Box Score
BOSTON, Mass.--#5/5 UMass Boston Men's Hockey scored five unanswered goals and six of the final seven, to cruise past Johnson & Wales University 6-2 in the 51st Annual Codfish Bowl Tournament Consolation Game.
THE BASICS
#5/5 UMass Boston 6, Johnson & Wales 2
(UMass Boston 10-2-1)
(Johnson & Wales 5-5-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
In a rematch of the 2013 Codfish Bowl Championship Game, UMass Boston's top line recorded five goals and seven assists to lead the Beacons to their sixth win in six tries against the Wildcats.
Frankie DeAugustine (Pittsburgh, Pa.) earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team for the Beacons, by following up his two-goal performance on Saturday, with two goals and three assists in Sunday's win.
Fellow senior Derek Colucci (North Scituate, R.I.) was named the Lawrence F. Curran Award winner. The award has been given out each year since 1983 in remembrance of Lawrence F. Curran, an former assistant coach and avid supporter of the program. Each year, the award is given to the player who best exemplifies true sportsmanship and competition over the course of the two-day tournament.
Matt Lemire (Townsend, Mass.) added two goals and two assists, while Colin Larkin (Waterford, Mich.) chipped in with a goal and two assists.
Junior Zach Lindsay (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.) opened the scoring with his fifth goal of the season, to knot the game at 1-1 late in the first.
Freshman Garrett Gallagher (Aston, Pa.) recorded the first two points of his collegiate career, with two assists in the win.
In net, senior Zach Andrews (Coral Springs, Fla.) improved to 3-0-0 on the year with 35 saves on 37 shots. The senior netminder stopped all 15 shots he saw in the second period and 13 of 14 in the third.
Ben Brouillard and Stefan Brucato scored the lone two goals for the Wildcats, who fell to 3-5 all-time in four Codfish Bowl Tournaments. Junior goalie Joey Ballmer was touched up for a season-high six goals on 47 shots. Ballmer stopped at least 13 shots in every period, including 15 in the final stanza.
After a deadlocked first period, UMass Boston outscored the Wildcats 3-0 in the second and 2-1 in the third to avoid their first two-game losing streak of the year.
Brouillard, who was the Wildcats' lone All-Tournament honoree, opened the scoring at 13:19 on a one-on-one breakaway. Greg Soltes split two Beacons defenseman with a pass on to the tape of Brouillard at the Beacons' blue line, and Brouillard skated in on Andrews, before roofing a shot over Andrews' shoulder.
The Beacons tied the game at 1-1 at 19:32 of the first, off a great individual effort from Gallagher. The freshman blue liner skated into the Wildcats zone and held off a defender all the way behind the net, before centering a pass for Lindsay. The junior forward calmly rifled a shot home to tie the game at 1-1.
UMass Boston took the lead for good at 7:20 after a tremendous shift by their first line. The combination of Larkin, Lemire and DeAugustine pinned the Wildcats in their zone for close to a minute, as they tried to dissect the defense. Finally, Larkin lifted a rebound over Ballmer's shoulder, after Ballmer had disloged the net off it's moorings.
The first line tacked on another goal 50 seconds later, as Lemire found Larkin for a two-on-one and DeAugustine potted his third goal of the weekend off a great feed from Larkin.
DeAugustine made it a 4-1 game at 16:40 of the second, for the Beacons' first power-play goal of the weekend. After winning the draw, Gabe Chuckran (Media, Pa.) fed Tyler Bishop (Ramsey, N.J.) and DeAugustine tipped home Bishop's rocket pass for his eighth goal of the year.
Lemire opened the scoring in the third at 5:31 thanks to some great passing from his line mates. Larkin started the break with a two-line cross-ice pass to DeAugustine, who proceeded to skate into the zone, before leaving a drop pass for Lemire. After skating towards the edge of the near circle, Lemire blasted a slap shot over Ballmer's shoulder for a highlight reel goal.
Johnson & Wales finally got one back at 16:15, as Cody Sarmiento fed Stefan Brucato on a two-on-one and Brucato beat a lunging Andrews with a backhand shot.
Lemire closed out the scoring at 19:46, as he slipped a wrap-around goal past Ballmer to end his four-point day.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Special teams were a big factor for the Beacons, as they went 1-for-2 on the power-play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill. The Beacons snapped a 2-for-23 streak with their power-play goal and extended their penalty-killing streak to 29-of-30.
- The Beacons outshot Johnson & Wales 47-37 and earned a 32-29 edge in face-offs.
- Bishop led the Beacons with four of the team's 16 blocked shots.
- With their 1-1 weekend, UMass Boston moved to 31-34-3 in 68 all-time in the Codfish Bowl.
WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will return to New England Hockey Conference action on Friday, as UMass Boston travels to St. Anselm College for a 7 p.m. contest.
