Plymouth State Blanks Fitchburg State, 1-0
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
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Fitchburg St. (4-5-1, 3-3-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Plymouth St. (7-1-0, 5-1-0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wolcott registers 35 saves in Falcons MASCAC setback
PLYMOUTH, N.H. (December 8, 2012) – Sophomore Mark Freitag (Westmont, Ill./Valley Jr. Warriors) tallied the game winning marker with less than one minute remaining in the second frame as the Plymouth State ice hockey team defeated Fitchburg State, 1-0 in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action this evening at the Hanaway Rink.
With the victory, Plymouth State improves to 7-1-0 and 5-1-0 in the MASCAC, while the Falcons fall to 4-5-1 overall and 3-3-0 in conference play.
Following a scoreless first period, Plymouth State broke the 0-0 stalemate at the 19:17 mark when Freitag collected his third tally of the season. The freshman forward took a feed from junior Kyle Greco (Hillside, Ill./St. Louis Bandits) and fired a shot into the upper right corner of the net for the 1-0 lead heading into the second intermission.
In the final stanza, the Panthers nearly doubled their lead with about 7:30 remaining in the contest as sophomore Phil Arnone (Litchfield, N.H./Winchendon School) had a pair of point blank scoring chances turned aside by Falcon goaltender Randy Wolcott (East Haven Conn./Wisconsin-Stevens Point)
Fitchburg State's best opportunity to knot the score came with about one minute remaining in the game as senior forward Joseph Caveney (Fitchburg, Mass./.New England Jr. Huskies) and freshman John Celli (Leominster, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors) each blasted shots on target, but Plymouth State net-minder Tyler Ingerson (Concord, N.H./New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs) made both saves to preserve the victory.
Throughout the match, Fitchburg State held a 35-22 advantage in shots, while the Panthers notched one power-play opportunity. In net, Wolcott stopped 21 shots for Fitchburg State in the setback, while Ingerson finished with 35 saves for Plymouth State en-route to his first shutout of the season
Fitchburg State (4-5-1, 3-3-0 MASCAC) returns to action on Saturday January 5th as it takes on Johnson & Wales University in first round action of the Codfish Bowl host by UMass Boston at 4 p.m. Plymouth State (7-1-0, 5-1-0 MASCAC) will host Southern New Hampshire University next Saturday at 2 p.m.