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HOCKEY FINAL SCORE
Tufts 4, Johnson & Wales 2
At West Warwick, RI
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Game
Box Score
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Tom Derosa had a goal and an assist in the
victory
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The Tufts University hockey team scored three
power-play goals to take a 3-0 lead early in the second period and
skated to a 4-2 victory against Johnson & Wales University in
non-league action on Tuesday night.
Freshman Dylan Plimmer (Phoenix, AZ) assisted
on three goals and sophomore goalie Scott Barchard
(Reading, MA) made 44 saves as the Jumbos improved to
7-3-1 overall. The Wildcats, who closed within 4-2 early in the
third period on Jason Pietrasiak's 13th goal of the season, dropped
to 4-9.
Tufts got on the board first at the 15:01 mark of the first
period on a power-play goal by junior Zach Diaco (Rumson,
NJ). The visiting Jumbos took the 1-0 lead into the locker
room after the first period of play, when both teams had nine shots
on goal.
The Jumbos extended their lead to 2-0 early in the second stanza
when junior Dylan Cooper (Colorado Springs, CO)
tallied another power-play goal just 59 seconds into the period.
Tufts then added their third power play goal of the game, what
would prove to be the game-winner, when sophomore Matt Amico (Buffalo, NY) scored at the 3:58 mark for the 3-0
lead.
Johnson & Wales cut the lead to 3-1 late in the second
stanza on a goal by senior Jimmy Van Asch (Coon Rapids, MN) at the
17:05 mark. Tufts responded quickly however, and 100 seconds later
they took a 4-1 advantage on a goal by junior Tom Derosa
(Charlestown, MA) to take a three-goal lead after two
periods.
JWU cut the deficit to 4-2 early in the third period on a
Pietraskia's goal just :45 into the stanza. That would be all the
scoring for the contest however, as Tufts took the 4-2 victory.
Freshman Jake Menzel (St. Louis, MO) had 25 saves in the setback
for Johnson & Wales. Of Barchard's 44 saves for Tufts, 15 came
in the second period and 20 in the third.
Tufts begins a NESCAC weekend road trip on Friday night at
Hamilton College. The Wildcats will return to action on Friday when
they host Buffalo State in a non-conference contest at the New
England Sports Center in Marlboro, Mass., starting at 12:30 pm.
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