January 17, 2012

Fitchburg State Slips Past Worcester State, 2-1

The Fitchburg State ice hockey team rebounded this evening, posting a pair of third period goals to rally past Worcester State University, 2-1 in MASCAC action.

Fitchburg St.

5-8-2, 4-4-1 MASCAC

Worcester St.

6-7-2, 3-5-1 MASCAC

Final	1	2	3	T
Fitchburg St. 5-8-2, 4-4-1 MASCAC	0	0	2	2
Worcester St. 6-7-2, 3-5-1 MASCAC	1	0	0	1

Scoring Summary

1st - 18:49 - Nathan Stanley (Worcester St.)

3rd - 01:41 - PP - Trevor Lawler (Fitchburg St.)

3rd - 13:59 - Nick Zaino (Fitchburg St.)

Game Leaders

Fitchburg St.

G: 2 Players (#10, #24) - 1

A: 2 Players (#12, #23) - 1

Sh: 3 Players (#8, #10, #16) - 3

Sv: Randy Wolcott - 36

Worcester St.

G: Nathan Stanley - 1

A: 2 Players (#3, #18) - 1

Sh: 3 Players (#4, #5, #10) - 3

Sv: Bryan Kalczynski - 31

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Fitchburg St.	Worcester St.
PowerPlays	1 for 3	0 for 3
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	4 (8)	4 (8)
Shots on Goal	33	37
Face Offs Won	0	0

Full stats

Lawler and Zaino lead Falcons past Lancers with one goal apiece

WORCESTER, Mass. (January 17, 2012) – The Fitchburg State ice hockey team rebounded this evening, posting a pair of third period goals to rally past Worcester State University, 2-1 in MASCAC action.

Junior Trevor Lawler (Fitchburg, Mass./New England Jr. Huskies) and classmate Nick Zaino (Duryea, Pa./CD Selects) led the Falcon comeback, connecting for back-to-back markers midway through the third period.

Trailing 1-0 after a Nathan Stanley (Boise, Idaho/Idaho Jr. Steelheads) goal late in the first period, the Falcons started their comeback early in the third, as Lawler posted his sixth goal of the season off a Joseph Caveney (Fitchburg, Mass./UMass Lowell) assist. Zaino followed suit at the 13:59 mark, recording his fourth goal of the year with a helper from freshman Sean Loebs (Creeskill, N.J./Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack) to net the eventual game-winner.

In net, sophomore Randy Wolcott (East Haven, Conn./Wisconsin-Stevens Point) earned the victory for Fitchburg State, totaling 35 saves to improve to 3-2-0 on the year. Lancers goaltender Bryan Kalczynski (Tonawanda, N.Y./Erie Community College) suffered the loss (6-6-2), stopping 31 shots between the pipes. For the contest, Worcester State out-shot Fitchburg State 36-33, while converting one of its three power-play attempts.

Fitchburg State (5-7-2, 4-4-0 MASCAC) will be back in action on Saturday as it travels to UMass Dartmouth at 4:30 p.m. Worcester State (6-7-2, 3-5-1 MASCAC) will visit Framingham State on Thursday at 7:20 p.m.