November 8, 2009

Johnson & Wales Hockey Suffers 6-3 Setback Against Southern New Hampshire

North Smithfield, R.I. – The Johnson & Wales University hockey team dropped a 6-3 decision against Southern New Hampshire in a non-conference contest at the Rhode Island Sports Center on Sunday afternoon.

Southern New Hampshire got on the board first when senior John Frey (Westminster, Colo.) put in an unassisted tally at the 5:18 mark. Johnson & Wales responded at the 13:47 mark when sophomore Jeremiah Ketts (Foristell, Mo.) scored on a pass from freshman Jason Pietrasiak (Shrewsbury, Mass.) to knot the game at 1-1. The visiting Penmen regained the 2-1 lead on a goal by sophomore Brandon Bradley (Wichita, Kan.) at 18:59 and closed out the period on Frey's second goal of the game as time expired on the clock to head into the locker room up 3-1.

Johnson & Wales made the game 3-2 midway through the second period when junior Craig Houle (Burrillville, R.I.) found the back of the net at the 8:30 mark. Southern New Hampshire controlled the action for the second half of the period, however as junior Troy Maybury (South Portland, Maine) tallied what would prove to be the game-winning goal at the 11:35 mark and Bradley's second goal of the game at 14:00 gave the Penmen the 5-2 lead.

In the third period, JWU was able to cut the lead to 6-3 on Pietrasiak's third goal of the season at the 10:13 mark. That would be as close as the Wildcats would get, however as Southern New Hampshire held on for the 6-3 victory.

Senior Shane Brooks (Kennebunk, Maine) made 26 saves for Southern New Hampshire while junior JR Woodland (Picton, Ontario) made 28 saves for Johnson & Wales in the setback.

With the loss Johnson & Wales falls to 0-2 for the season while Southern New Hampshire improves to 1-0. The Wildcats will return to action on Wednesday, November 11th when they travel to Stonehill for a non-conference contest, starting at 7:00 p.m.

Game Summary
SNH (1-0-0) 3 2 1 -- 6
JWU (0-2-0) 1 1 1 -- 3

Scoring Summary
First Period
5:18 SNH John Frey (Unassisted)
13:47 JWU Jeremiah Ketts (Jason Pietrasiak) PPG
18:59 SNH Brandon Bradley (William Toomey, Troy Maybury)
19:59 SNH John Frey (Kent Honeyman)

Second Period
8:30 JWU Craig Houle (Joshua Kaebel, Jeremiah Ketts) SHG
11:35 SNH Troy Maybury (Brandon Bradley)
14:00 SNH Brandon Bradley (Troy Maybury, Neil Adams)

Third Period
:49 SNH Jake Berube (Ryan DiBartolomeo)
10:13 JWU Jason Pietrasiak (Jeremiah Ketts)

Goaltending
JWU: JR Woodland (28 saves, 6 GA, 60:00)
SNH: Shane Brooks (26 saves, 3 GA, 60:00)