
Greyhounds.
Sophomore goaltender Nick
Blanchette (Stuart, Fla./Worcester Academy) made 39 saves
to preserve the win for Assumption. Junior Michael Manna
(Framingham, Mass./Xavarian Brothers) stopped 24 shots in
goal for Stonehill. Stonehill finished with a 41-29 advantage in
shots on goal, with 32 shots coming over the final two periods to
preserve a 3-0 first period lead.
Junior Angelo Todesca
(Westwood, Mass./Catholic Memorial) and freshman
Christopher Gorovitz (Framingham,
Mass./Framingham) scored power-play goals for Stonehill.
The Skyhawks were 2-for-8 on the man advantage, while the
Greyhounds finished 1-for-6.
Assumption, behind the firepower of
O'Kane and Larsen stormed out to a three goal lead after 20 minutes
of play. Larsen set up O'Kane for the opening goal 4:04 into the
contest, before O'Kane returned the favor for Larsen's first goal
at 11:24. O'Kane added a second marker on the power-play with 4:04
remaining in the opening period, assisted by Fitzgibbons and
Larsen, to give the Greyhounds a lead they would not relinquish.
Assumption extended its lead
further 4:11 into the second on Larsen's second goal of the night,
assisted by O'Kane and sophomore Kevin Glantzman
(Massapequa, N.Y.). Stonehill scored two power play goals
of its own over a four-minute span to get back into the game.
Gorovitz struck first on a two-man advantage with 6:24 remaining in
the second period, assisted by freshmen Dana Borges
(Taunton, Mass./Coyle Cassidy) and George DeMello
(Cotuit, Mass./Tabor Academy), to put the Skyhawks on the
board. Todesca pulled the Skyhawks within two with the
man-advantage with 2:32 remaining in the frame, assisted by senior
captain Peter Roundy (Simsbury, Conn./Kimball
Union) and junior John Yokow (Windsor,
Conn./Northwest Catholic).
Assumption thwarted the rally just
14-seconds into the third period as Larsen rounded out his hat
trick, assisted by Fitzgibbons, and Blanchette made 15 third period
saves to keep Stonehill off the scoreboard the rest of the way.
Stonehill (2-3-1, 0-1-0 NE-10) is
back in action on Saturday when it visits Franklin Pierce
University for an NE-10 contest at 7 p.m. The Skyhawks return home
next Tuesday, November 24, to host Nichols College at 7 p.m.
Assumption (1-3-0, 1-0-0 NE-10) visits Southern New Hampshire
University on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Assumption 5, Stonehill
2
1 2
3 - T
Assumption
3 1
1 -
5
Stonehill
0 2
0 - 2
Scoring: AC: Pat
O'Kane (Taylor Larsen) 4:04; AC: Larsen (O'Kane) 11:24; AC: O'Kane
(Pat Fitzgibbons, Larsen) 15:56 - PP; AC: Larsen (O'Kane, Kevin
Glanzman) 4:11; STO: Christopher Gorovitz (Dana Borges, George
DeMello) 13:34 - PP: STO: Angelo Todesca (John Yokow, Peter Roundy)
17:28 - PP; AC: Larsen (Fitzgibbons) 0:14.
Goaltending: AC:
Nick Blanchette (20:00) 9-15-15=39; STO: Michael Manna (20:00)
8-8-8=24.
Shots on Goal: AC:
11-9-9=29; STO: 9-17-15-=41
Power Play: AC:
1/6; STO: 2/8
