McCarron, Goodell score for Ravens

Box Score

Marlboro, Mass. (January 15, 2010) – Freshman defenseman Brendan McCarron (Andover, Mass.) and senior forward Casey Goodell (Rochester, N.H.) each scored a goal on Friday afternoon, but the Franklin Pierce University ice hockey team was defeated by Becker, 3-2, in non-conference play at New England Sports Center. Sophomore forward Brian Murray scored the game-winner for Becker in the second period.

With the loss, Franklin Pierce falls to 4-10-2 (1-3-1 Northeast-10), while Becker improves to 7-7-1 (3-2-0 ECAC Northeast) with the victory.

Becker opened the scoring with just under 6:30 to play in the first period. Sophomore forward Patrick Bellew found the net for his fifth goal of the season from out in front of the crease off a pass from freshman forward Brendan Parkhouse.

After going into the first intermission trailing 1-0, Franklin Pierce evened the score just 92 seconds into the middle stanza. McCarron stuffed home the rebound of a shot by junior defenseman Sean Carroll (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) for his second goal of the season.

However, Becker would take the lead for good with a pair of goals later in the period. First, at the 7:39 mark, freshman defenseman Zach Robinson scored his first career goal on assists from sophomore defenseman Jeremy Norducci and senior forward Jared Kersner. Just less than 10 minutes later, Murray would follow with his first of the season, on the power play. Freshman forward Ron Paiva and sophomore forward Nate Sayer provided the assists on what would prove to be the game-winning goal

Franklin Pierce pulled to within a goal 8:52 into the second period, when Goodell notched his second goal of the season, while junior forward Sean Woodring (Rogue River, Ore.) and freshman forward Roscoe Sweeney (Falmouth, Mass.) picked up the assists. However, the Ravens could not find the equalizer, as Becker skated away with the 3-2 victory.

Senior goaltender Jon Tuttle (Concord, N.H.) made 21 saves and took the loss (3-5-0) in net for Franklin Pierce. Sophomore Jake Rosenthal stopped 33 shots to pick up the win (6-5-0) between the pipes for Becker.

Franklin Pierce posted a 35-24 advantage in shots on goal in the game and went 1-for-4 on the power play. Becker finished 1-for-5 with the man-advantage.

The Ravens return to the ice on Saturday, Jan. 16, when they return home to host Assumption in a Northeast-10 Conference contest. Faceoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at The Winchendon School Ice Arena in Winchendon, Mass.