WESTFIELD, Mass. – After a nail-biting 2-3 overtime loss yesterday against the Westfield State University Owls, Post's Men's Ice Hockey wrapped up the Western Mass Shootout Tournament with another 2-3 loss, this time against the Franklin Pierce University Ravens.

THE BASICS

Post University 2, Franklin Pierce University 3

Post University (0-2-0)

Franklin Pierce University (1-1-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Eagles wasted no time getting on the board as Posts' Jack Engdahl connected with Nick Brewer before a feed from Jake Aloi to give the Eagles a 1-0 edge after 6:11 minutes of action. The visitors were able to get 10 shots in before a single Raven shot that was denied by Drew Blodgett in net. The Eagles continued to pound the net but it wasn't until 24 ticks left on the clock when they doubled up their score to take the 2-0 advantage heading into the second thanks to a goal from Ryan Cardow.
 
The squads battled back and forth in the second frame however, the Ravens were able to outshoot the Eagles 15 to 10 before scoring their first goal of the game after capitalizing on a power play situation at the 9:05 mark to shrink their deficit to one.  Just a few minutes later, the Ravens knotted it up at two-all on even ice after Devin Rohrich laced one past the Eagles' goalie. Post retaliated with 12 shots in the remainder of the first compared to Franklin Pierce's two, however neither team was able to break the tie.
 
In the third, the Ravens started out hot, rattling off five shots before Post was able to rope the puck towards the net at the 2:58 mark. With just under 13 minutes remaining, the Ravens took their first lead of the game, battling back from a 2-0 deficit thanks to a goal from Austin Pick after a handle from Todd Branish and Trevor Lawler. The Eagles attempted to force their second overtime of the season with 13 shots in the final minutes of the game, however, it wasn't enough as they took the narrow 3-2 loss, this time at the end of regulation.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Drew Blodgett stopped 28 of 31 shots faced against the Ravens this afternoon
• For Franklin Pierce, Jeremy Connor earned 33 saves facing 35 shots
• As a team, the Eagles beat out the Ravens in faceoffs, winning just over half (24 of 47)
• Dating back to 2016, the Eagles are now 3-6-3 against the Ravens with their last match up in February of 2023 being an overtime tie, 3-3.

WHO'S NEXT
Post University will commence NE10 action this coming Friday, November 3 when they travel to Manchester, New Hampshire to square up against the Saint Anselm College Hawks at 7:00 PM.