Ice Hockey Advances Over Lancers In MASCAC Quarterfinals

Bauvais nets two goals for Green & Gold

Fitchburg, Mass. The Fitchburg State ice hockey team registered a 4-1 victory over the Lancers of Worcester State this evening in quarterfinal round action of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Post-Season Ice Hockey tournament from the Wallace Civic Center.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 4, Worcester State 1

Records: Fitchburg State (13-11-1, 8-8-1 MASCAC) I Worcester State (11-13-2, 8-8-2 MASCAC)

How It Happened

Fitchburg State opened the scoring 4:51 into the first period as sophomore Hunter Dunn (Douglas, MA) fired a shot into the upper left corner for his tenth marker on the season with assists from senior Jack Johansen (Milford, NH) and sophomore Matteo Orme Lynch (Courbevoie, France) for the 1-0 edge.

The Falcons doubled the advantage (2-0) with two and half minutes remaining in the stanza when senior Toivo Kramer (New York, NY) settled a feed from freshman Marcus Macchioni (North Kingstown, RI) and sophomore Declan Bronte (Werribee, VIC) and deposited a shot into the left side of the net for his third marker of the 2024-25 campaign.

In the middle frame, the Green and Gold pushed the lead to 3-0 with sophomore Alexandre Bauvais (Mendon, France) struck for his fourth tally on the year as Macchioni and Bronte assisted on the play. Worcester State cut the deficit to 3-1 at the 12:42 mark when freshman Cam Quiqley (Quincy, MA) took a pass from senior Christian Phinney (Draper, UT) and sophomore Stirling Nash (Seattle, WA) and put a shot inside the far post for his fourth goal of the season.

In the final period of play, Fitchburg State extended the lead to 4-1 as Bauvais took a pass from Johansen and senior Christian Halbig (Queenstown, MD) and struck for his second marker of the contest,

By the Numbers

• 80th meeting between the Falcons and the Lancers on the ice with Fitchburg State 52-22-6all-time when taking on Worcester State
• Fitchburg State went 1-for-3 with the man advantage
• Worcester State held a 32-27 advantage in shots
• Sophomore Max Macchioni (North Kingstown, RI) stopped 31 shots for the Falcons
• Senior Wyatt Friedlander (Lake Placid, NY) made 23 saves for the Lancers

Up Next

Falcons  return to action on Saturday as the travel to Salem State to take on the third seeded Vikings for a MASCAC Semifinal round matchup.

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