Henniker, N.H.— Senior Benjamin Shellington (Hanover,
Mass.) scored the game-winning in the final second to lift the
visiting Trinity College Bantams over the New England College
Pilgrims, 5-4, in New England Small College Athletic Conference
(NESCAC)/Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) East
men's ice hockey action this afternoon. The Bantams
improve to 6-8-3 overall, while the loss drops the Pilgrims to
6-11-2 on the season.
Trinity did not waste any time getting going as
Michael DiCenso (Greenville, R.I.) struck just 1:03 into the game
from Sean McCarthy (Duxbury, Mass.) Trinity extended its
lead to 2-0 at the 8:12 mark as McCarthy converted on a Bantam
power-play assisted by Regnars Alksnis (Talsi, Latvia).
The Trinity offense continued to put on the pressure and
recorded its third goal of the afternoon at the 6:57 mark in
the second period as Matthew Quigley (Pittsburgh, Pa.) notched the
goal. Niko Uola (Turku, Finland) got the Pilgrims on the
board just under a minute later from Richard Ledy (Marquette,
Mich.) and Aki Uola (Turku, Finland.). The Pilgrims cut the
lead to 3-2 late in the second as Uola put in a power-play goal
assisted by Johan Qvarfordt (Sodertalje, Sweden) and Bill McGinnis
(Williams Lake, B.C.).
NEC tied the game at 3-3 early in the third as Brett DiClementi
(Southwick, Mass.) fired in a shot assisted by Artur Kocheuv (Saint
Petersburg, Russia) just 5:32 into the period.
Trinity responded quickly as Joe Tierney (Reading, Mass.)
rebounded in a Mike DeMayo (Seaford, N.Y.) shot just under two
minutes later. NEC's Qvarfordt scored at the 13:19
mark tying the game at 4-4 with under seven to play, but
Shellington came up huge for the Bantams, tapping in a loose puck
with just 1.5 seconds on the clock. Picking up the win in net
for Trinity was Wesley Vesprini (Lexington, Mass.), who finished
with 28 saves. In goal for NEC was Aaron Harvey (Milford,
Nova Scotia) who recorded 38 saves on the evening.
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