Boston, MA - Freshman forward Chris Wyman (Bartlett, IL) tallied
four points, including his first career hat trick to lead the
University of Massachusetts Boston men's ice hockey team over
visiting Framingham State College, 9-1, tonight at the Clark
Athletic Center on the campus of UMass Boston. The Beacons
improve to 1-1-1 on the season in their home opener for their best
start since 1998-99 when they began the campaign, 2-1-0, while the
Rams fall to 0-5-1.
Freshman defenseman Matthew Marasco (Sterling Heights, MI) took
a feed from junior forward John Mortimer (Coraopolis, PA) and
freshman forward Jon Vaillancourt (La Valle, WI) and netted his
first collegiate goal just 4:45 into the game to give Framingham
State a 1-0 edge, but that would be its only offense of the night
as UMass Boston reeled off nine straight goals. It marked the
first time since January 6, 1996 when UMB trailed Skidmore College,
2-0, before scoring nine straight times to take a 9-2 victory in
Boston.
Wyman knotted the score at 1-1 for the Beacons just 18 seconds
later and wasted no time with goal number two coming just nine
seconds after that on a feed from sophomore forward David Lun
(Grand Rapids, MI) for a 2-1 UMB edge at the 5:12 mark of the
opening period. Wyman's third goal of the night gave UMass
Boston a 7-1 advantage when freshman forward Bryan Albert
(Redlands, CA) found him at 11:16 of the third period.
Albert netted a goal of his own, earlier in the contest, on a
combined helper from Wyman and Lun with 1:24 remaining in the
opening period for a 3-1 Beacons' lead. Freshman forward
Anthony Fitti (Havertown, PA) was set up by classmate Andrew Burke
(Southampton, PA) at 14:25 of the second stanza for his first
collegiate goal and junior forward Kris Kranzky (Glendora, CA)
followed just 14 seconds later with his first goal of the season
coming on an assist from sophomore forward Eric Tufman (Abington,
PA) at 14:39 of the middle period for a 5-1 UMass Boston
lead. Kranzky netted his second goal of the year, to begin
the third period, scoring with a shot that found the back of the
net on a helper from sophomore forward Matt Atsoff (Macomb, MI) at
4:41 of the third period to increase the lead to 6-1 for UMB.
Sophomore Vinnie Jacona (East Stroudsburg, PA) notched his first
goal of the season as well, when freshman forward Dan Styrna
(Vancouver, BC) hooked up with him at the 12:25 mark of the third
period and Atsoff capped the scoring on the power play for the
Beacons with his third goal of the campaign coming on an assist
from Tufman and Kranzky at 16:24 of the third session.
UMass Boston junior goaltender Ryan Donovan (Rexford, NY)
stopped 13 shots in two periods of play, before yielding to senior
Chris Testa (Massapequa, NY), who turned away all six shots he saw
in the third period. Junior goalie Ryan Shelley (Gray, ME)
made 41 saves on the night for the Rams as UMB owned a 50-20 shot
advantage.
The Beacons will be in action again when they travel to
Manchester, NH on Saturday, November 29 to take on Southern New
Hampshire University in the first round of the P.A.L. Stovepipe
Tournament at 4 p.m., while Framingham State hosts Salem State
College on November 29 at 7:30 p.m.
