Chighisola assists on all three Ravens goals

Box Score

MILTON, Mass. (January 17, 2009) – Junior forward Ross Enmark (Shelby Township, Mich./Alpena Icedogs (NAHL)) scored three goals and added two assists to total five points on Saturday evening to lead Curry to a 10-3 victory over the Franklin Pierce University ice hockey team in ECAC Northeast Conference play at Max Ulin Hockey Rink. Freshman forward Anthony Chighisola (Whitman, Mass./Archbishop Williams) tallied assists on each of Franklin Pierce’s three goals while 15 Curry players finished with at least one point on the evening.

Franklin Pierce opened the scoring just 60 seconds into the contest when senior forward Coursen Schneider (Stony Point, N.Y./Avon (Conn.) Old Farms) potted his second goal of the season off assists from junior defenseman Steve Della-Calce (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Pope John XXIII) and Chighisola. However, Curry would score three goals in a span of 2:40 later in the period to take a lead it would never relinquish. Enmark picked up his first of the night on the power play at the 12:56 mark, while freshman forward Christopher Smith (Brighton, Mich./Wellington Dukes (OPJHL)) netted his third of the season at the 13:19 mark and junior forward Sean Sylvester (Randolph, N.J./Salisbury School) scored his fourth of the year at the 15:36 mark. Enmark would notch his second point of the night with the lone assist on Sylvester’s goal. Schneider bookended the period with his second goal of the night at the 15:53 mark off assists from Chighisola and junior forward Phil LaBreck (Thornton, N.H./John Stark Regional) to pull the Ravens within a goal at 3-2.

Curry senior forward Jeffrey Hazelwood (Dublin, Calif./St. Norbert’s College) opened the second period with a power-play goal at the 1:02 mark to push the lead to 4-2. Hazelwood’s 10th of the season combined with his two assists to give him three points on the night while freshman defenseman Ryan Barlock (Niles, Ill./Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL)) picked up the second of his two assists. Senior forward Jeff Kasper (South Boston, Mass./Catholic Memorial) once again pulled Franklin Pierce within a goal with his third of the season at the 9:16 mark, while Chighisola and LaBreck both capped their multi-point nights with the assists.

From there, Curry would score the final six goals of the game to post the 10-3 victory. Enmark scored his second of the night at the 10:05 mark of the second, assisted on the 11th goal of the season for freshman forward John Williams (Flourtown, Pa./Quesnel Millionares (BCHL)) at the 12:27 mark and then potted his sixth of the season 7:58 into the third to tally the hat trick and cap his five-point effort. Sylvester scored his second of the night while shorthanded 35 seconds into the third. Also for Curry, junior defenseman Jerry Hotarek (Foster City, Calif./Manhattanville) picked up a pair of second-period assists, freshman forward Michael Guzzo (Pickney, Mich./Penticton Vees (BCHL)) scored his seventh of the season and added an assist and sophomore forward Ray Nicks (Surrey, British Columbia) scored his first goal of the season.

Curry held a 56-16 advantage in shots on goal in the game and went 2-for-5 on the power play. Franklin Pierce finished 0-for-5 with the man advantage.

Junior goaltender Jon Tuttle (Concord, N.H./Concord) started in goal for Franklin Pierce, made 34 saves against 42 shots over the first two periods and took the loss. Sophomore Matt McCarthy (Natick, Mass./New Hampton School) stopped 12 of 14 shots in net for the Ravens in the third period. Junior Steven Jakiel (Santa Clarita, Calif./Michigan) made 13 saves against 16 shots to earn the victory for Curry.

The Ravens (4-8-2, 1-1-0 NE-10, 3-5-2 ECAC Northeast) return to the ice on Wednesday, Jan. 21, when they return home to host Framingham State in an ECAC Northeast Conference contest. Faceoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at The Winchendon School Ice Arena in Winchendon, Mass. Curry (11-3-1, 8-0-0 ECAC Northeast) returns to action on Jan. 21 at Becker.