Fitchburg State Blanks Framingham State, 4-0
The Fitchburg State men’s ice hockey team scored three goals in the second period to propel them to a 4-0 victory on the road over Framingham State in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action this evening at Loring Arena.
Falanga registers two points in Falcons MASCAC victory
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.– The Fitchburg State men's ice hockey team scored three goals in the second period to propel them to a 4-0 victory on the road over Framingham State in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action this evening at Loring Arena.
After playing a majority of the first period without a penalty or score the Rams were called for a slash at 18:26. Coming out of the break the Falcons took advantage when Ryan Connolly scored a power play goal just 17 seconds into the second period for the 1-0 adavantage. Classmate John Celli and senior Craig Halpin were credited with assists on the score.
Just ten seconds later the Falcons extended the lead (2-0) when Jon Johannesson scored on a pass from Paul Falanga before Falanga tallied an unassisted marker with just under two minutes remaining in the stanza for the 3-0 margin going into the final period of play.
In the final frame, the Green and Gold secured the victory as sophomore forward Cameron Snyder connected on his team-leading fourth goal of the season with an empty netter with 1:02 remaining the contest, resulting in the 4-0 final.
Throughout the contest, Framingham State held a 38-27 advantage in shots, while the Falcons went 1-for-4 on the power play. Between the pipes, senior Ryan Wysocki collected 38 saves for Fitchburg State in the en-route to the shutout victory, while sophomore Alessio Muggli made 23 saves in 58:19 minutes of action for the Rams.
Fitchburg State (1-4-2, 1-2-1 MASCAC) returns to action next Saturday as they take on Southern New Hampshire University in opening round action of the 2014 PAL/Stovepipe Tournament at 4:30 p.m. Framingham State (1-4-1, 1-3-1 MASCAC) will visit New England College on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
