Federico pots first goal of season for Ravens
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Federico scored his first goal of the season at Utica on Saturday night.
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UTICA, N.Y. (October 30, 2010) – Three different players scored two goals each and sophomore forward Evan Chlanda finished with four points on Saturday night to lead Utica to a 10-1 victory over the Franklin Pierce University ice hockey team in non-conference play at Utica Memorial Auditorium. Sophomore forward Dino Federico (Canton, Mass.) scored the lone goal of the game for Franklin Pierce.
With the loss, Franklin Pierce falls to 0-2-0 (0-0-0 Northeast-10), while Utica improves to 3-0-0 (0-0-0 ECAC West).
On this night, the floodgates would open early, as Utica raced to a 5-0 lead with four power-play goals and 22 shots on goal in the first period. Chlanda scored the second goal of the game, which would eventually be the game-winner, on the power play, for his third goal of the season. Meanwhile, he added an assist on goals both before and after his own, both of which came from freshman forward Steve Charest. Charest's first goal came just 61 seconds into the contest. Freshman forwards Trever Hertz and Nick Geraci each added goals before the end of the first stanza, while freshman forward Lou Malvasi finished with a pair of assists in the frame.
Utica scored three more times in the second period, including once shorthanded and once on the power play. Hertz scored his second goal of the game and fourth of the season, while freshman forward Adam Graff and Malvasi each found the net too, with the latter picking up his third point of the night. Charest added an assist in the period to make it a three-point night, while Chlanda added his third assist of the evening.
The Pioneers would make it 10-0 on a pair of goals by freshman forward Jon Gaffney in the third period before Franklin Pierce got on the scoreboard for the first time of the season. At the 15:44 mark of the frame, Federico deflected home a centering feed from junior forward Anthony Chighisola (Whitman, Mass.) to score his first goal of the season and create the 10-1 final. Junior forward Pat Shortt (New Haven, Conn.) picked up an assist on the play as well.
Junior goaltender Ben Siok (Holden, Mass.) made 14 saves and took the loss (0-2-0) in net for Franklin Pierce before being relieved after the fifth Utica goal. Freshman Dale Adams (Gardner, Mass.) made 29 saves the rest of the way in his collegiate debut for the Ravens. Freshman Evan Smith stopped 22 shots to pick up the win (2-0-0) between the pipes for Utica.
Utica posted a 53-23 advantage in shots on goal in the game and went 6-for-9 on the power play. Franklin Pierce finished 0-for-4 with the man-advantage.
The Ravens return to the ice on Friday, Nov. 5, when they travel to Johnson & Wales for a non-conference game. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 7:55 p.m. at Rhode Island Sports Center in North Smithfield, R.I.
For more information on Franklin Pierce Athletics, please visit the official website of Franklin Pierce Athletics (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu). Also be sure to follow the Ravens through the Department of Athletics' official Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens), its YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/franklinpiercesports) and its Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/FPUathletics).
