Winchendon, Mass. (January 9) -- The men's hockey team edged out Northeast-10 opponent Franklin Pierce, 6-5, Wednesday evening at the Winchendon School Ice Arena. Six different Hawks scored in the game, giving the Hawks their third straight victory. The win improves the Hawks to 5-1-3 overall, 2-0-0 Northeast-10, while the loss drops Franklin Pierce to 4-10-0, 0-3-0 Northeast-10.

The Hawks struck first, late in the first period. Tom Kerwin (Whitman, Mass.) scored at the 13:25 mark on the power play, assisted by Mike Nunzianto (Guilford, Conn.) and Matt Grazioso (Quincy, Mass.). The Hawks took the 1-0 lead into the second period.

The Hawks extended the lead to 4-1 in the second period. Colin Fitzpatrick (Westwood, Mass.) netted his fourth goal of the season on the power play at the 6:37 mark, assisted by Pat Forshner (Natick, Mass.) and Brian Hartigan (Saugus, Mass.). Ryan Butler (Arlington, Mass.) continued his strong play in the past few games with a goal at the 9:40 mark to extend the lead to 3-0, assisted by Nunzianto. John Hennessey (Westwood, Mass.) scored at the 10:28 mark, assisted by Mike Foley (Medford, Mass.) to push the lead to 4-0 halfway through the period.

The Ravens cut the lead to three on a 5-on-3 advantage late in the second period, as Joseph Fields scored with just 20 seconds remaining in the period, assisted by Peter Wilson and Eric Spalt.

The Ravens then took advantage of the 5-on-4 to open the third period, cutting the lead to 4-2 at the 1:22 mark, when Spalt picked up his first goal of the season. Franklin Pierce added its third straight unanswered goal at the 5:06 mark, as Wilson scored, assisted by Jeff Kasper and Fields, bringing the Ravens to within one.

The Hawks responded at the 7:30 mark, when Forshner scored his fifth goal of the season, assisted by Nick Wheeler (Nashua, N.H.) and Kerwin. Shane Masotta (Woburn, Mass.) scored his first goal of the season at the 8:16 mark, assisted by Fitzpatrick and Foley, to give the Hawks a 6-3 advantage with just over half a period left to play.

The Ravens took advantage of a power play with just under five minutes left to play, as Ryan Strayer found the back of the net, assisted by Wilson and Phil LaBreck. Franklin Pierce then cut the lead to one when Fields scored his second goal of the game at the 19:00 mark, assisted by the goaltender, Jeremy Rossignolo. The Ravens then pulled Rossignolo after the center-ice faceoff for the remaining 58 seconds of the game, but did not net the equalizer, allowing the Hawks to finish off their third straight win.

The Hawks return to the ice Friday, January 11th, traveling to Colby for a 1 p.m. start.