October 29, 2008

Rhode Island, West Chester Remain Undefeated

Power Outage Forces Postponement

A power outage on Saturday night, caused by the same storm that delayed the Philadelphia Phillies-Tampa Bay Rays World Series game wrecked havoc on the ECRHA event. The outage caused numerous delays and eventually forced the league to move one game to another rink and postpone another game.

The 8:30 PM game between the Towson Tigers and Hofstra Pride B teams was moved from the main rink to the small rink at the Marple Sports Arena. Towson would go on to win the game 5-3. The 10:30 PM game between the West Chester Gold Rams and the Temple Owls B teams was cancelled and will be made up at a later event.

In Division I Action:

Rhode Island (9) Nassau (0) – Brendan Garrity (4g), Brendan Nelson (1g, 2a) and Brett Borbidge (1g, 2a) lead the way for Rhode Island. Dave Bord made 18 saves for the shut out victory.

Nassau (9) Connecticut (2) – Nick Wolfer (4g), Kevin Keene (1g, 2a) and Jimmy Niewiarowicz (1g, 2a) all had big games to lead Nassau to victory. Adam Weeks made 34 saves in net for the victory.

Rhode Island (10) Hofstra (7) – Brendan Nelson (5g, 3a), Justin Lundh (4g, 1a) and Eric Rieger (1g, 1a) lead Rhode Island to victory. Michael Scardigno (2g, 2a), Dan Splendore (2g, 1a) and Matt Edwards (2g, 1) all had two goals in a losing effort for Hofstra.

Towson (9) Hofstra (2) – Mike Inge (2g, 2a), Ryan Cowdell (2g, 1a) and Brett Boss (2g) lead the Tigers to a victory over the Pride. Trevor Nau made 28 saves for the win.

Rhode Island (6) Towson (2) – Justin Lundh (2g), Brendan Garrity (2g) and Brendan Nelson (1g, 1a) lead the Rams to a big victory of Towson. Dave Bord made 33 saves for the victory.

Hofstra (1) Connecticut (1) – Kyle Manny scored an unassisted goal 5:41 into the third to tie the game up for Connecticut. Seth Heller made 26 saves for Connecticut and Andre Robitaille made 30 saves for Hofstra.

Towson (8) Nassau (8) – The two teams combined for 10 third period goals, including a pair by Brian Yohe (4g, 1a) in the final minute of the third period, the last with six seconds remaining to force earn Nassau the tie.

In Division II Action:

Rowan (5) Temple (3) – Eric Jones (2g, 1a) and Cameron Rowand (2g, 1a) help Rowan win their first ever regular season game. Josh Altman added 2 goals for Temple.

West Chester (8) Temple (4) – Tim Saraceni (4g, 2a), Bob McLaughlin (1g, 3a) and Tim Babcock (2g, 1a) pace West Chester in the win.

Drexel (7) Rowan (4) – Andrew Nguyen (2g, 3a) and Chris Adams (3g) lead Drexel to the comeback victory.

West Chester (7) Neumann (5) – West Chester used a balanced attack to jump out to a 7-2 lead after two period in their second victory over defending national champion Neumann this year.

Drexel (7) Temple (3) – Jason Mardinly (3g, 1a), Bobby Zwahlen (1g) and John Kundrat (1g) lead Drexel to victory over cross-city rival Temple.

West Chester (5) Rowan (5) – West Chester used third period goals by Tim Saraceni (1g) and Mike Carroll (1g) to force a tie with Rowan. Eric Keene (1g, 2a) set up both goals in the final frame.

West Chester (8) Drexel (1) –Tim Saraceni (2g, 2a), Kevin Keene (2g) and Mark Arbeter (1g, 1a) paced West Chester to victory. Ben Wirjosemito made 33 saves in net for the victory.

Neumann (8) Temple (0) – Jon Donohue (3g, 1a), Dominic Mariotti (1g, 4a) and Steve Klenk (2g, 1a) lead Neumann offensively, while Jim Dumont made 28 saves in net to pick up the win.