NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – It was a scoring flurry in the third period as the Framingham State men's hockey team battled back for a 6-5 victory over UMass Dartmouth in non-conference action on Thursday night. The Rams are now 1-1 overall, while the Corsairs shoulder their first loss of the season and move to 3-1 overall.
 
It was a 3-2 lead for the visiting Rams after two periods of play, but the Corsairs answered at 4:28 of the third as sophomore winger Levee Pakozdi buried a feed from junior defender Brennen Pecararo to tie things at 3-all. Senior defender Ethan Finalason earned the secondary assist.
 
Less than three minutes later, the Corsairs took the lead as rookie winger Quinn Pine recorded his first collegiate goal at the left post off a feed from sophomore winger Owen Guerin at 6:54. Junior defender Noah Webster had the secondary helper on the goal.
 
Despite the momentum, the Rams answered at 12:43 as Michael Kennedy converted a pass from Alexis Detcheverry to make it a 4-4 game. Framingham State grabbed the go-ahead tally five minutes later as Cullen Lacey converted the puck off the stick of Kennedy for a 5-4 advantage late.
 
The Corsairs pulled junior starter Samuel Boos in favor of the extra attacker, but the Rams were able to intercept the puck as Nathan Gines collected the pass from Devin Shepherd and banked it down into the empty net with under a minute to play.
 
UMass Dartmouth was able to get one back with less than two seconds remaining as sophomore winger Chris Cardillo buried a pass from Pakozdi in front, but time expired on the ensuing faceoff as the Rams took the victory.
 
It was a night of first for several Corsairs as Pine recorded his first collegiate goal, while rookie defender Ryan Sikorski posted two assists for the first points of his collegiate career.
 
The Corsairs saw Pakozdi finish with a goal and two helpers, while Sikorski had two assists. Sophomore winger Brogan Shea also added an assist. Senior captain and center Nolan Wutzke posted a goal while going 16-22 in the circle, while sophomore center Kailin Chen had a tally and went 12-24 in the circle.
 
In goal, Boos shouldered the loss with 16 saves on the night.
 
UMass Dartmouth returns to action on November 13 when it opens Little East Conference action at home. The Corsairs welcome Plymouth State on Friday at 5:30pm, followed by a 5pm contest on Saturday against New England College – all at Hetland Arena.