NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – Powered by a pair of third period tallies, the UMass Dartmouth men's hockey team defeated the University of Saint Joseph (Conn.), 3-1, in non-conference action on Wednesday. The victory moves the Corsairs to 3-0-0 on the young season, while the Blue Jays are now 0-3-0.
 
Locked in a 1-1 tie after two periods of play, the Corsairs took the lead at 6:56 of the final period. Sophomore defender Noah Webster guided the puck in, sending it forward to senior assistant captain and center Connor Little. His shot banked off the goalie and right to the left post as sophomore winger Liam Fecteau was there to bang it home.
 
Holding to the 2-1 lead, the Corsairs made it a two-goal advantage with less than eight seconds remaining. The Blue Jays pulled their netminder with just under a minute to play and were able to keep it in the Corsairs zone, but the puck broke loose to Webster. He fired a clean pass to sophomore center Kailin Chen, who found senior assistant captain and winger Alex Walker for the empty net tally.
 
The Corsairs opened the game's scoring at 19:07 as Little buried the puck on the doorstep. Sophomore winger Levee Pakozdi and junior defender Hunter Scanlon earned the assists on the play. Saint Joseph battled back to tie it in the second as Kai Magyar buried a feed from Connor Evans past the reach of UMD goalie Ethan Labbe at 14:06. Trevor Pellecchia earned the secondary assist
 
Little finished with a goal and an assist, while Webster posted two helpers on the night. In the circle, Little was 8-13, while senior captain and center Nolan Wutzke was 6-8 in the circle. Webster finished with two blocked shots as well.
 
In goal, Labbe moved to 2-0 on the season, making 10 stops on the night. His counterpart, Tanirkhan Alpysbayev recorded 33 stops in the contest.
 
UMass Dartmouth is right back in action on Thursday, welcoming Framingham State to Hetland Arena at 6pm.