Springfield, MA - Freshman defenseman Joe Deptula
(Anchorage, AK) scored two goals as the Western New England College
men's hockey team posted a 5-3 victory over Framingham State during
"Senior Night" at Smead Arena.
The Golden Bears, who had two short-handed goals and a pair of
power play scores, improved their overall record to 3-19-2 and
3-11-2 in the ECAC Northeast, while the Rams fell to 0-20-4 overall
and 0-13-3 in conference.
Deptula started the scoring with a short-handed goal at 11:40 of
the opening period. Senior forward Mike Majesty (Chicago, IL) added
a goal with 36 seconds left to give the golden Bears a 2-0 lead
after the first stanza.
The Rams got on the board when freshman forward Aran Ward
(Dunstable, MA) fired in a shot just 2:29 into the middle period
for his first collegiate goal. Freshman Nick Ennis (Stoughton, MA)
and junior Joseph Mulvey (Marlboro, MA) assisted on the tally.
Western New England College senior forward Jason Remsbecker
(Farmingdale, NY) scored perhaps the biggest goal of the game when
he stole the puck and netted another short-handed score at the 8:58
mark to put the Golden Bears up 3-1.
Deptula added a power play goal at 11:22 as the Golden Bears
took a 4-1 advantage after 40 minutes. WNEC took a 5-1 lead
when sophomore forward Chris Beaudoin (Enfield, CT) scored at 9:36
of the third period.
Framingham State made the score close scoring two in five
seconds to cut the Golden Bears lead to 5-3. Junior forward
Joseph Hurley (Charlestown, MA) netted a power play goal at 12:39
and after the ensuing face-off junior forward Jason Anderson (Arden
Hills, MN) blasted home a shot. Freshman defenseman Thomas Manning
(Rockland, MA) assisted on both goals.
Freshman center Kory Grahl (San Diego, AC) contributed a pair of
assists for the Golden Bears while Majesty chipped-in with an
assist for a two-point night.
Junior goalie Justin Richards (Somers, CT) made 18 saves for
Western New England College while junior Andy Joyce (Milford, MA)
stopped 20 shots for the Rams.
