LaBreck scores his team-leading seventh goal of the year for the Ravens

Boxscore

EASTON, Mass. (December 10, 2007) – Six different players scored for host Stonehill College as the Skyhawks defeated Franklin Pierce University, 6-1, in a Northeast-10 and ECAC Northeast Conference men's ice hockey contest on Monday night at the Bridgewater Ice Arena.

Linemates Matt Curran (Scarborough, Maine/North Yarmouth) and Brendan O’Brien (Braintree, Mass./Deerfield Academy) each recorded four points to lead the Skyhawks to the win. Curran posted a goal and three assists, while O’Brien recorded assists on four Stonehill goals. Juniors Paul Reissfelder (Plymouth, Mass./Tilton School) and Billy Ninteau (Litchfield, N.H./Bishop Guertin) also recorded a goal and an assist each for Stonehill.

Franklin Pierce’s lone goal on the evening came off the stick of sophomore Phil LaBreck (Thornton, N.H./Laconia Leafs), who tallied his team-leading seventh goal of the season. Assists on the tally went to junior Shane Murphy (Tolland, Conn./The Gunnery School) and sophomore Casey Goodell (Rochester, N.H./Laconia Leafs).

Stonehill held a 46-33 shot advantage over the Ravens, including a 19-6 edge in the second period. Freshman goaltender Mike Manna (Framingham, Mass./Xaverian) made 32 stops to earn his second win of the season for Stonehill, while Raven freshman Matt McCarthy (Natick, Mass./New Hampton School) stopped a season-high 40 shots on 46 attempts, including 30 saves alone over the final 40 minutes of play.

The Skyhawks scored three times in the first period to open up a three-goal advantage that the team would not relinquish. Frank Amato (West Springfield, Mass./Loomis Chaffee) began the scoring at 11:27 of the first, and Chase Feole (Windham, N.H./Salem) gave the home team a two-goal advantage with the eventual game-winning goal at the 17:03 mark. Ninteau followed just over two minutes later with his second goal of the year with 50 seconds remaining in the opening period.

LaBreck responded quickly to Ninteau’s tally, as he got the Ravens on the board a mere 22 seconds later with his seventh goal of the season, with Murphy and Goodell getting credit for the assists. LaBreck and Goodell are tied for the team lead with 14 points, with Goodell pacing all Franklin Pierce and Northeast-10 skaters with 11 assists on the year.

Stonehill scored three more times over the final 40 minutes to put the game away, including power-play tallies by Reissfelder at 16:54 of the second period and Anthony Zannetti (Ludlow, Mass./Springfield Catholic) with 6:30 remaining in the third frame.

Franklin Pierce (2-9-0, 0-2-0 NE-10, 1-5-0 ECAC NE) will break for finals and the holidays, as the team returns to action on Dec. 28 and 29 with two games at the University of Minnesota-Crookston. Stonehill (4-5-1, 2-1-0 NE-10, 3-3-0 ECAC NE) returns to the ice on Dec. 26 when it hosts Worcester State College.