Falcons Soar Past Lancers In MASCAC Victory

Worcester Mass. – The Fitchburg State ice hockey team defeated the Lancers of Worcester State University, 5-1 this evening in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action from the Worcester Ice Center.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 5, Worcester State 1

Records: Fitchburg State (5-2-2, 3-1-2 MASCAC) I Worcester State (3-6-0, 3-2-0 MASCAC)

How It Happened

Fitchburg State opened the scoring at the 8:37 mark of the second frame when senior Rece Bergeman (Newark, Del.) settled a feed from freshman Nolan Sargent (Littleton, Colo.) and found the back of the net for his team-leading seventh tally on the season for the 1-0 edge.

The Falcons doubled their advantage (2-0) two minutes later as sophomore Corey Tumenas (Leominster, Mass.) buried a shot inside the far post off an assist from newcomer Jeremy Maillet (Leominster, Mass.) for his second goal of the year.

The Green and Gold upped the lead to 3-0 at the 18:36 mark with senior Hunter Fortin (Westerville, Ohio) deposited a shot into the back of the net for his fifth tally of the 2022-23 campaign with assists from classmates Anthony Ceolin (Simsbury, Conn.) and Gene Bouthiette (Enfield, Conn.).

In the third period of play, Worcester State cut the deficit to 3-1 midway through the stanza when senior Brendan Ronan (Saugus, Mass.) struck for his team-best fourth score of the season. Fitchburg State answered back at the 14:52 mark as Fortin potted his second tally of the contest (4-1) before the Falcons secured the victory with just under three minutes remaining in the contest with graduate student Antoine Gignac (Quebec City, Que.) notching an empty netter for his second goal of the year, resulting in the 5-1 final.

By the Numbers

• 72nd meeting between the Falcons and the Lancers on the ice with Fitchburg State 47-20-5 all-time when taking on Worcester State
• Fitchburg State finished with a 45-28 edge in shots
• Lancers went 0-for-6 with the man advantage
• Freshman Max Macchioni (North Kingstown, R.I.) stopped 25 shots for the Falcons
• Newcomer Cameron Isabelle (Leominster, Mass.) finished with two saves for the Green and Gold in his collegiate debut
• Sophomore Jakub Kubik (Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic) made 39 saves for the Lancers

Up Next

Falcons return to action on Thursday, December 29th as they travel to UMass Boston to take on the Beacons in opening round action of the 2022 Codfish Bowl, starting at 1:30 PM.