Hawks bounce back with win, shutout Falcons

Meghan Mascola
Posted 12/16/14

By MEGHAN MASCOLA

For the Beacon

After a 1-1 start to the season, the Bishop Hendricken hockey team was looking to bounce back against Cranston West this weekend, and show what lies ahead. …

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Hawks bounce back with win, shutout Falcons

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By MEGHAN MASCOLA

For the Beacon

After a 1-1 start to the season, the Bishop Hendricken hockey team was looking to bounce back against Cranston West this weekend, and show what lies ahead.

The Hawks responded well, securing a 7-0 shutout win against the Falcons on Saturday night.

Head coach Jim Creamer was impressed by his team’s effort in the game and felt that they showed a great deal of progress.

“It was a good game for us and we played well, probably as well as we have played in a while,” Creamer said.

Creamer cited that the overall goal for the season was to maintain consistency in their style of play.

“We haven’t been really consistent this year, so I thought we accomplished that – we were consistent all the way through,” Creamer said. “We still want to be a little tougher and harder to play against, but it’s a work in progress. We have to be consistent and get the puck to the net on a regular basis and not be too fancy and even get a little ugly in the process, but we definitely accomplished that.”

Falcons’ starting goalie Anthony Lancellotti was put to work early in the game and spent most of the first period defending against the Hawks’ many scoring chances. Lancellotti made some scrambling saves in the first and his steadiness soon began to falter. Lancellotti had seven saves in the loss and was eventually replaced by freshman goalie Darren DeAngelis, who made eight saves in relief.

Midway through the first period, the Hawks found themselves with a tremendous opportunity when they went on the first power play of the night. The five-on-four man advantage did not last long, as sophomore forward Pat Creamer notched the first goal of the night. Junior forward Reilly Miller had the assist on the power play goal.

With the final minutes of the first period winding down, Miller found himself with another opportunity, finishing off a nice feed from senior defenseman Jason Comeau to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead.

The surge of goals did not rattle the Falcons, who continued to battle while looking for a goal to carry some momentum into the second period. However, they couldn’t cut into their deficit.

“I give [West] a lot of credit,” Jim Creamer said. “They’re a tough team to play, they battled all the way through and they were blocking shots late in the game. It was good for us and they’re a tough opponent to play against—they play really hard, they make it tough.”

Much like the opening minutes of the first period, the Falcons found themselves fighting off shots in their own zone, and within a few minutes, the Hawks had added a third goal. This time it was freshman defenseman Matthew Rickard, assisted by Brandon Mitchell and Eric Edwards.

The early surge of goals also sparked a series of penalties and the Hawks soon found themselves in a five-on-three disadvantage. The Hawks remained aggressive and dominant on the penalty kill and even found some chances to score.

Shortly after, the Falcons were tested with a shorthanded situation of their own.

With less than five minutes left in the second period, the Hawks lit up the scoreboard again with another goal from Reilly, assisted by Pat Creamer and sophomore Sam Milnes.

The third and final period brought another rush of goals for the Hawks, with tallies from Mitchell and senior captain Alex Leite.

The fifth goal of the night was assisted by sophomore forward Ryan King, while Leite’s shorthanded goal was unassisted. Reilly completed a hat trick with a goal assisted by sophomore defenseman Bryce Dolan.

The Hawks completed the game with an unyielding effort from senior goalies Matthew Kenneally and Cameron Doomany, who made a combined total of nine saves.

The Hawks have an upcoming match-up against Mount St. Charles on Friday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Thayer Arena. Jim Creamer knows it will be a tough challenge against the Mounties.

“We play Mount St. Charles next Friday, so that’ll be a jump for us so we have to increase our intensity level and then everything will be able to match up,” he said.

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