Rams losing streak continues to six, offensive struggles continue
- Richard Tranfaglia
- Dec 2, 2016
- 4 min read
Richard Tranfaglia
Staff Writer
Framingham State lost its home opener to Plymouth State by a score of 10-1 on Nov. 17.
Special teams were a huge part of this game. Eight goals were scored for Plymouth State either on a power play or short-handed.
The first power play for the Panthers came at the 6:29 mark when Anthony DePetres got called for goaltender interference. On the man advantage, Michael Economos put Plymouth State on the board making it 1-0.
Just one minute later, Plymouth State went to the power play again when Jake Sartorelli got penalized for tripping. Making the most of the power play the Panthers scored again off a rocket shot from Chris Zuccaro.
The Rams looked to gain the momentum when they got a power play of their own around the 15-minute mark. Instead, it turned into a short-handed goal for the Panthers. Ryan Stevens gathered the puck off a missed shot from Economos and sent it home.
Just before the end of the period, Plymouth State added another tally to its total. Tim Larocque scored on a wrist shot.
Framingham started the second period on the man advantage but was not able to capitalize on the opportunity. Right before the power play ended, Stevens got the puck in the neutral zone and shot it past Rams goalie Adam Calabrese to make it a five-goal lead.
At the 6:00 mark, the Panthers’ Matt Volonnino scored off the feed from Stevens extending the lead again.
In the third period, the onslaught continued for the Panthers. The power play proved to be dangerous again when Ludvig Steenberg scored on a wrist shot, assisted by Dan Dupell and Erik Strom.
The Rams finally got on the board with a power play goal of their own. Tyler Colacchio scored with Vaughn Guetens and Matt Bauchman assisting on the goal making it a 7-1 game.
Plymouth State scored three goals in the last four minutes of the game. Two of them were short-handed goals scored by Stevens and Kyle Orgel. The last goal of the game, their fourth power play goal, came off the stick of Tommy Dowell.
The Panthers outshot the Rams 39-17. Stevens ended with a hat trick for Plymouth and Colacchio had one goal and a team-leading three shots in the loss. Calabrese made 21 saves for the Rams and Thierry Messervier recorded 10 saves for the Panthers.
The Rams drop to 1-4 on the season and 0-3 in the MASCAC.
Framingham State’s woes continued with a loss to Westfield State, 6-0, on Nov. 19.
The Owls got oO to a great start scoring five goals in the first period. The scoring began after a penalty on the Rams’ Jake McKinnon for boarding gave Westfield a power play. Daniel Backstrom scored the goal with Carl Greco and Nik Passero assisting on the play.
Just two minutes later, the Owls scored back-to-back goals from Francois-Xavier Girard and Jackson Leef to make it a 3-0 game.
After the third score, Raymond Feeley replaced Calabrese at goalie for Framingham.
Girard scored his second goal of the game at the 12:39 mark with Lenny Caglianone and Leef assisting on the play.
Just two minutes later, Jeremy Young got in on the scoring for the Owls making it a five-goal game.
The second period was a back-and-forth game with neither team being able to score.
Westfield added an insurance goal in the third period when Passero redirected a shot from Donovan Gardiner into the net.
The Owls outshot the Rams 49-23. Feeley recorded 43 saves for the Rams and Kameron Limburg stopped all 23 shots he faced for Westfield.
The Rams drop to 1-5 on the season.
Framingham State dropped its sixth straight game Nov. 22 against New England College by a score of 8-2.
The Pilgrims struck first at the 6:32 mark when Adam Zollner scored on a wrist shot with Carlos Fornaris and Bryce Nielsen assisting on the play.
Fornaris extended the lead around the 12-minute mark getting the pass from Zollner.
Just two minutes later, Joe Osaka made it a three-goal game getting the puck past Feeley on the short side.
In the second period, NEC went on the power play after Brian Raimo got called for hooking. Andreas Zollner capitalized on the opportunity with a break-away goal for the Pilgrims, making it a four-goal game.
Only a minute later, Mike Whitehair scored on a snapshot with Chris Santello and Bryan McFarlane assisting on the play.
In the 13th minute of play, Pilgrims’ Ivan Zhuravlev got a five-minute penalty for contact to the head and a 10-minute misconduct on top of that.
With Framingham on the power play, Gregory Stoya capitalized to put FSU on the board.
The momentum swung a little bit in favor of the Rams when McFarlane got called for cross-checking and sent FSU on another power play. Vaughn Guetens gathered the loose puck in front of the net and put it home to make it a 5-2 game.
The Pilgrims killed Framingham State’s momentum when Keenan Haase and Fornaris scored back-to-back goals in 30 seconds just before the end of the period.
In the final period the Pilgrims added one last goal by Scott Cornfield.
NEC had seven different players score in the win and 14 players with at least one point.
The Pilgrims outshot the Rams 46-15. Feeley made 23 saves for FSU and NEC’s Christoffer Sjoo recorded 13 saves
The Rams are now 1-6 on the season.
