Saturday, January 26, 2002
LABRIE LIFTS TRINITY TO WIN
OVER COLBY ON THE ICE
West Hartford, Conn. - Sophomore forward Steve LaBrie (Springfield, Mass.) scored two goals to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 6-4 win over the visiting Colby College White Mules in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's ice hockey action this evening at Kingswood-Oxford Rink. Trinity improves to 10-6-1 overall and 8-4-1 in the NESCAC with its fourth win in the last five games. The White Mules drop to 10-4-2 overall and 8-3-2 in the league with their second loss in the last three games.
Trinity jumped out to an 2-0 lead seven minutes into the game when sophomore forward Daniel Gyllstrom (Hudson, Mass.) broke free for a power play goal. Colby cut the Trinity lead to 4-3 with seven minutes remaining in the second period, before Trinity quickly answered with two goals of their own, including a pivotal score by senior co-captain forward Matthew Greason (Bridgton, Maine) that gave the Bantams a three-goal advantage entering the final period. Trinity senior goalie Geoffrey Faulkner(Westerville, Ohio) turned aside 26 shots for the victory.
|
Teams |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
OT |
Final |
|
Colby (10-4-2) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
-- |
4 |
|
Trinity, Conn. (10-6-1) |
2 |
4 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
SCORING
1. TC- Steve LaBrie (Matthew Brown and Greg O’Leary) 6:26, TC- Daniel Gyllstrom (Robert Gillon) pp 7:05, C- Mike Higgins (Nick Bayley and Bobby Nagle) pp 9:52, TC- Andris Kozlovskis (Jeff Griffin and Thomas Pierandri) 6:52, C- Bobby Nagle (Nick Bayley and Evan Kearns) 12:25
2. TC- Steve LaBrie (Greg O’Leary and Matthew Greason) 13:08, C- Nick Meintel (Joel Morash and Mike Higgins) 13:23, TC- Thomas Pierandri (unassisted) 13:58, TC- Matthew Greason (Martins Lans and Brian Fenwick) pp 18:53.
3. C- Evan Kearns (Sean O’Grady and Bobby Nagle) 15:23
GOALIE SAVES
C- Chris Ries (20:00) 7, Jesse Kucenic (40:00) 16
TC- Geoff Faulkner 26
PENALTIES
C- 4/8, TC- 7/14.
POWER PLAY
C- 1/7, TC-2/4.