Duquesne
NAVY FALLS AT DUQUESNE, 6-3,
FOR FIRST LOSS OF 2004-05 SEASON
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Navy's 'A' hockey team dropped its first game
of the 2004-05 season Sunday afternoon, falling to Duquesne,
6-3, at the Shady Side Academy rink in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Duquesne's Dukes grabbed an early 1-0 advantage with a goal at 4:10 of the first period, but the Midshipmen pulled even at 1-1 when sophomore Patrick Sullivan recorded his second goal of the season at 14:07, assisted by sophomores Jay Alspach and Joe Liles.
Navy took a 2-1 lead 57 seconds into the second period when
senior forward Keith McGilvray registered his second goal this
year, assisted by Sullivan and freshman Eric Smitley. But the
Dukes regained the lead, 3-2, with a power play tally at 3:17
and a shorthanded goal at 17:02 during the penalty-filled middle
stanza.
The Mids had a golden opportunity to turn the game in their
favor, starting the third period with a two-man advantage and
with Duquesne's starting goaltender Clint Hazen serving a
10-minute misconduct penalty. Navy appeared to capitalize on
those advantages when McGilvray tallied his second goal of the
game, assisted by Sullivan and Thomas, at 1:02 to tie the game
at 3-3.
But the momentum turned back quickly when the Dukes' top
offensive gun, Mike Papciak, banged home two goals in a
32-second span to give his team a 5-3 lead with 18 minutes
remaining in the final stanza. Duquesne added a sixth goal, on a
power play at 10:23, to complete the scoring and send the Mids
home with their first loss of the 2004-05 campaign.
Dobie made 29 saves in suffering his first loss of the season
and deserved a better fate.
"What killed us were breakdowns in our own defensive zone, and
our special teams," observed Navy coach Rick Randazzo. "Duquesne
was called for 13 penalties, and we scored just one power play
goal. We have to do better than that. And those two goals in 32
seconds, just after we tied the game at 3-3, were
back-breakers."
Navy gave up two power play goals to Duquesne, and the Mids also
surrendered a shorthanded goal while on a power play of their
own.
SCORING SUMMARY
First Period
D - Heath (Papciak, Crogan) 4:10
N - Sullivan (Alspach, Liles) 14:07
Second Period
N - McGilvray (Sullivan, Smitley) 0:57
D - Papciak (Mulhall) 3:17, power play
D - White (Donatucci) 17:02, shorthanded
Third Period
N - McGilvray (Sullivan, Thomas) 1:02, power play
D - Papciak (Heath) 1:20
D - Papciak (Mulhall) 1:52
D - DiPasquale (Heath) 10:23
SAVES
Dobie (Navy) 13 - 6 - 10 -- 29
Hazen (Duquesne) 10 - 8 - 2 -- 20
Duchess (Duquesne) x - 2 - 10 -- 12
SHOTS
Navy 11 - 11 - 13 -- 35