Hartford, Conn. - Sophomore forward Zach Wissman
(Guilford, Vt.) scored the game-winning goal midway
through the third period to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a
4-2 win over the visiting Norwich University Cadets in New England
Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)/Eastern College Athletic
Conference (ECAC) East men's ice hockey action this evening at
Williams Rink. The Bantams improve to 11-3 overall and 8-2 in
the NESCAC with their ninth consecutive victory, while the Cadets,
ranked No. 12 in the nation, drop to 8-5-2 overall and 6-3-1 in the
ECAC East with their first loss in four games. Trinity also
snaps a six-game losing streak against Norwich.
Wissman's clincher was a floater from just outside the red line
that Norwich junior goalie Ryan Klingensmith (Morton,
Pa.) reached for chest-high and missed with his
glove. The goal came just 11 seconds after a potential
go-ahead goal by the Cadets was nullified because the net had come
off. Trinity junior forward Richard Hollstein
(Pembroke, Mass.) sealed the win with a hard wrist shot
from the left wing past Klingensmith with 4:45 left in the game.
Trinity opened the scoring just 18 seconds into the first period
when senior forward Riley Hicks (Calgary, Alberta)
sent a shot toward the goal from the right corner that rolled and
bounced and found its way over the line. Norwich answered on
a shot from the left wing by senior forward Nikita
Kashirsky (Moscow, Russia) with 2:42 remaining before the
first break.
The Bantams went ahead, 2-1, in the second period when sophomore
forward Egor Petrov (Novokuznetsk, Russia) made a
nice pass in traffic in front of the net to senior co-captain
forward Ryan Masucci (Winthrop, Mass.) who
converted the power play chance. Sophomore goaltender
Wesley Vesprini (Lexington, Mass.) preserved the
lead in the final minute of the second, stopping Cadet sophomore
forward Chad Anderson (Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia) on a one-on-one breakaway. Vesprini stopped
Anderson again on a shot from point blank range during a Norwich
power play early in the third frame, but Cadet freshman forward
Emmond Bell (Nepean, Ontario) tied the game at 2-2
with 18:23 on the clock. Vesprini finished with 29 saves and
Klingensmith had 31 stops, while Petrov collected two assists for
the Bantams.
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