WORCESTER, Mass. – Powered by a four-goal third period, which included two goals from winger
Kevin Johnston, the UMass Dartmouth men's hockey team defeated Worcester State University, 4-1 in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action on Thursday evening. The Corsairs move to 3-3-0 overall and 2-2-0 in conference play, while the Lancers are now 1-3-0 and 1-2-0 in the MASCAC.
After two periods of scoreless action, the Corsair offense kicked into overdrive in the final 20 minutes. Rookie center
Collin Patterson started the push at 5:25 after he buried a pass from sophomore defender
Hank McDonough for the 1-0 lead. UMass Dartmouth made it a two-goal margin minutes later as Johnston corralled a pass from rookie
Ethan Finlason for the 2-0 score at 8:00.
The Lancers answered 43 seconds later as Anders Grongstad put in the puck off a feed from Brendan Ronan, but senior winger
Billy McDevitt found the back of the net off a pass from classmate and center
Colin Cromie to make it a 3-1 lead at 13:14.
Just over a minute later, the Corsairs tacked on their final score as Johnston netted his second of the contest from grad student winger
Michael Perrone on the power play at 14:45.
The Corsairs owned a 47-35 margin in shots for the contest as fifth year goalie
Daniel Davidson posted 34 saves, including 13 in the first period and 15 in the second. His counterpart, Jakub Kubik, recorded 43 saves in the loss, posting 12 in the first, 14 in the second and 17 in the third period.
UMass Dartmouth returns to action on Saturday, hosting Salem State in MASCAC action. The game is set for a 5pm start at Hetland Arena.
