EASTON, Mass. (December 6, 2022)- Despite being down 3-2 in the third, the Stonehill College men's ice hockey team's offense exploded for three goals in the final period, including two from Dean Schwenninger, which resulted in a 5-3 win Tuesday evening at the Bridgewater Ice Arena.

Scoring

STO: Jake Cady (Brendan Nehmer), 09:42-1st period

        John Peloso, 11:29-1st period

        Dean Schwenninger (Carter Rapalje), 07:25-3rd period

        Brendan Nehmer (Kyle Heath), 10:17-3rd period

        Dean Schwenninger (Frank Ireland), 17:45-3rd period

WSU: Shane Prifrel, 08:23-1st period

          Henry Bruckner (Mikey Wilson), 04:33-2nd period

          Brendan Ronan (Deiter Stange), 17:01-2nd period

Goaltending

STO: John Day (60:00)-28 saves

WSU: Jakub Kubik (57:53), 21 saves

The Details

• Worcester State got on the board early (08:23), but despite the early Lancers lead, Stonehill responded nearly a minute later (09:42) when Nehmer flicked the puck up head to Cady near the blue line. He pushed down the right side of the ice and after a nice move to get past his defender, he buried his shot which evened game at one. 
• A little over two minutes later (11:29), Peloso forced a turnover near the Lancers bench. From there, he took the back down to Kubik and beat him glove side for the 2-1 advantage. 
• Coming out of the fist period, Worcester State responded with the tying goal off the stick of Bruckner and the go-ahead goal from Ronan as the Lancers went into the final period up one (3-2).
• As the Laners continued to hold their lead, the Skyhawks evened the game at three after Rapalje dropped the puck off for Schwenninger to fire past Kubik.
• After Schwenninger's goal, three minutes later, Nehmer netted the eventual game-winner after Heath set him up for a clean look. Later in the period with just 2:15 left, Schwenninger tacked on his second powerplay goal courtesy of a nice feed from Ireland for the eventual 5-3 win.
• Ireland now leads the team with 16 assists and has dished out at least one assist in 11 straight contests.
• The Purple and White have now scored at least five goals in five of their last six contests.

Up Next

Stonehill concludes the month of December when the squad travels up to the University of Southern Maine on Friday, December 9 at 7 p.m.

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