Maryland
NAVY EDGES MARYLAND, 3-2,
TO START NEW SEASON AT 2-0
Senior Jeff Fallat recorded his first goal of the season with
14:17 remaining in the third period, and junior netminder Ryan
Dobie turned in several outstanding saves down the stretch, to
lead Navy's 'A' ice hockey team to a hard-fought 3-2 victory
over Maryland Saturday night at Bowie Ice Rink.
With the victory, the Mids improved to 2-0 on the young season,
while the Terrapins fell to 0-1.
One of the two most pleasant developments in Navy's first two
games has been the play of the Fallat-Bill Knips-John Bogdan
forward line, and that unit accounted for two of the Mids' three
goals last night. Their first goal came late in the first
period, after Maryland had taken a 1-0 lead at the 1:22 mark,
when Fallat and Knips worked the puck to Bogdan, who scored at
13:46 to knot the game at 1-1. It was Bogdan's second goal in
as many nights.
Navy's second most pleasant development this year, the play of
senior John Naughton at forward (who moved up to a wing slot
after spending last season on defense), contributed to the Mids'
second goal as junior Sam Kunst and sophomore Chris Schnappinger
worked the puck to Naughton in a power play, and Naughton banged
it home just 35 seconds into the second stanza to put Navy
ahead, 2-1. Naughton had also tallied twice in Friday night's
12-3 triumph over Virginia.
Maryland evened the score at 2-2 with an even strength goal with
just 1:01 remaining in the second period, setting the stage for
Fallat's heroics in the third period. Knips and freshman Donnie
"DH" Horner picked up assists on Fallat's game winning goal,
which came at the 5:43 mark. Although the Mids were outshot 11-8
in that final stanza, Dobie and the Navy defense turned aside
everything the Terps threw their way to earn the victory.
Dobie finished with 31 saves and lowered his goals against
average to 2.99.
Navy's next outings come next weekend when they travel to
Morgantown, W. Va. to face the Mountaineers Saturday (October 2)
at 4:15 p.m., then head to Pittsburgh for a 1:00 p.m. showdown
with Duquesne on Sunday (October 3). The Mids open their home
season the following weekend, hosting West Virginia on Friday,
October 8 at 7:35 p.m. and Scranton on Saturday, October 9 at 3
p.m.
SCORING
SUMMARY
First period
M - Zeniewski (Sandler, Meni) 11:22
N - Bogdan (Knips, Fallat) 13:46
Second Period
N - Naughton (Kunst, Schnappinger) 0:35
M - Zeniewski (Meni, Sandler) 18:59
Third Period
N - Fallat (Knips, Horner) 5:43
SAVES
Dobie 11 - 9 - 11 -- 31
Mulock 8 - 11 - 8 -- 27
SHOTS
Navy 9 - 12 - 9 -- 30
Maryland 12 - 10 - 11 -- 33
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
Navy: 1 for 3