Ice Hockey Falls to Plymouth State In Semester Opener
Waterville Valley, NH --- After allowing just one goal in the first period, Plymouth State exploded for six more goals as they posted a 7-1 victory this evening in MASCAC ice hockey action. The Lancers lone marker was tallied by senior Mark Rintel.
Plymouth State 7, Worcester State 1
Waterville Valley, NH --- Senior goalie Aaron Runner
(Alpharetta, GA) made 28 saves on 29 shots Thursday evening as the
Plymouth State University men’s ice hockey team knocked off
Worcester State College, 7-1, in a Massachusetts State College
Athletic Conference (MASCAC) contest at Waterville Valley Arena
Sophomore Bryan Kriner (Newport, RI) recorded a goal and three
assists and senior Chris Chambers (Crofton, MD) tallied a pair of
scores to lead the Panther offense. Three other Panthers –
juniors Sean Buckley (Sagamore Beach, MA) and Andrew Stewart
(O’Leary, PEI) and sophomore Chris Zaremba (Colorado Springs,
CO) -- contributed a goal and two assists apiece. PSU stopped a
five-game losing streak and improved to 7-6-0 overall and 4-3-0 in
MASCAC games.
Senior Mark Rintel (Oakland Gardens, NY) tallied
the only goal for the Lancers in the first minute of the third
period. Worcester State, which is in the middle of playing seven
straight road games, dropped its fourth in a row and fell to 3-8-0
overall and 1-6-0 in conference play.
Runner improved his season record to 2-1 with the 28-save effort.
He made 16 saves in the third period, including several key stops
while a PSU player was serving a five-minute major penalty and when
the Panthers withstood a 5-of-3 Lancer power play.
Freshman Zach Hansen (Dexter, MI) scooped up 34
saves in the setback for WSC as his record drops to 1-3.
Junior David Rose (Haddonfield, NJ) put the Panthers on the board
with the only goal of the first period, his first of the season.
Kriner and Chambers scored two minutes apart midway through the
middle frame, each with their ninth of the season and the latter on
the power play, to put the home team up by three. Zaremba added his
fourth of the season to make it a 4-0 game after two periods.
After Rintel put the Lancers on the board, Stewart, Buckley and
Chambers finished off the third period scoring. Buckley notched a
short-handed goal and Chambers maintained his MASCAC scoring lead,
improving his season totals to 10 goals and 14 assists.
Plymouth State will play its fifth straight home game this
Saturday, hosting Salem State in a conference match-up at 6:00 PM
Worcester State continues with its road games Saturday at Nichols
College in a non-conference encounter (8:30 PM).
Release Courtesy of Plymouth State Sports Information