Final Score:

UMass Dartmouth 5
Nichols College 3

UMass Dartmouth advanced to the NCAA Division III Ice Hockey Tournament for a third consecutive season with a 5-3 victory over Nichols College in the ECAC Northeast Hockey Championship game played Saturday night at Hetland Arena in New Bedford, MA.  Freshman Joe Hill netted his second goal of the night on a wild scramble in front of the Nichols goal to clinch th win for the Corsairs.  Tournament pairings in the 2008 NCAA Division III Hockey Tournament will be announced on Monday.

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Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Nichols vs UMass Dartmouth (Mar 06, 2008 at New Bedford, MA)


Nichols (20-7-1) vs. UMass Dartmouth (18-8-1)
Date: Mar 06, 2008  Location: New Bedford, MA       Arena: Hetland Ice Arena
Attendance:1533   Start time:4:30 pm   End time:6:40 pm   Total time:2:10



 # Prd Time Team Typ Scored By               Assists             Visitor On Ice   Home On Ice
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 1st 18:01 UMDM EV Joseph Hill/14          Paul Garabedian/14
 2 2nd 01:54 NICM PP Anthony Monte/21        Will Munson/22
                                             Jeff Bieber/15
 3 2nd 05:49 UMDM EV Billy Manning/5         Paul Moran/7
 4 2nd 09:20 NICM EV Anthony Monte/22        Jeff Bieber/16
 5 3rd 04:17 UMDM PP Chris Shore/8           Nick Paquin/8
                                             Graeme Bourne/5
 6 3rd 06:56 NICM EV Will Munson/9           Patrick Biron/2
 7 3rd 19:44 UMDM EV Joseph Hill/14          Paul Garabedian/15
                                             Jeff Grant/21
 8 3rd 19:55 UMDM EN Chris Shore/9           -

TEAM SUMMARY

                        |-Shots by Prd-|
## Nichols               1  2  3    Tot +/-
-------------------------------------------
2  Glenn Cacaro........  0  0  0      0   0
3  Eric Cremer.........  0  0  0      0   0
8 *Cole Ruwe...........  0  0  0      0   0
9 *Zeke Costello.......  0  0  0      0   0
10 Matt Roberts........  0  0  0      0   0
11 Billy Strain........  0  0  0      0   0
12 John Haley..........  0  0  0      0   0
13 Frank Cosentino.....  0  0  0      0   0
14*Patrick Biron.......  0  0  0      0   0
16 Jeff Bieber.........  0  0  0      0   0
18 Will Munson.........  0  0  0      0   0
19*Anthony Monte.......  0  0  0      0   0
21 Billy Sabia.........  0  0  0      0   0
23 JoJo Bojanowski.....  0  0  0      0   0
24 Jean-Marc Biron.....  0  0  0      0   0
25 Conor Nunnally......  0  0  0      0   0
27*Ryan Gervais........  0  0  0      0   0
28 Christophe Ratte....  0  0  0      0   0
TM Team................  0  0  0     29   0
   Totals..............  0  0  0     29   0


                        |-Shots by Prd-|
## UMass Dartmouth       1  2  3    Tot +/-
-------------------------------------------
2  Billy Carroll.......  0  0  0      0   0
3 *Mickey Dudley.......  0  0  0      0   0
5  Graeme Bourne.......  0  0  0      0   0
6  Paul Moran..........  0  0  0      0   0
7  Billy Manning.......  0  0  0      0   0
9 *Jeff Grant..........  0  0  0      0   0
10 Pat Welch...........  0  0  0      0   0
11*Paul Garabedian.....  0  0  0      0   0
12 Nick Paquin.........  0  0  0      0   0
14 Paul Jerusik........  0  0  0      0   0
16 Chris Shore.........  0  0  0      0   0
17 Jonathan Finn.......  0  0  0      0   0
18 Mike McNulty........  0  0  0      0   0
21 Matt Berard.........  0  0  0      0   0
24*Joseph Hill.........  0  0  0      0   0
25 Adam Horgan.........  0  0  0      0   0
26*Tyler Crocker.......  0  0  0      0   0
28 Matt Serino.........  0  0  0      0   0
TM Team................  0  0  0     32   0
   Totals..............  0  0  0     32   0


Goals by Period
Team   1  2  3  Tot
-------------------
NICM   0  2  1 -  3
UMDM   1  1  3 -  5

Shots by Period
Team   1  2  3  Tot
-------------------
NICM   5 11 13 - 29
UMDM  10 11 11 - 32

Power Play Goals-Attempts (Shots)
Prd     NICM        UMDM
-----------------------------
Total  1-2         1-5

Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd     NICM      UMDM
-------------------------
1st      4/8       2/4
2nd      0/0       1/2
3rd      2/4       0/0
Total    6/12      3/6

Three stars:
1. Joseph Hill
2. Anthony Monte
3. Chris Shore

Officials:
Referee:Marc Lefebvre
Linesman:Michael Shea
Linesman:Mark Andrews

GOALTENDERS

Nichols                 Dec  MIN  GA EN   1  2  3 Svs
-----------------------------------------------------
1  Keith Fink..........  L  59:55  4  0   9 10  8  27
TM EMPTY NET...........     00:05  0  1   0  0  0   0

UMass Dartmouth         Dec  MIN  GA EN   1  2  3 Svs
-----------------------------------------------------
31 Jeff Green..........  W  60:00  3  0   5  9 12  26


PENALTY SUMMARY

Prd Player               Team Min Offense              Time
------------------------------------------------------------
1st Zeke Costello        NICM   2 CHECKING FROM BEHIND 04:06 PP
1st Patrick Biron        NICM   2 HOOKING              08:46 PP
1st Jeff Bieber          NICM   2 HOOKING              09:54 PP
1st Ryan Gervais         NICM   2 ROUGHING             19:17
1st Jeff Grant           UMDM   2 ROUGHING             19:47
1st Jonathan Finn        UMDM   2 HOOKING              20:00 PP
2nd Jeff Grant           UMDM   2 SLASHING             06:33 PP
3rd Matt Roberts         NICM   2 BOARDING             03:14 PP
3rd Patrick Biron        NICM   2 HOLDING              15:57 PP

Win-Jeff Green (17-8-1).  Loss-Keith Fink (17-7-1).



Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Nichols vs UMass Dartmouth (Mar 06, 2008 at New Bedford, MA)



Nichols - Faceoffs

## Player                W  L
------------------------------
   Totals.........       0  0

UMass Dartmouth - Faceoffs

## Player                W  L
------------------------------
   Totals.........       0  0


Nichols - Power Play Summary

Prd Start  End  Elapse Shots (Opp)
----------------------------------
SUMMARY: 2 opps, 0 shots, 1 goal, time 00:00

UMass Dartmouth - Power Play Summary

Prd Start  End  Elapse Shots (Opp)
----------------------------------
SUMMARY: 5 opps, 0 shots, 1 goal, time 00:00


Penalty shots - None.