Worcester State 5, WNEC 2
Springfield, MA --- Junior forward Mark Rintel
(Queens, NY) had two goals and an assist, and junior goalie
Andrew Evans (Cromwell, CT) compiled 33 saves, to
lead the Worcester State men's hockey team to a 5-2 victory over
Western New England College in a non-league game Tuesday night at
Smead Arena.
The Lancers, who defeated the Golden Bears 7-6 in their previous
meeting back on November 25, raised their record to 5-11-3.
Western New England College jumped to an early 1-0 when freshman
center Kory Grahl (San Diego, CA) scored just 1:11
into the contest with assists from senior forwards Mike
Majesty (Chicago, IL) and Phil Lamy
(Manchester, NH).
Rintel tied the game with an unassisted short-handed goal at the
3:29 mark.
The Golden Bears (2-18-1) went ahead for the final time on a goal
by Lamy with assists from Grahl and Majesty 5:40 into the
period.
Worcester State took control in the middle period tying the game
on a power play goal by junior center Andrew Brady
(Philadelphia, PA) at 14:23 and then going ahead 56 seconds later
on a goal by freshman center John Cahalane
(Tewksbury, MA).
Freshman left wing Cody Warila (Shirley, MA)
tallied the Lancers' second short-handed goal at 6:48 of the final
period before Rintel added the final goal at 15:57.
Cahalane and Warila each finished with a goal and assist. Evans
stopped 11 shots in the opening period and added 12 in the third
period.
Western New England College junior goalie Dennis
Harrsch (Morrisonville, NY) stopped 23 shots.
Release Courtesy of Western New
England Sports Information