Falcons Improve to 3-0 with Win over UMass Dartmouth

Fitchburg, Mass. - The Fitchburg State men's ice hockey team skated to a 4-3 victory over the Corsairs of UMass Dartmouth in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action this evening at the Wallace Civic Center.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 4, UMass Dartmouth 3
Records: Fitchburg State (3-0, 3-0 MASCAC) UMD (4-3, 2-3 MASCAC)

How It Happened

The Corsairs tipped the scoreboard first when grad student Dillon Radin (Long Beach, NY) found junior Austin Miller (Meridian, Idaho) in the slot for his third goal of the season. Less than two minutes later the Falcons evened the match when Hunter Fortin (Westerville, Ohio), sitting on the back door, knocked in a pass from junior Anthony Ceolin (Simsbury, Mass.) past the UMD goaltender.

UMass Dartmouth broke the stalemate with a goal from junior Justin Weinbrenner (Allison Park, Penn.) at the 18:20 mark, however the Green and Gold answered with a power-play score from junior Joshua Miller (Saint Augustine, Fla.) with seven ticks remaining in the frame.

The teams traded goals in the second period. The Corsairs took their third lead of the game capitalizing on the man-advantage when senior Jimmy Pelton (Syracuse, NY) notched a power-play goal midway through the stanza. The Falcons knotted the score at 3-apiece just before the end of the period. Breaking out of the defensive zone freshman Thomas Harty (Billerica, Mass.) found Zackery Diamont (Billerica, Mass.) streaking down the right wing where the newcomer deposited his first collegiate goal at 19:53.

Junior Rece Bergeman (Newark, Del) would score the game-winner when he collected the juicy rebound off the pads of UMD's netminder Daniel Davidson (Surrey, B.C.) and deposited his fourth goal of the season for the power-play goal.   

Inside the Numbers

• Wyatt Wilmshurst (Massena, NY) and Ceolin each added two assists for the Falcons
• Fitchburg held the slight edge (38-37) in shots on goal
• Fitchburg State went 2-for 3 with the man advantage, while the Corsairs were 1-for-5 on the power play
• Senior Brian McGrath (Worcester, Mass.) stopped 34 shots to improve to 3-0 on the season for Fitchburg
• Davidson had 34 saves in the loss for UMD

Up Next

The Falcons will host Franklin Pierce University on Saturday night for a match-up at 6:00 PM.