Hockey Skates To 3-3 Tie With Tufts

The hockey team skated to a 3-3 tie against Tufts in the opening game of the Codfish Bowl, hosted by UMass Boston on Friday afternoon.  Tufts advanced to the championship game of the tournament with a 1-0 win in the shootout.

Tufts took the early lead when a power play goal by Garrett Sider just 3:44 into the game made the score 1-0.  Tufts took the one goal lead into the locker room after the first period of play.  The Jumbos extended their lead to 2-0 at the 15:09 mark of the second stanza on a power play goal by Dylan Plimmer.  JWU closed the gap to 2-1 late in the second period when sophomore Justin Decowski (Hamilton, N.J.) put in a pass from sophomore Ian DePasquale (Buffalo, N.Y.) and junior net minder Matt Cooper (Perrysburg, Ohio) with just :29 seconds left in the period.

Senior Tony Galante (Buffalo, N.Y.) knotted the game at 2-2 at the 6:42 mark of the third period after he tallied a goal with assists to junior Jason Pietrasiak (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and junior Ryan Kelly (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.).  Tufts regained the advantage at the 12:42 mark of the third on a goal by David Carson.  It would be a short lived lead, however as junior Trevor Jewell (Belgrade, Mont.) put in a shot from fellow junior Jason Pietrasiak (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and senior Domenic Recchia (Sterling Heights, Mich.) with just under three minutes left in regulation.  The game ended in a 3-3 tie and both teams battled through a scoreless overtime before Tufts took the 1-0 win in the shootout.

Junior Matt Cooper (Perrysburg, Ohio) made 53 saves for JWU while Scott Barchard had 33 stops for Tufts.

With the tie Johnson & Wales is now 7-3-2 while Tufts is 4-5-1 on the season.  The Wildcats will return to action on Saturday, January 7^th when they take on the loser of the UMass Boston vs. Southern New Hampshire contest in the consolation game of the tournament at 1:00 p.m.