FALL RIVER, Mass. — John Hoins (Telluride, Colo.) recorded a hat trick and added an assist, but Roger Williams Men's Ice Hockey fell to Curry College, 9-5, Friday evening at Driscoll Arena.
The Hawks dropped to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in Conference of New England (CNE) play, while the Colonels improved to 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the CNE. Hoins led RWU with four points and five shots. Daxton St. Hilaire (Lewiston, Maine) finished with four assists, and Aidan Radic (Castle Rock, Colo.) added three assists. Tommy Rose (Westford, Mass.) and JJ Alger (Brewster, Mass.) also scored for the Hawks.
Roger Williams outshot Curry, 25-20, in the first period and 15-14 in the second, but the Colonels finished with a 46-25 advantage. Both teams scored on the power play: Curry had two power-play goals, while Alger added one for RWU.
Hoins opened the scoring at 4:28 of the first period. Curry answered before taking a 3-1 lead, but Hoins scored again at 12:31 to cut the deficit to one. A Colonels power-play goal at 16:26 made it 4-2 after the opening period.
Curry extended its lead early in the second. Rose scored at 13:50 to make it 5-3, and Alger followed with a power-play goal at 17:11. The Colonels added two more goals in the period, including one with 32 seconds remaining, to take a 7-4 lead into the third.
Curry scored twice early in the final period to extend its advantage to 9-4. Hoins completed his hat trick at 9:37, but the Hawks could not close the gap further. Mason Kesselring led the Colonels with two goals and four assists.
Roger Williams travels to Canton, Massachusetts, Saturday, Nov. 7, for the second game of the home-and-home series with Curry. Puck drop is scheduled for 3 p.m.
