PINE VALLEY, N.Y. — In a teeter-totter affair, the Wilkes University Colonels (4-3-0, 4-3-0 UCHC) escaped with a narrow 3-2 win over the Elmira College men’s ice hockey team (5-3-1, 4-2-1 UCHC).
Tyler Dill put Wilkes on top, 1-0, at the 3:02 mark of the first period. Elmira answered 1:27 later on a tally from Amedeo Mastrangeli ’24, his first goal as a Soaring Eagle. Passes from Ryan Reifler ’24 and Jared Smith ’24 set up the goal, as Mastrangeli was able to find the back of the cage on a shot from the blue line.
Shawn Kennedy ’24 put the Purple and Gold on top with a power-play goal at 6:23. Reifler and Smith once again set up the scoring play, as Kennedy buried a shot from the right post for the go-ahead goal. .
The first-period scoring frenzy continued late in the opening frame, as Dill netted his second of the game, this time on the power play at 14:45. Dill’s goal sent the two sides in the first intermission deadlocked at 2-2.
Following a scoreless second period, Wilkes broke through once again late in the period on a goal from Nick Fea. Donald Flynn won an offensive-zone faceoff, with the pass going to Fea, who then weaved a shot through traffic for the goal at 14:34.
The Colonels added another tally with 13 seconds on the clock, this one on an empty net, as Dill completed the hat trick.
Chris Janzen ’21 got the start in net for the Soaring Eagles. He made 28 saves in 58:27 of action. Michael Paterson-Jones got the win for Wilkes by making 36 saves in 59:31.
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- Elmira held a 38-32 lead in shots.
- EC went 1-for-7 on the power play.
- Wilkes was 1-for-5 on the power play.
- Mastrangeli scored his first collegiate goal.
- Reifler (0g-2a) and Smith (0g-2a) led Elmira in points with two each.
- Kennedy scored his fifth goal of the season, which is tied for the team lead.
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The Elmira men will be back on ice on Tuesday, March 23, when they take on Utica College in a makeup of the March 6 postponed contest. The contest will start in the third period with Elmira trailing, 5-2, and will begin at 4:00 p.m.
(Elmira Men’s Hockey Photo)
