MILTON, Mass. – The Roger Williams University Men's Ice Hockey team was shut out by Curry College, 9-0, Saturday afternoon at Canton Ice House. The Hawks fell to 0-4 overall and 0-2 in Conference of New England play, while the Colonels improved to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in conference action.
Roger Williams totaled 29 shots, led by five from JJ Alger (Brewster, Mass.). John Hoins (Telluride, Colo.) and Joey Arnold (Kinnelon, N.J.) each recorded four shots, while Jack Kent (Manlius, N.Y.) added three. Cam Prodin (Dearborn, Mich.) made 32 saves in the first two periods before Maxim Zanchenko (Yekaterinburg, Russia) stopped 15 shots in relief during the third.
Curry held a 56-29 advantage in shots and scored twice in the opening period. Charles Dey opened the scoring at 4:50, and Andrew Morton added a goal with 44 seconds remaining in the frame. Colonels goalie William Billequey stopped all 29 shots he faced to earn the shutout.
The Colonels extended their lead in the second period, scoring five times. Shane Carr made it 3-0 at 4:46, and Nolan McDonough followed at 11:59. Andrew DellaDonna, Victor Daigneault and Jett Otwell added goals during the period's final seven minutes to give Curry a 7-0 advantage entering the third.
Curry scored twice more in the final period. Dey netted his second goal of the game on the power play at 2:10, and Carr added his second at 6:55. The Colonels finished 1-for-3 on the power play, while Roger Williams did not convert on six opportunities.
The Hawks had early power-play chances in the first period, including a pair of shots by Alger during the opening man advantage, but Billequey kept the puck out of the net. Roger Williams finished with 19 blocked shots, led by four from Ryan Solari (Kingston, Mass.) and three from PJ Sweeney (Chamonix, France).
Roger Williams returns to the ice Friday, Nov. 13, for a CNE matchup at the University of New England. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Biddeford, Maine.
