Jumbos Skate Past Falcons

Fitchburg, Mass.  – The Fitchburg State men's ice hockey team fell to the Jumbos of Tufts University 5-3 in non-conference action on Tuesday night at the Wallace Civic Center.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 3, Tufts 5
Records: Fitchburg State (6-6-2) | Tufts (5-6-1)

How It Happened

Tufts opened the scoring at 6:39 of the first frame. Sophomore Brennan Horn (Hartford, Conn.) collected a loose puck in front of Falcons' goaltender Christopher Mattone (New Windsor, NY) and wristed his second goal of the season giving the Jumbos the 1-0 lead.

The Falcons' evened the score with the man advantage. Senior Anthony Ceolin (Simsbury, Conn.) put back a rebound off his own shot ninety seconds later to knot the game at 1-1. Classmate Rece Bergeman (Newark, Del.) collected his sixth helper on the play.

Freshman Brendan Fennell (Melrose, Mass.) broke the tie for the Jumbos skating out off the face-off win in the offensive zone pushing the score to 2-1 after one frame.

Trailing 3-1 in the second, the Falcons' tipped the twine with a goal from Cole Archambeault (Leominster, Mass.). The junior put a nifty backhand past the Jumbos netminder as he came across the front of the net for his fifth tally of the season.

The Jumbos' would add a late second-period goal from junior Sam Miller (Milwaukee, Wisc) to take a 4-2 advantage.

Ceolin added his second goal of the game with a one-timer off the pass from Wyatt Wilmshurst (Massena, NY) to cut the deficit to 4-3 with 8:46 to play in the third. But the Tufts would add an empty-net goal resulting in the 5-3 final.

Inside the Numbers

• Tufts held the advantage in shots (40-32)
• The Falcons were 1-for-4 with the man-advantage
• Mattone posted 35 saves in the setback, while his counterpart Peyton Durand (Newport, RI) stopped 28 shots for the win.

Up Next

Falcons return to action on Thursday evening when they travel to Framingham State to take on the Rams, puck drop is slated for 7:40 PM.