Jan. 5, 2003
WATERTOWN, MA (January 4, 2003) - The Sacred Heart men's ice
hockey team lost to Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opponent
Bentley, 4-3 on the road. Freshman Andrew
Billinghurst (Fort Collins, CO) scored his first goal as a
Pioneer at 14:03 in the first period.
Bentley opened the scoring at 1:05 in the first period with a
power play goal by Ryan Lessnau, assisted by Brett Murphy. Joe
Lovell tallied the second of the game at 10:25 from Paul Markarian
and Seth Vinocur. Billinghurst's tally from seniors Chris Affinati
(Highland Park, IL) and Martin Paquet (St.
Catherine, QUE) brought the Pioneers within one to start off the
second period.
At 5:23 in the second, Lovell netted his second of the game from
Ryan Mayhew and Markarian to extend the Falcons lead. Paquet scored
at 17:44 assisted by seniors Nick Nutcher
(Hamden, CT) and Affinati to bring the score to 3-2.
Bentley's Kevin Osborne netted the eventual game-winner at 6:29
assisted by Troy Wiebler. Sophomore Garrett Larson
(Rycroft, AB) closed out the scoring with a power play tally from
freshman Bernie
Chmiel (Pittsburgh, PA) and senior Les Hrapchak (Wakaw,
SK).
Pioneer senior goaltender Eddy Ferhi (Charenton,
France) made 22 saves. Bentley goaltender Simon St. Pierre recorded
30 saves in the contest.
The Pioneers return to action Tuesday, January 7 as they take on
MAAC opponent Holy Cross on the road at 7:00 pm.
at Watertown, MA
1 2 3 F
Sacred Heart 1 1 1- 3
Bentley 2 1 1- 4
Scoring:
BEN - Ryan Lessnau (Brett Murphy), 1:05, 1st , PP
BEN - Joe Lovell (Paul Markarian, Seth Vinocur), 10:25, 1st
SHU -
Andrew Billinghurst (
Chris Affinati,
Martin Paquet), 14:03, 1st
BEN - Lovell (Ryan Mayhew, Markarian), 5:23, 2nd
SHU - Paquet (
Nick Nutcher, Affinati), 17:44, 2nd
BEN - Kevin Osborne (Troy Wiebler), 6:29, 3rd
SHU -
Garrett Larson (
Bernie Chmiel,
Les Hrapchak), 18:41, 3rd, PP
Saves: SHU -
Eddy Ferhi, 22 saves; BEN - Simon St. Pierre, 30 saves.
