Hartford, Conn. - Junior tri-captain forward
Coleman Noonan (Norfolk, Mass.) notched two goals
and one assist to lead the visiting St. Anselm College Hawks to a
5-3 win over the Trinity College Bantams in New England Small
College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)/Eastern College Athletic
Conference (ECAC) East men's ice hockey action this evening at the
Koeppel Community Sports Center. Trinity falls to 9-6-2
overall and 6-4-2 in the NESCAC, while the Hawks improve to 8-6-1
and 6-5-1 in the ECAC East.
St. Anselms scored four unanswered goals from 9:22 of the first
period to 13:23 of the second period, and held on for the final
7:35 in the third frame after Trinity freshman forward Jeff
Menard (Burlington, Mass.) scored to cut the lead to
4-3. Noonan started the streak with an unassisted goal,
followed by a power-play tally by freshman forward Mike
Richard (Derry, N.H.) with 3:19 left in the first.
Noonan struck again 5:51 into the second stanza with a short-handed
score, and sophomore forward Michael DeVita (Annandale,
N.J.) completed the run with 6:37 remaining before the
second intermission.
Trinity, which had opened the scoring 3:09 into the first period
on a power-play one-timer by sophomore forward Joe Tierney
(Reading, Mass.), broke its scoring drought with 3:55 left
in the second period on a quick move left-to-right in front of the
goal by senior captain forward Richard Hollstein (Pembroke,
Mass.). Bantam junior defenseman Regnars
Alksnis (Talsi, Latvia) and Hollstein provided assists on
Menard's goal to cut the lead to one, but the Hawks fought Trinity
off the rest of the way including almost a full-minute of a 6-on-4
opportunity for the home team. Freshman forward Tim
King (Weymouth, Mass.) scored an empty-netter to ice it
for the Hawks in the final minute.
Trinity junior goaltender Wesley Vesprini (Lexington,
Mass.) finished with 27 saves, while Hawk junior netminder
Alex Wyse (Amherst, N.Y.) had 35 stops including
16 in the second period. Alksnis and junior forward
Adam Houli (Howell, N.J.) recorded two helpers
apiece for the Bantams.
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