Franklin Pierce and Western New England Battle to Tie, 2-2
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (February 10, 2005) - The Franklin Pierce ice hockey team battled to a 2-2 tie with Western New England College in ECAC Northeast competition at the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield, Mass. tonight.
The Ravens jumped out to an early 1-0 advantage, when sophomore Brad Leighton (Cumberland, Maine/East Coast Rangers) capitalized on feeds from classmates Mike Anderson (Keene, N.H./Laconia Leafs) and C.J. Demmons (Wolfeboro, N.H./Kimball Union) at the 12:31 mark of the first period.
Sophomore Brett Bilodeau (Skowhegan, Maine/Hebron Academy) extended the Franklin Pierce lead to two goals in the 14th minute of the second period on assists by senior Chris Pryputniewicz (Berlin, Conn./Fitchburg State) and junior Matt Clemente (Middletown, N.J./Laconia Leafs).
Western New England used a Marcin Dziubek (Clifton, N.J./Clifton) power-play goal to slice the Ravens lead to one goal less than four minutes later, and junior Pat Henderson (Marlton, N.J./Valley Forge Minutemen) knotted the score at two at the 4:30 mark of the third period.
Both teams went scoreless for the remainder of regulation and through the overtime period, and the contest ended in a 2-2 deadlock. The teams each managed 31 shots on goal. Ravens junior goaltender Dennis Millman (Billerica, Mass./Kimball Union) and Golden Bears senior netminder Matt Ruggeri (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial) each stopped 29 shots in the game.
Franklin Pierce (5-11-2, 4-8-2 ECAC-NE) will wrap-up their three game roadtrip with a Conference game at Stonehill on Saturday at 3:45 p.m. Western New England (4-12-3, 2-7-3 ECAC NE) will also return to action on Saturday, when they host Conference foe Salve Regina at 2:55 p.m.
Franklin Pierce 2, Western New England 2
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Franklin Pierce (5-11-2, 4-8-2 ECAC NE) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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Western New England (4-12-3, 2-7-3 ECAC NE) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Scoring Summary
First Period:
FP: Brad Leighton (Mike Anderson, C.J. Demmons) 12:31
Second Period:
FP: Brett Bilodeau (Chris Pryputniewicz, Matt Clemente) 14:39
WNEC: Marcin Dziubek (Kevin Leonard, Dave Wright) 18:37 PP
Third Period:
WNEC: Pat Henderson (Shawn Longley, Kevin Leonard) 4:30
Goaltenders:
FP: Dennis Millman (60:00) 29 saves, 2 goals against
WNEC: Matt Ruggeri (60:00) 29 saves, 2 goal against
Shots on Goal:
FP: 31
WNEC: 31