Spring Break
Men's hockey sweeps Colonials at home, recognizes seniors
Kyle Towne
Issue date: 2/5/09 Section: Sports
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Senior Matt Wodecki, sophomore Bobby Gauthier and freshman Richie Falasca led the team in scoring over the weekend with two points each.
Wodecki got the Rams on the scoreboard with his power play goal in the first period, assisted by junior defenseman EJ Astarita and Gauthier. This was the only goal of the period, despite each team having three power play chances.
The Colonials began the second period on the power play, and they capitalized with a goal by John Kalichuk to even the score, 1-1.
Sophomore forward Kyle Krannich responded with a power play goal of his own to regain the lead for the Rams. He was set up by sophomore goalie Joe Spagnoli and junior forward Ben Herring on the play.
Freshman Jeff Lace's roughing penalty, 8:11 into the second period, set up a game-tying power play goal by RMU forward Ryan King.
Three minutes after King's goal, URI's Falasca cradled the puck through the defense and put it past RMU goalie Robbie Fallick for an unassisted goal, making the score 3-1 in Rhody's favor.
URI padded its lead late in the third period with a power play goal by freshman Dan Lassik. The score gave URI a two-goal advantage, which turned out to be just enough.
RMU's King scored his second goal of the game to keep things close, but URI was able to close the game out defensively, securing the 4-3 victory.
"It was good to get an early lead and play with it," freshman defenseman Kyle Letourneau said.
Spagnoli had 36 saves for the Rams in the game.
The latter game of the weekend started out slow, with neither team producing much offense. Senior Jon Biliouris took advantage of a Robert Morris power play, getting the Rams out ahead late in the first period.
Wodecki scored in traffic to send the Rams into the locker room with the "most dangerous lead in hockey," at 2-0.
The Rams kept the momentum in their favor by playing stellar defense, stumping the Colonials on all five power play occasions thus far.
