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HARTFORD, Conn. - Zach Wissman scored the
game-winning goal midway through the third period to lead the
Trinity College Bantams to a 4-2 win over the visiting Norwich
University Cadets in an ECAC East-NESCAC Interlock men's ice hockey
game Friday evening at Williams Rink.
The Bantams improve to 11-3-0 (8-2-0 NESCAC) with their ninth
consecutive victory, while the 12th-ranked Cadets drop to 8-5-2
(6-3-1 ECAC East) with their first loss in four games. Trinity
also snaps a six-game losing streak against Norwich.
Wissman's clincher was a floater from just outside the red line
that Norwich junior goaltender Ryan Klingensmith reached for
chest-high and missed with his glove. The goal came just 11 seconds
after a potential go-ahead goal by the Cadets was nullified because
the net had come off. Trinity junior forward Richard
Hollstein sealed the win with a hard wrist shot from the left wing
past Klingensmith with 4:45 left in the game.
Trinity opened the scoring just 18 seconds into the first period
when senior forward Riley Hicks sent a shot toward the goal from
the right corner that rolled and bounced and found its way over the
line. Norwich answered on a shot from the left wing by senior
forward Nikita Kashirsky with 2:42 remaining before the first
break.
The Bantams went ahead, 2-1, in the second period when sophomore
forward Egor Petrov made a nice pass in traffic in front of the net
to senior co-captain forward Ryan Masucci, who converted the power
play chance. Sophomore goaltender Wesley Vesprini preserved the
lead in the final minute of the second, stopping NU sophomore
forward Chad Anderson on a one-on-one breakaway.
Vesprini stopped Anderson again on a shot from point blank range
during a Norwich power play early in the third frame, but Cadet
freshman forward Emmond Bell tied the game at 2-2 with 18:23 on the
clock.
Vesprini finished with 29 saves, while Klingensmith had 31
stops.
Norwich will wrap up its weekend trip to Connecticut on
Saturday, Jan. 24, when the Cadets travel to Middletown, Conn., to
battle NESCAC foe Wesleyan. Faceoff for the contest is slated for 3
p.m. The game will be available live on the radio (WDEV:
FM-96.1/AM-550), and on the internet (www.cadetsradio.com).
