Nov. 17, 2002

SOTRRS, CT (November 16, 2002) - The Sacred Heart men's ice hockey team was defeated by UConn, 3-1, after beating them 6-3 the night before. SHU's lone goal was scored by senior Martin Paquet (St. Catherine, QUE) from freshman Rocco Molinaro (Dearborn, MI).

Paquet's goal opened the scoring after a scoreless first period at 2:58 in the second. The Pioneers were ahead 1-0 going into the third.

The third period scoring was all Uconn, as they scored three unanswered goals to take the game. D.J. Miller scored at 4:11 to tie the game. Then Ron D'Angelo shot one by Pioneer goalie, sophomore Kevin LaPointe (Quebec City, QUE) at 9:05, which was the eventual game-winner. Eric St. Arnauld scored the final goal of the game at 14:55.

LaPointe made 34 saves in net for SHU. UConn goalie Jason Carey made 34 saves in the win.

The Pioneers return to action Friday, November 21, as they play host to American International for a MAAC match-up at the Milford Ice Pavilion at 7 pm.

at Storrs, CT
                        1       2       3       F
Sacred Heart            0       1       0-      1
UConn                   0       0       3-      3



Scoring:
SHU - 
Martin Paquet (
Rocco Molinaro), 2:58, 2nd
UC - D.J. Miller (Matt Owens, Robert Ryan), 4:11, 3rd
UC - Ron D'Angelo (Kurt Kamienski, Bret Bostock), 9:05, 3rd
UC - Eric St. Arnauld (unassisted), 14:55, 3rd



Saves:  SHU - 
Kevin LaPointe, 34 saves; UC - Jason Carey, 34 saves.