Seahawks tie with Skyhawks 2-2

FOXBORO, Mass.  –The Salve Regina University men's ice hockey team skated to a 2-2 tie with Stonehill College in a non-conference contest at the Foxboro Sports Center Thursday evening.

With 16:26 elapsed in the first period, Salve Regina junior forward Marc Biggs (Plano, Texas) got the Seahawks on the board with the help of senior John Scorcia (Hudson, Fla.) and freshman Ty Gradwell (Indiana, Pa.).

Midway through the second period, Stonehill pulled even as Brendan Greene (Weymouth, Mass.) scored his first of the season on an assist from junior forward Robbie Dorgan (Ossining, N.Y.). Just 1:13 after the Skyhawks netted the equalizer, Salve Regina regained the lead on a goal by junior forward Peter Gintoli (Monroe, Conn.). Gintoli, who led the Seahawks in scoring a season ago, beat goaltender Chris Tasiopoulos (Norwell, Mass.) top shelf with a backhand flip after blocking a Stonehill shot at the blue line and racing down the length of the ice on a breakaway.

Stonehill's second one-goal deficit of the contest would not last long, however, as Garrett White (North Reading, Mass.) combined with Greene and senior forward Kevin Aufiero (Canton, Mass.) for the Skyhawks' second goal in just 2:26.

Playing with a man advantage after Salve Regina freshman forward James Malone (Beachwood, N.J.) was whistled for a high sticking penalty, Stonehill tied the score at two when White ripped a shot from the point that found its way past Seahawks junior netminder David Chiokadze (Langhorne, Pa.) at the 12:35 mark.

After a second period that saw three goals and 31 shots between the two teams, Chiokadze and Tasiopoulos kept the offenses in check over the final period and the five minute overtime session. Tasiopoulos stopped all 13 of the shots that he saw over the final 25 minutes, while Chiokadze made five saves during the same stretch and 22 overall in the contest.

Tonight's game was the second meeting between Stonehill and Salve Regina in the last two seasons, as the Seahawks posted a 5-3 win in Portsmouth, Rhode Island on November 5^th of last year.

Stonehill (0-2-1, 0-0 NE-10) will be off until next Friday night, when the Skyhawks open their NE-10 slate at Assumption College with a 5:35 p.m. contest. Salve Regina (0-0-2, 0-0 ECAC Northeast) is back in action on Saturday night, as the Seahawks are set to open their ECAC Northeast schedule at Suffolk University.