Panthers Skate Past Lancers, 4-1

WORCESTER, Mass. --  Senior Peter Laviolette (Nashville, Tenn.) netted a goal and an assist to lead Plymouth State to a 4-1 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference men's ice hockey victory over Worcester State Saturday evening at the Worcester Ice Center. 

After the teams played a scoreless first period, the visiting Panthers (4-1-1, 2-0-1 MASCAC) struck for a pair of tallies in a 4:30 span midway through the second stanza.  Sophomore Jeromey Rancourt (Lewiston, Maine) opened the scoring with a shorthanded marker at the 10:13 mark that was set up by Laviolette, who extended that margin with a goal that came with 5:17 to play in the frame.  The host Lancers (3-5, 2-2 MASCAC), who saw their three-game winning streak come to an end, sliced the deficit in half on freshman Matt Kowal's (Monson, Mass.) first collegiate tally with 1:56 remaining in the period, but Plymouth State iced its triumph with a pair of markers over the final 20 minutes of action off the sticks of junior Colin Stevens (Concord, N.H.) and freshman Whim Stalberg (Gothenberg, Sweden).

Junior Brendahn Brawley (Morton, Pa.) earned his second win of the season by stopping 16 of 17 shots in net for the Panthers, while freshman Jakub Kubik (Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic) made 34 saves between the pipes for Worcester State. 

The Lancers host Anna Maria in a non-league matchup on Tuesday afternoon at the Worcester Ice Center that faces off at 4:40 pm, while Plymouth State entertains Fitchburg State in a MASCAC clash on Monday afternoon in Plymouth, N.H. that faces off at 4:00 pm.