Ravens tie program record for goals in a game as Loiseau earns his first career victory

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AUBURN, Mass. (November 12, 2007) – Senior captain Joe Fields (Towamencin, Pa./Green Mountain Glades) and junior Coursen Schneider (Stony Point, N.Y./Avon Old Farms) combined for eight points and the team set a new school record with seven power-play goals as Franklin Pierce University emphatically gave first-year head coach Scott Loiseau his first coaching victory with a 9-6 win over Worcester State College in a non-conference men’s hockey game at Horgan Rink on Monday night.

The team tied a program record for most goals in a game, matching the nine that the Ravens scored in a 9-1 win over Castleton State College on Feb. 11, 2004, and the team scored on a school-record 7-of-9 power play chances (.778). Sophomore Casey Goodell (Rochester, N.H./Laconia Leafs) tied two school records with four assists and five points, while the team’s 56 shots on goal were the most by the team since the Ravens peppered the same Worcester State squad with 59 shots on Jan. 25, 2006.

Led by Goodell’s five points, six Raven players recorded three points or more. Fields and Schneider both scored twice with two assists, while the team also received a goal and two assists each from junior Jeff Kasper (South Boston, Mass./Catholic Memorial) and freshman Sean Woodring (Rogue River, Ore./Eugene Generals). Senior tri-captain Pete Wilson (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) added a career-high three assists and sophomore Phil LaBreck (Thornton, N.H./Laconia Leafs) added a goal and an assist.

The Ravens came out smoking in the first two periods, as the visitors jumped out to an insurmountable 7-1 lead through two periods. Senior Ryan Strayer (Murfreesboro, Tenn./Enfield (Conn.)) began the onslaught only 1:14 into the first period, with assists going to Schneider and Goodell. After Worcester State’s Justin Brownstein (Wyncote, PA) tied the game at one with a power-play tally at 14:12, Fields began a string of seven consecutive Raven goals with his first of the season, a power-play goal, on a two-man advantage at the 16:40 mark.

The Ravens then blew the game open in the second period with five unanswered goals, including four on the power play. Schneider scored the first goal of the period 4:20 into the frame from LaBreck and Goodell, and Kasper followed with his third goal in three games only 1:12 later. Later in the period and with two Lancers in the penalty box, Goodell converted on the 5-on-3 and LaBreck on the subsequent 5-on-4 only 56 seconds apart to add to the lead, and Fields put the exclamation mark on the period with his second of the game, the eventual game-winner, at 18:41 of the middle frame.

Worcester State fought back in the third period with five goals, led by three goals and an assist from Tom Ford (Shrewsbury, Mass.), but Franklin Pierce tallies by Woodring (his first career) and Schneider helped to keep the Raven lead comfortable throughout the final 20 minutes of play.

Freshman netminder Jeremy Rossignolo (Rochester, N.Y./Springfield Pics) stopped 17 of the first 18 shots he saw to help the Ravens to a huge advantage early, and the freshman held on to stop 27 shots in earning his first collegiate victory in his second start. For Worcester State, Jason Richardson (Perkasie, Pa.) allowed seven goals in the first two periods before ceding the net to David Schultz (North Andover, Mass.), who stopped 15-of-17 shots in the final frame.

Franklin Pierce (1-2-0, 0-1-0 ECAC NE) will return home to begin a four-game homestand on Wednesday night, when the Ravens battle Assumption College at 7 p.m. in a non-conference game at the Winchendon School Ice Arena. Worcester State (0-4-0, 0-1-0 ECAC NE) will take on Western New England College in an ECAC Northeast contest Thursday at 7:10 p.m.