Hartford, Conn. – Junior forward Jackson Brewer (Newton, Mass.) scored the go-ahead and game-winning goals while adding a pair of assists to lead the Trinity College Bantams a 6-3 win over the visiting Salve Regina University in men's ice hockey action this afternoon on Williams Rink at the Koeppel Community Sports Center.  Trinity improves to 4-1 with its second victory in a row, while the Seahawks drop to 6-2 with their first loss in four games.

With the score knotted at 2-2 in the second period, Trinity sophomore forward Michael Hawkrigg (Toronto, Ontario) stole the puck from a Salve Regina defenseman and quickly passed from the right wing to Brewer for the second of his four assists to give Trinity the lead for good 7:27 in to the frame.  Brewer scored again 2:09 later on feeds by Hawkrigg and first-year forward Ryan Cole (Anchorage, Alaska) for what proved to be the game-winner.  Salve Regina junior forward John Scorcia (Hudson, Fla.) pulled the visitors within one with a short-handed tally with 7:27 left before the final break, but Trinity rookie forward Sean Orlando (Ivyland, Pa.) answered with a power-play goal from Brewer and Cole just 2:12 later.  The Bantams nearly pulled further ahead late in the second, but Seahawk junior goaltender Jake Williams (Montreal, Quebec) stopped Cole with two quick saves on successive shots.  Orlando added his second power-play goal of the day 12:38 into the final stanza to account for a 6-3 final score.

Trinity sophomore forward Elie Vered (Ottawa, Ontario) opened the scoring with 5:23 remaining in the opening period with a power-play conversion, but sophomore forward Cameron Gaudet (Burlington, Mass.) answered with a Salve Regina power-play conversion with 1:07 on the clock.  Cole scored from Brewer and Hawkrigg just 40 seconds after that for a 2-1 Trinity advantage at the first intermission.  Williams dropped to the ice and saved a shot by Hawkrigg with his skate in the early moments of the second period, and Seahawk junior forward Michael Naso (Londonderry, N.H.) wristed in a game-tying goal from the right wing 5:53 into the second before Trinity scored four of the game's final five goals. 

Cole finished with three points on a goal and two assists, while sophomore Nathaniel Heilbron (West Vancouver, British Columbia) made his season debut in the Bantam net with 23 saves.  Williams had 42 stops and Naso totaled a goal and an assist for the Seahawks, who were penalized 11 times for 30 minutes.  Trinity totaled just eight penalty minutes and scored on three of its nine power plays.

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