David Schermerhorn scored the eventual gamewinner for the Skyhawks

Skyhawks Ground Ravens 6-3 With Four Goal Third Period

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Winchendon, Mass. -Senior defenseman David Schermerhorn (Norwich, Conn.) scored the game winning goal in a back and forth contest to lead Stonehill to a 6-3 win over the Franklin Pierce in a Northeast-10 Conference matchup on Saturday Night

The Ravens opened the game with a pair of goals in the first period. The first score came just 61 seconds in when freshman forward Nate Schursky stuffed home a loose puck from the top of the crease for his second goal of the season.

Later, at the 13:54 mark, Shane Murphy took a shot from the left circle and junior forward Casey Goodell pounced on the rebound to tally his sixth goal of the season.

Stonehill would bring the game to a 2-2 tie with two goals in the second period. First, freshman forward Andrew Diozzi (Belmont, Mass.) stuffed in his fifth of the season from the left post with an assist from defenseman Bill Ninteau (Litchfield, N.H.) on the power-play goal at the 7:12 mark.

Later, the Skyhawks caught Franklin Pierce on a line change and came into the zone with a two-man partial breakaway. Senior forward John Sommers (Manchester, Conn.) scored his fifth of the season as he finished off a feed from sophomore forward Angelo Todesca (Westwood, Mass.) with just over seven minutes remaining in the half.

Stonehill struck for a 3-2 lead on a power-play goal just 41 seconds into the third stanza when junior forward Peter Roundy (Simsbury, Conn.) scored his fifth of the year with a blast from the point on a pass from senior defenseman James Florentino (West Roxbury, Mass.).

Franklin Pierce tied it up at three with just ten minutes left in the contest, when Murphy scored his eighth of the year by re-directing a shot by sophomore forward Sean Woodring.

The Skyhawks didn't let up, as Schermerhorn scored his second of the yearm for what would be the game winner, at the 12:04 mark, and senior forward Brendan O'Brien (Braintree, Mass.) picked up his fifth of the year  29 seconds later when he converted a drop pass between the circles from freshman forward Pat Greene (Weymouth, Mass.).

Tim Mathews (Mattapoisett, Mass.) added an insurance goal, his second of the year, with just over five minutes left. Sophomore goaltender Derek Chapdelaine (Granby, Mass.) made 30 saves in net for Stonehill to earn the victory while Raven freshman Ben Siok made 33 saves between the pipes.

The Skyhawks improve to 8-9 with the win (1-2 NE-10) and return to action on Wednesday at Southern New Hampshire.