Friday, January 17, 2003

TRINITY MEN’S ICE HOCKEY
ROUTS ST. ANSELM

Manchester, N.H. - Sophomore forward Jeff Natale (Hamden, Conn.) had two goals and an assist to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to an 8-1 win over the St. Anselm College Hawks in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)/Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) East men’s ice hockey action this evening.  Trinity, ranked No. 15 in the nation, improves to 7-2-2 overall and 6-0-1 in the NESCAC, while the Hawks fall to 4-6-2 overall and 2-5-1 in the ECAC East.

Trinity poured it on from the beginning, scoring the first six goals of the game and holding the Hawks scoreless until late in the second period.  Senior co-captain forward Greg O’Leary (Reading, Mass.) and junior forward Dan Gyllstrom (Hudson, Mass.) notched a goal and two assists each, while sophomore forward Ryan Stevens (Concord, N.H.) and freshman forward Cameron Finch (Acton, Mass.) each tallied a goal and an assist.  Sophomore Doug Kisielius (Park Ridge, Ill.) made 24 saves and freshman defenseman Brendan Timmins (Arlington, Mass.) recorded a pair of assists for the Bantams.

Teams 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
Trinity, Conn. (7-2-2) 2 4 2 -- 8
St. Anselm (4-6-2) 0 1 0 -- 1

SCORING
1. TC- Cameron Finch (Greg O’Leary, Ryan Stevens) pp 10:47, TC- Dan Gyllstrom (Joseph Ori, Jeff Natale) 17:47.
2. TC- Natale (Brendan Timmins, Gyllstrom) pp 1:05, TC- Stevens (Colin Wilson-Murphy, O’Leary) 4:55, TC- Tim Joncas (Timmins, Gyllstrom) pp 8:09, TC- O’Leary (Finch) 8:44, SA- Jack Connors (Jeff Kuhn, Eero Vartiainen) 16:31.
3. TC- Natale (unassisted) pp 12:52, TC- Steve LaBrie (unassisted) sh 18:02.

GOALIE SAVES
TC- Doug Kisielius 24
SA- Bob Lemelin (28:55) 12, Jim Merola (31:05) 10.

POWER PLAYS
TC- 4/5, SA- 0/3

PENALTIES
TC- 5/10, SA- 7/14