Boston, Mass. - Freshman forward Paul Jaskot (Methuen,
Mass.) tallied his first collegiate hat trick and added an
assist to lead the Trinity College Bantam men's ice hockey team
over the host University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons, 8-3,
today in an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC East/New
England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) at Clark
Athletic Center this afternoon. The Beacons' unbeaten streak
comes to an end at five straight games as they fall to 4-2-1 and
1-2-1 in league play, while the Bantams improve to 3-3-0 and 2-2-0.
Trinity owned a 2-1 edge following the first period, but
exploded for five second period goals to put the game out of
reach. Jaskot's first score of the day came at 6:05 of the
first period to give the Bantams a 2-0 lead and later increased
their lead to 3-1 when junior defenseman Richard Hollstein
(Pembroke, Mass.) and sophomore forward Justin
Letizia (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) found him at 5:24 of the
second period. Jaskot registered the hat trick on the power play
when Hollstein and Letizia hooked up with him again at the 9:02
mark of the middle period for his fourth goal of the season and a
5-2 Trinity advantage. Jaskot assisted on the Bantams' next goal
when he and Letizia set up senior blueliner Chris Diozzi
(Belmont, Mass.) on the power play for his third goal of
the year just 49 seconds later for a 6-2 lead.
Letizia put Trinity on the board with his second goal of the
season coming on a dish from senior forward Riley Hicks
(Calgary, Alberta) and sophomore forward Adam
Houli (Howell, N.J.) just 2:52 into the contest for a 1-0
margin. UMass Boston later cracked the scoring column when junior
forward Kris Kranzky (Glendora, Calif.) and
freshman defenseman Wayne Sands (Chalfant, Pa.)
combined to feed sophomore forward Eric Tufman (Abington,
Pa.) on the power play for his third goal of the year
coming at 13:20 of the first period to cut the deficit to 2-1. The
Beacons later pulled to within 3-2 when junior forward
Anthony Casmano (Wheaton, Ill.) took a pass from
sophomore forward Zach Barron (Saint Louis, MO) and found the back
of the net for his first goal of the season at 6:54 of the second
period.
Freshman forward Sean McCarthy (Duxbury, Mass.)
later gave the Bantams a 7-2 advantage on an assist from sophomore
defenseman Derek Sandberg (Saint Iazare, Quebec)
at 10:32 of the second stanza with his first collegiate goal and
followed that with his second goal of the day at 4:02 of the third
period on a feed from Sandberg and junior blueliner Ryan
Crapser (Paxton, Mass.) for an 8-2 lead. Mass Boston
sophomore defenseman Brett Calhoun (Tulsa, Okla.)
capped the afternoon's scoring with his third goal of the year
coming on an assist from Tufman and Kranzky at the 12:21 mark of
the final period.
Junior goalie Ryan Donovan (Rexford, N.Y.)
stopped 11 of 17 shots in 29:51 of action for the Beacons, before
yielding to senior Chris Testa (Massapequa, N.Y.),
who turned away 18 of 20 shots in the final 30:09. Sophomore
goaltender Wesley Vesprini (Lexington, Mass.) made
22 saves to earn the victory for Trinity.
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