BOSTON, Mass.—Five different Beacons scored to lead UMass Boston men's hockey past the University of Rhode Island Club team 5-0 in the first game of the 56^th Annual Codfish Bowl Tournament. 
 
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 5, URI Club 0 
(UMass Boston 6-5-1) 
(URI Club 12-8-1) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Beacons opened the scoring just 6:36 into the contest and dominated from start to finish in the exhibition matchup. Since the University of Rhode Island is a club team, the game counted as an exhibition and none of the stats will count towards the Beacons season statistics. 
 
With the win, UMass Boston advances to Thursday's Championship Game. The Beacons are scheduled to take on Post University at 1 p.m., after Post's first-round opponent Franklin Pierce University was forced to withdraw from the tournament on Wednesday. 
 
Freshmen Ty Matthews (Auburn, Mass.) and Nolan Barrett (Wayne, N.J.) and sophomore Patrick McCoy (Niantic, Conn.) each scored a goal and added an assist in their first career Codfish Bowl game. 
 
Jeffrey Skinner (Katy, Texas) and Gino Carabelli (Shelby Township, Mich.) tacked on a goal apiece in the victory. 
 
Chris Peters (Fairport, N.Y.) led all UMass Boston players with two assists. Devin Moran (Leominster, Mass.), Ethan Nitkin (Miami Beach, Fla.), Kolye Bankauskas (Coventry, R.I.) and Evan Heldt (Sylvania, Ohio) all picked up one assist. 
 
In net, junior Sam Best (Woburn, Mass.) stopped all 11 shots he faced in the shutout victory. 
 
Rhode Island's Curtis Briggs finished the contest with 60 saves on 65 shots. Briggs stopped at least 19 shots in all three periods, including 21 of 22 in the third period. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• UMass Boston outshot the Rams 65-11 and held a 41-27 edge in face-offs. 
• The Beacons finished 1-3 on the power-play and held URI to an 0-2 showing with no shots against. 
• Matthews was playing in his first game since November 6. 
• This was the first-ever meeting between UMass Boston and the URI Club Team.  

WHO'S NEXT 

UMass Boston are scheduled to take on Post University on Thursday at 1 p.m. in the 56^th Annual Codfish Bowl Championship Game.