Worcester, Mass. - The Lancers were back home to host Salem State in MASCAC action at the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center. Two goals from Deiter Stange helped surge the team to the conference victory.
FINAL SCORE: Worcester 6, Salem 2
SCORING PLAYS:
Period 1 | 13:09 - Worcester | Brigham Neuhold, assisted by Max Roth
Period 1 | 16:50 - Worcester | Deiter Stange, assisted by Brendan Ronan
Period 2 | 00:54 - Worcester | Max Roth, assisted by Anders Grongstad & Brigham Neuhold
Period 2 | 11:55 - Worcester | Shane Prifrel, assisted by Jakub Kuibik & Anders Grongstad
Period 2 | 14:14 - Salem | Zach Dill, assisted by Matt Yianacopolus & Erik Larsson
Period 2 | 18:54 - Worcester | Mikey Wilson, assisted by Anders Grongstad & Brigham Neuhold
Period 3 | 04:04 - Salem | Skylar Millar, unassisted
Period 3 | 05:28 - Worcester | Deiter Stange, assisted by Louis Valente
Worcester would be the first to get on the board 13 minutes in when graduate defender Max Roth (Chicago, Ill.) connected with sophomore forward Brigham Neuhold (Edmond, Okla.) to put the Lancers up 1-0. It wouldn't take long after for the Lancers to find themselves on the power-play and extend their lead over the Vikings on a pass from senior forward Brendan Ronan (Saugus, Mass.) to junior forward Deiter Stange (Niles, Ill.).
The Lancers & Vikings had an eventful second period, with Roth extending their lead just under a minute into the period with a power-play goal, with assistance from first-year forward Anders Grongstad (Royal Oak, Mich.) & sophomore forward Brigham Neuhold (Edmond, Okla.). Salem eventually got themselves on the board with a power-play goal of their own from Zach Dill, with assistance from Matt Yianacopolus & Erik Larsson. The Lancers responded with a goal four minutes after from senior forward Mikey Wilson (Alexandria, Va.), his ninth of the season. Grongstad & Neuhod were once again responsible for the assist.
This game's goal fest concluded with Salem's second that came just over four minutes into the third period from Skylar Millar. Stange would then put another one on the board for the Lancers to bring the score to 6-2, which is how the game would eventually finish.
Grongstad finished the game with one goal & two assists for the Lancers, while Stange recorded two goals on the power-play. For the Vikings, Dill led the team with a total of eight shots, one being Salem's first goal of the game, bringing the team shot total to 25.
In the net, sophomore Jakub Kubik (Uherske Hradiste, Czech Rep.) recorded a total of 23 saves on 25 shots, including a saved penalty shot. For Salem, Hunter Thomas saved 29 out of 35 shots for the Vikings.
This brings the Lancers to a 9-8-0 (8-3-0, MASCAC) record on the season, while Salem drops to 3-14-0 (1-10-0, MASCAC).
The Blue & Gold hit the road again next Thursday for a meeting with the Falcons in Fitchburg. Puck drop is scheduled for 6:30pm. #WeAreWorcester