(Release courtesy UNE Sports Information)
BIDDEFORD, Maine – Two goals from senior forward Chris Duszynski (Okotoks, Alberta) paced a balanced attack for Norwich University, as the No. 4 Cadets pulled away to an 8-1 ECAC Men's East victory over the University of New England on Saturday afternoon at the Harold Alfond Forum.
Tied 1-1 after the 1st period, Norwich netted three goals in the second and four more in the third to improve to 4-0 on the young season (3-0 ECAC East). The Nor'easters dip back to 2-3-1 overall, 1-3 in league play.
For the Cadets, senior Travis Janke (Swift Current, Saskatchewan) and freshmen Cody Smith (Hudson, Mass.), Brian Rowland (Waltham, Mass.), and Dmitry Ermakov (Columbia, Md.) each tallied a goal and an assist. Senior Shane Gorman (Trumbull, Conn.) notched three assists to help setup the offense.
Rowland got things started in the opening frame, scoring on the power play with 2:27 gone.
The margin held until there were 12 seconds left in the period, when UNE sophomore Cassidy April knocked one home on the power play from juniors Chris Glover and Jared Melman.
Norwich regained the advantage just before the midway point of the second, as freshman Mike Kelly (Stoneham, Mass.) converted a feed from Smith and Rowland.
The visitors added scores at 9:28 and 14:14 of the middle stanza to go up 4-1 after 40 minutes, and found the back of the cage at 7:38, 14:24, 15:26, and 19:45 of the third period to win going away.
Junior Matic Marinsek (Ljubljana, Slovenia) turned aside 16 shots to earn the win in goal for Norwich, while UNE junior Colby Drost made 39 saves in a busy afternoon on the other end of the ice.
Norwich returns home to Kreitzberg Arena next Friday when it hosts Saint Anselm on Friday and New England College on Saturday in two more ECAC East league matchups slated to start at 7 p.m. and 4 p.m. respectively.
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