Framingham State 5, Worcester State 3
Auburn, MA --- Framingham State senior forward Joseph Hurley
(Charlestown, MA) led the Rams attack as he added his third and
fourth goals of the season while upending the host Lancers 5-3 in
MASCAC action this evening.
Both of his scores came in the second period, his first of which
put the visitors up 3-2. Worcester State senior forward
Mark Rintel (Oakland Gardens, NY) answered with
his second goal of the period knotting the game at 3-3 with a
short-handed tally. It then took 29 seconds for Hurley to skate the
length of the ice and put another through the posts in what proved
to be the game winner at 16:52. Framingham junior defenseman Blair
Nickerson (Beverly, MA) aided Hurley in both scores.
In what seemed to be the theme of the night, Worcester opened up
the scoring with junior right wing Billy
O’Neill (Strafford, PA) netting his second goal of
the season with a little help from Rintel and freshmen defenseman
Tim Bowman (Moorpark, CA). Framingham quickly
responded with markers from senior forward Matt Lally (Natick, MA)
and sophomore forward Nicholas Jackson (Las Vegas, NV). Hurley
opened his stellar night with an assist to Jackson.
The second period proved to be more of the same when Rintel notched
a quick one that lit up the siren for the Lancers at 1:35. After a
series of penalties from both squads, Hurley got hot and the Rams
took advantage of the extra man. Rintel tallied two in
tonight’s battle which puts him at five for the season
leading the team.
Framingham State added some insurance with another marker in the
third on an unassisted marker by senior Trevor Johnson (Anchorage,
AK) with 1:34 left in regulation.
Junior keeper Terrence Sullivan (Shirley, MA) made 33 stops –
including 19 in a scoreless third period – to post his first
victory of the season. Freshman Zach Hansen
(Dexter, MI), fell to 1-1 as he scooped up 34 saves for the
Lancers.
There were 20 combined penalties in the contest as both defenses
had their work cut out for them as the two squads went 1-for-9 each
in power play opportunities.
The Lancers (2-3, 0-2 MASCAC) take some time off as their next game
is on December 1 against Stonehill at 7 PM at the Foxboro Sports
Center on Route 1. Framingham (1-3-2, 1-2 MASCAC) will
entertain UMass Boston at 7 PM on Tuesday.
Release Courtesy of Sports Information Graduate Assistant ---- Chris Gusha