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SNHU Ice Hockey player Jake Cox in an action photo on the ice against Post
Jim Stankiewicz
3
Winner Fitchburg St. FSU 5-2-0
2
Southern N.H. SNH 6-3-0
Winner
Fitchburg St. FSU
5-2-0
3
Final
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Southern N.H. SNH
6-3-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Fitchburg St. FSU 1 0 2 3
Southern N.H. SNH 0 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Amante, Cox Notch Power-Play Goals, But Penmen Fall to Fitchburg State

SNHU drops 3-2 decision to Falcons in Stovepipe Consolation

When and Where: November 28, 2021 – 26th Stovepipe Tournament - Hooksett, N.H. (The Ice Den)
Score: Fitchburg State University 3, Southern New Hampshire University 2
Records: SNHU 6-3 (5-0 NE10), Fitchburg State  5-2 (3-1 CCC)

Sophomore Matt Amante (West Hempstead, N.Y.) and senior Jake Cox (Columbus, Ga.) tallied power-play goals, but SNHU fell to Fitchburg State 3-2 in the consolation game of the Stovepipe Tournament at The Ice Den in Hooksett.  Albertus Magnus College scored a 5-1 win over Western New England University to take the 2021 Championship.
 

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Amante - goal, assist
  • Cox - goal
  • Junior George Thurston (Plymouth, Mass.) - assist
  • Junior Ryan Coady (Braintree, Mass.) -assist
  • Senior Joe Fiorino (Willow Grove, Pa.) - assist
KEY MOMENTS
  • A goal by Fitchburg State junior Hunter Fortin gave the Falcons a 1-0 lead.  Fortin found the net with a back-hander that beat SNHU's J T Kossakowski (Elburn, Ill.)
  • Amante tied the contest at 1-1 late in the second period with the Penmen in a five-on-three situation.  Thurston's shot attempted rebounded to Amante for the score.
  • Oliver Cookson scored his first career goal, converting a short-handed opportunity at 7:15 of the third period, to put the Falcons up 2-1.
  • Just 1:25 later, Fitchburg's Wyann Wilmshurst made it 3-1.
  • Cox gave the Penmen some life with his power-play goal at 12:24, but SNHU could not get any closer.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Christopher Mattone made 32 saves to earn the win in net for the Falcons.  Kossakowski had 25 saves.
  • The Penmen went 2-for-5 on the power-play and Fitchburg State was 1-for-4.
NOTES
  • Cox is second on the Penmen with four goals and 10 assists for 14 points.  Thurston has 17 points (11 goals, 6 assists).
  • Fitchburg State leads the all-time series with SNHU 21-14.  The teams had not met since October of 2016.
  • Albertus Magnus defeated Western New England 5-1 in the Stovepipe Championship.  Albertus Magnus earned its first Stovepipe title, playing in the event for the first time.
  • Albertus Magnus goalie Logan Bateman (Ottawa, Ontario) stopped 63 of 64 shots in his two tournament starts and earned the MVP trophy.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • SNHU and Saint Michael's College are scheduled to meet in a Northeast-10 Conference game on Friday, December 3 at 7:40 p.m. at The Ice Den.
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