Worcester State 3, Framingham State 3 OT
Auburn, MA --- Framingham State junior Joseph
Hurley (Charlestown, MA) knotted a 3-3 game at 13:37 in
the third period to help the Rams draw a 3-3 tie, in overtime, with
Worcester State this evening at Horgan Memorial Rink in ECAC
Northeast action.
The Lancers (4-10-2, 2-6-2 ECAC NE) opened the scoring with two
goals - six minutes apart - in the opening period by freshman
Erik Poitras (Duxbury, VT) and sophomore
Dillon Wilde (Holden, MA) for the first career
tallies for both players.
Senior Sean Maguire (Plymouth, MA) cut the lead
in half to make it 2-1 at 13:48 in the first stanza with junior
Jason Anderson (Arden Hills, MN) handing out the
first of his two assists on the play.
Worcester State added to the lead when freshman Cody
Warila (Ridgewood, NJ) sent in his fourth goal of the
season at 5:46 in the second period to put WSC up 3-1.
From that point on Framingham State (0-16-4, 0-9-3 ECAC NE) took
control of the pace of the game and out shot the Lancers 36-21 over
the games last 39 minutes.
The Rams notched a pair of goals in the third period to tie the
game and put the pressure on Worcester State. Junior John
Mortimer (Corapolis, PA) notched a short-handed marker at
2:40 off the clock in the final stanza and then Hurley tied the
game on an assist by Anderson and freshman Thomas
Manning (Rockland, MA) at 13:37.
Worcester State drew a penalty in the games final two minutes of
play, but their defense stiffened and they held off the Rams
power-play attack to force an overtime period.
In the extra frame both teams’ tallied four shots apiece,
but neither had a good opportunity to score as each goalkeeper made
an outstanding effort to preserve the final score.
With his goal in the second Warila now shares the team lead in
tallies (7) with John Cahalane (Tewksbury, MA) who
registered an assist in the contest. Anderson moves up his
team’s lead in assists and points with 15 and 22,
respectively, this season while Hurley is in sole possession of
first in team markers for the Rams with nine.
Junior Andrew Evans (Cromwell, CT) collected 44
saves in the cage for the Lancers. Sophomore Terence
Sullivan (Shirley, MA) gave way to Andy
Joyce (Milford, MA) who ended the evening with 23 stops
for Framingham State.
Worcester State will play six of their last eight games on the
road starting with a non-conference contest against Westfield State
on Wednesday at 8:15 PM while the Rams will travel to Nichols next
Saturday for an 8:30 face-off.