When and Where: November 20, 2021 – Bridgewater, Mass. (Bridgewater Ice Arena)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 3, Stonehill College 2
Records: SNHU 6-1 (5-0 NE10), Stonehill 2-5-1 (2-2 NE10)
SNHU Ice Hockey won its sixth straight game Saturday, defeating Stonehill College 3-2 on the road. Freshman Connor Ball (Webster, N.Y.) scored his first two career goals for the Penmen, and junior Ryan Coady (Braintree, Mass.) had the game-winner.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Ball - two goals
- Coady (Braintree, Mass.) - game-winning power-play goal
- Junior Andrew Ray (Cumberland, Maine) - assist
- Senior JT Kossakowski (Elburn, Ill.) - 23 saves and an assist
KEY MOMENTS
- Ball scored his two goals 66 seconds apart near the end of the first period.
- Ball collected a loose pick in the Skyhawk zone and buried the blast for a 1-0 lead.
- After picking up a turnover, Ray passed to Ball, who flipped a back-hander into the net to make it 2-0.
- Stonehill rallied to tie with a pair of goals late in the second period by Jake Cady and Max Pineo.
- A power-play goal by Coady that proved to be the game-winner at 3:05 of the third period.
- Penmen goalie Kossakowski steered a puck to Coady, who skated into the Skyhawks zone, and scored his second of the season.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- SNHU outshot Stonehill for the game 29-25.
- The Penmen went 1-for-6 on the power-play. The Skyhawks were 1-for-8.
NOTES
- This was the first of three contests between the teams this season. The Penmen lead the all-time series 44-39-3.
WHAT'S NEXT
- SNHU returns to The Ice Den for the 26th annual Stovepipe Tournament next Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 27/28). The Penmen will host Western New England on Saturday at 1:40 p.m. Albertus Magnus College will meet Fitchburg State University in Saturday's second game.