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Falcons, Lancers Skate to OT Draw
Posted: Jan 26, 2023

Falcons, Lancers Skate to OT Draw

Game Program Box Score
Scoring Summary
1st - 00:24 - Rece Bergeman (Fitchburg St.)
1st - 12:08 - PP - Antoine Gignac (Fitchburg St.)
1st - 19:50 - Brendan Ronan (Worcester St.)
2nd - 00:53 - Antoine Gignac (Fitchburg St.)
3rd - 07:11 - Kevin Drevitch (Worcester St.)
3rd - 12:07 - Cody Porcello (Worcester St.)
Game Leaders
Worcester St.
G: 3 Players (#5, #14, #28) - 1
A: 6 Players (#8, #11, #13, #21, #26, #27) - 1
Sh: Henry Bruckner - 7
Sv: Jakub Kubik - 37
Fitchburg St.
G: Antoine Gignac - 2
A: 6 Players (#11, #14, #16, #19, #21, #26) - 1
Sh: 3 Players (#10, #16, #26) - 5
Sv: Max Macchioni - 51
Team Stats
Full stats

 

Fitchburg, Mass.  – The Fitchburg State men's ice hockey team skated to a 3-3 overtime tie with the Lancers of Worcester State in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action on Thursday evening at the Wallace Civic Center.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 3, Worcester State 3 OT
Records: Fitchburg State (8-7-3, 6-3-3 MASCAC) | Worcester State (9-8-1, 8-3-1 MASCAC)

How It Happened

The fans weren't even in their seats as the Falcons tipped the twine just twenty-four seconds into the game. Senior Rece Bergeman (Newark, Del.) collected a juicy rebound off the Lancers' pads and deposited his ninth goal of the season into an open net. Classmate Hunter Fortin (Westerville, Ohio) started the play with a breakout from the Falcons' defensive zone creating a two-on-one opportunity. 

The Falcons double the lead with a power-play goal from Antoine Gignac (Quebec City, Que.). The graduate student delivered a one-time slap shot from the blue line for his fourth goal on the year.

Worcester State cut the deficit in half with a score just before intermission. Deiter Stange (Niles, Ill.) fed a pass to Brendan Ronan (Saugus, Mass.) for a goal with ten seconds remaining in the frame.

Early in the second period, Gignac scored his second of the night with a seeing-eye wrist shot from the blueline. Wyatt Wilmshurst (Massena, NY) and Joshua Miller (Saint Augustine, Fla.) added assists on the score, to give the Falcons a 3-1 lead.

Worcester State battled back in the third period to knot the game at 3-3. Senior Kevin Drevitch (Oxford, NJ) started the Lancer comeback with an unassisted tally at the 7:11 mark. Five minutes later sophomore Cody Porcello (Melrose, Mass.) notched his second goal of the season to tie the game.

Both teams skated a scoreless overtime period.

Inside the Numbers

  • Worcester State held the advantage in shots (54-40)
  • The Falcons were 1-for-5 with the man-advantage, while the Lancers were 0-for-3
  • Max Macchioni (North Kingstown, RI) posted 54 stops for the Green and Gold
  • Sophomore Jakub Kubik made 40 saves for the Lancers

Up Next

The Falcons return to action on Saturday when they host Plymouth State at 3:00 PM. Saturday is Hockey Day in the "Burg, where all proceeds from a triple-header day of hockey will benefit the Jake Thibeault Foundation.