Worcester, Mass. (November 4) -- The Assumption men's ice hockey team fell to Westfield State on Tuesday night at Buffone Arena by a narrow score of 2-1. Senior Trevor Plante (Blackstone, Mass. / Mt. St. Charles) tallied his second goal in as many games on the evening for the Hounds' lone goal in the match.

With the loss, the Hounds drop to 0-2 on the season, while the Owls improve to 2-0.

After the first period rendered both teams scoreless, the squads emerged in the second on fire. It was Westfield that struck first on a shot just 26 seconds into the period by Maxime Richard. Richard was assisted by Cody Campbell-Rich and Kyllian Kirkwood on the play that put the Hounds down by one.

Just 25 seconds after the Owls opened the scoring, Plante ripped a shot past Westfield keeper Jonathan LoParco for the equalizer. Plante, who was assisted by junior Pat Trainor (Auburn, Mass. / Auburn), tallied his second goal of the season on the play. He also scored in Assumption's season-opener on Saturday.

The tie lasted for six minutes until Westfield's Josh Finkelstein notched another for the Owls, the eventual game-winner.

Assumption goalkeeper Chris Hemhauser (Old Saybrook, Conn. / Glastonbury) collected 33 saves in his 59:57 minutes in the net. Hemhauser came out of the goal only in the last three seconds of the match as Assumption attempted to load the ice to tie the game.  

The Hounds held the edge in shots on goal 38-35 on the evening, led by freshman Mike Sorenti (Sagamore Beach, Mass. / Archbishop Williams) who tallied six. Assumption also led with 46 face offs won compared to 43 for Westfield.

The Hounds are set to return to action on Saturday, Nov. 8 as they head to their first road contest of the season against Franklin Pierce. Face off is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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