KINGSTON, RI (Friday, November 10, 2006) -- Rhode Island scored a pair of
third period goals to break open a close game and went on to defeat Navy's
hockey team, 4-1, Friday night at the Brad Boss Arena in Kingston, RI.
With the loss, the Midshipmen fell to 7-3-1 on the season and 6-1-1- in the
Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA), while the Rams improved to
12-2-0 overall and 11-0-0 in the ECHA.
After a scoreless first period, Rhode Island took 1-0 lead on a James
Gaffney even strength goal at 2:18 of the second stanza. Navy knotted the
score at 1-1 when Kevin Krmpotich broke in on Ram goaltender Anthony Feyock
and got off a shot that Feyock stopped. But Krmpotich picked up his own
rebound and slid it under Feyock at 8:39, the lone assist going to Joe
Liles.
Rhode Island regained its one goal advantage later in the period thanks to a
Ben Herring breakaway goal at 14:04 to put the Rams up, 2-1.
In the third period, the Rams put the game out of reach with a Mike Curran
even strength goal at the 1:08 mark, followed by a Matt Loftus power play
tally at 16:09.
Navy netminder Eric Anderson finished with 21 saves, while Feyock recorded
22 stops.
The same two teams meet Saturday night at 7 p.m. at the Brad Boss Arena.
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