January 20, 2022

Falcons Sail Past Vikings for MASCAC Win

Fitchburg St.

7-4, 5-2

Salem St.

3-8, 1-6

Final	1	2	3	T
Fitchburg St. 7-4, 5-2	1	2	3	6
Salem St. 3-8, 1-6	1	1	1	3

Scoring Summary

1st - 14:55 - Rece Bergeman (Fitchburg St.)

1st - 19:55 - Matthew Young (Salem St.)

2nd - 00:23 - Thomas Harty (Fitchburg St.)

2nd - 14:38 - Hunter Fortin (Fitchburg St.)

2nd - 16:22 - Erik Larsson (Salem St.)

3rd - 07:04 - Trent Shanley (Fitchburg St.)

3rd - 11:26 - Jacob Thomason (Salem St.)

3rd - 17:27 - Anthony Ceolin (Fitchburg St.)

3rd - 18:44 - Cole Archambeault (Fitchburg St.)

Game Leaders

Fitchburg St.

G: 6 Players (#4, #8, #9, #10, #11, #26) - 1

A: 2 Players (#13, #16) - 2

Sh: 3 Players (#10, #21, #26) - 4

Sv: Brian McGrath - 17

Salem St.

G: 3 Players (#13, #18, #25) - 1

A: 4 Players (#14, #24, #25, #29) - 1

Sh: 3 Players (#15, #25, #34) - 3

Sv: Joona Sato-Hunsula - 26

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Fitchburg St.	Salem St.
PowerPlays	0 for 4	0 for 2
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	1 (2)	5 (10)
Shots on Goal	32	20
Face Offs Won	37	32

Full stats

Salem, Mass. – The Fitchburg State men's ice hockey team notched a 6-3 victory over the Vikings of Salem State in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action tonight at Rockett Arena.

The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 6, Salem State 3
Records: Fitchburg State (8-4, 6-2 MASCAC) |Salem State (3-8, 1-6 MASCAC)

How It Happened

In a back and forth affair the Falcons took the first lead on a goal from junior Rece Bergeman (Newark, Del) off a feed from junior Gene Bouthiette (Enfield, CT) and first-year Thomas Harty (Billerica, Mass.). The Vikings answered with just five ticks remaining in the first period as freshman Matthew Young (Harland, Wisc.) notched an unassisted score to even the match after one frame.

The Falcons didn't waste much time forging ahead in the second period. Freshman Christian Halbig (Queenstown, MD) found classmate Harty for his second goal of the season. Later in the period junior Hunter Fortin (Westerville, OH) extended the lead (3-1) with his team-leading eighth goal of the season. The hosts would get one back off the stick of Erik Larsson (Lake Tahoe, Calif.) to trail 3-2 headed to the third.

Fitchburg State's Trent Shanley (Hillsdale, NJ) pushed the Falcons to another two-goal lead (4-2) at the 7:04 mark of the stanza. After Salem's Jacob Thomason (Youngstown, NY) cut the deficit to 4-3 the Green and Gold answered with a pair of insurance goals from junior Anthony Ceolin (Simsbury, Conn.) and sophomore Cole Archambeault (Leominster, Mass.) for the 6-3 final.

Inside the Numbers

Harty (1 goal, 1 assist), Ceolin (1 goal, 1 assist) and Toivo Kramer (New York, NY) (2 assists) each finished the night with two points
Falcons held the edge in shots (32-20)
Fitchburg State went 0-for-4 with the man advantage, while the Vikings were 0-for-2 on the power play
Senior Brian McGrath (Worcester, Mass.) stopped 17 shots for the Falcons in the win, while his counterpart Joona Sato-Hunsula made 26 saves

Up Next

The Falcons will host Westfield State on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 PM in game one of Hockey Day in the 'Burg to benefit the Thibeault Family Rehabilitation Trust.