University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Men's Hockey Falls to Iona, 8-3
12/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Iona 8, Connecticut 3 Connecticut 1 1 1 - 3 Iona 2 2 4 - 8
SCORING -- First Period: UC Michael Goldkind (Matt Herhal, Ron D'Angelo) 00:23; IONA Ryan Carter (Tim Krueckl, Nathan Lutz) 13:18; IONA Mark Hallam (Lutz, John Gilbert) 15:54. Second Period: IONA Carter (Ryan Manitowich, Gilbert) 6:43; UC Anthony Switek (Anders Johnson, Matt Herhal) 17:06; IONA Manitowich (Gilbert, Jean Paul Chaput) 19:54 SH. Third Period: IONA Carter (Krueckl) 2:46; UC Eric Nelson (Herhal, Goldkind) 4:57 PP; IONA Chaput (Gilbert, Kelly Bararuk) 8:43 PP; IONA Erik Nates (Adam Bouchard, Chad Nordhagen) 10:22; IONA Nates (Bouchard, Ben Brady) 17:16 EN.
SHOTS - UC 32; IONA 41
SAVES - UC 33 (Artie Imbriano 23, John Chain 10); IONA 17 (Ben Brady 33)
PEN/MIN - UC 8/16; IONA 9/28
POWER PLAYS - UC 1-3; IONA 1-4
RECORDS - UC 5-7-2, 5-4-1; IONA 8-6-2, 7-3-2
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Dec. 9) -- Ryan Carter netted a hat trick to lead Iona College past the University of Connecticut men's ice hockey team, 8-3, in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game in New Rochelle, NY on Friday evening. UConn, dropping its last three of four games, falls to 5-7-2 overall, 5-4-1 in the MAAC, while Iona improves to 8-6-2 overall, 7-4-2 in conference action.
UConn's Michael Goldkind (Silver Spring, MD) opened the scoring with just 23 seconds into the game, blanking Iona's goaltender Ben Brady. Ron D'Angelo (Massapequa, NY) and Michael Anderson (Springfield, MA) assisted on the tally. Iona tied the score at the 13:18 mark on a shot by Carter. The Gael's took the lead just over two minutes later when Mark Hallam nailed a shot through Connecticut's Artie Imbriano's (Stoneham, MA) legs.
Carter netted his second goal of the evening at the 6:43mark to raise the score to 3-1 in the Gael's favor. Anthony Switek (Philadelphia, PA) brought Connecticut within one catching the Iona defense and goalie down slipping it into the back of the net. Anders Johnson (North Kingston, RI) and Herhal assisted Switek on the goal. With six seconds remaining in the second stanza, Ryan Manitowich broke out in front of the Husky defense notching a short-handed goal to end the period.
Carter scored his third goal for the hat trick 2:46 into the third period. Eric Nelson (Big Lake, MN) closed the UConn gap on a power play two minutes later netting a backhanded shot with help from Herhal and Goldkind. Iona then took command of the game when Jean Paul Chaput scored a power play goal at 8:43, followed by a Chad Nordhagen tally two minutes later to raise the score to 7-3. Iona added an empty net goal at 17:16 by Erik Nates.
Connecticut and Iona will meet again on Saturday evening at the UConn Ice Arena in Storrs in a game slated to begin at 7:30 p.m.
