March 25, 2007

LE MOYNE SHOOTS PAST FRANKLIN PIERCE, 19-1.

RINDGE, N.H. - #1 Le Moyne bounced back from their first regular season loss in five seasons with a decisive 19-1 victory over Franklin Pierce. The Dolphins capitalized on the play of Brian Griffin (Camillus, N.Y./ West Genesee) who won all of his 18 face-offs. The Le Moyne offense set the tone by scoring the first 19 goals of the afternoon. Defensively, the Dolphins yielded only 10 shots on goal with eight of them coming in the fourth quarter.

Le Moyne (4-1, 1-1) had a balanced offensive attack with 11 different players scoring at least one goal. The Dolphins were led by junior midfielders Brad Wolken (Baldwinsville, N.Y. /Baldswinville) and Alex Bily (Syracuse, N.Y. (West Genesee) who scored three goals each. Matt Emerson (Watertown, N.Y. /Watertown), Nick Gatto (Syracuse, N.Y. /Henninger), Tom Donahue (Syracuse, N.Y. /West Genesee), and Ed Street (Manlius, N.Y. /Christian Brothers Academy) also tallied two goals apiece. Jason Flanigan scored the lone goal for Franklin Pierce (1-2, 0-1).

Le Moyne will next travel to Merrimack on Saturday, March 31st at 11:00 pm.

LE MOYNE 19, FRANKLIN PIERCE 1
Le Moyne.......... .. 6 8 3 2 - 19
Franklin Pierce..... 0 0 0 1 - 1

Le Moyne Scoring: Brad Wolken 3; Alex Bily 3; Matt Emerson 2-2;
Nick Gatto 2-2; Tom Donahue 2; Ed Street 2; Mike McLaughlin 1-1; Brian
Griffin 1; Mike Rabbit 1; Andrew Carducci 1; Brian Orlando 1; Mike McDonald 0-4; Brian Cost, 0-2; Tim Spillett 0-1; Keith Vetter 0-1; Brian Welch 0-1; Brad Wolken 0-1. Saves: Doug McIver 1, Dan Brown 3.

Franklin Pierce Scoring: Jason Flanigan 1-0; Michael Willis 0-1. Saves: Ben Lek 8, Ryan Henning 2.

Shots – Le Moyne 44, Franklin Pierce 10.
Ground Balls – Le Moyne 28, Franklin Pierce 21.
Penalties – Le Moyne 1/:30, Franklin Pierce 8/4:30
Extra Man – Le Moyne 2-8, Franklin Pierce 0-1
Face-offs – Le Moyne 20-23, Franklin Pierce 3-23