Framingham State Drops Contest To Westfield State 6-3

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WESTFIELD – Westfield State’s Jojo Carbone buried the game winner in the third period as the Owls rallied from a 3-1 deficit to top Framingham State, 6-3, in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference hockey game on Saturday evening at Amelia Park Ice Arena in Westfield.

With the win Westfield State improves 11-9-2 overall.

Framingham State falls to 2-17 overall and 1-13 in the Conference.

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HOW IT HAPPENED:  

• Westfield forward Mathieu Jones buried the first goal of the game and gave the Owls a 1-0 lead midway through the third period (9:58) off feeds from Dillon Gatto and Thomas Skold.  
• From there, Framingham was able to tie the game at one off a strike from Johnny Baker with a minute and four seconds left in the first period. 
• Westfield went down 2-1 early in the second period after Baker scored his second of the night for the Rams. Baker’s night continued with an assist to Ashton Collazo at 6:31 in the second period making it 3-1 in favor of the visitors. 
• The Owls were able to cut the deficit to just one after a dime from Paul Frys during a man-up advantage found fellow senior Jason Diamond open in the slot, who netted his fifth goal of the year (9:49). This sparked some momentum for Westfield, who had Framingham doubled up on shots (40-20) by the end of the second period. 

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• Owls defenseman Dawson Garcia tied the game for the Owls at 4:20 in the third period with a stiff wrist shot he nestled into the top right corner of the net. 
• The contest remained tied at three until Carbone deflected a shot from Thomas Skold at 13:55 of the third that slipped past the Rams net-minder to put the Owls up one, at 4-3. Chuck Costello gave the Owls some insurance after a loose rebound dribbles his way which he happily returned to the back of the net just three minutes later. 
• Jake Ratcliffe (Auckland, New Zealand) added a score of his own on an empty net opportunity late in the third period that iced the victory for the Owls. 
• Westfield goaltender Tyler Shugrue recorded the win, stopping 26 of the 29 shots he faced. 
• On Framingham’s side, Blake Carlson made 55 saves on 60 shots. 

UP NEXT:  The Rams return to the ice Tuesday evening when they host UMass Dartmouth at 8:20 p.m.