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UC Men Edge Johnson & Wales

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Story Created: Nov 10, 2007 at 11:57 PM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 10, 2007 at 11:57 PM EDT

UTICA, NY – TJ Schneider (Spring City, PA/La Ronge Ice Wolves) netted his first goal of the season with under two minutes left in the game, and it could not have come at a more opportune time, as he lifted the Utica College men’s hockey team past visiting Johnson & Wales 3-2 Saturday night in front of 3,075 fans.

Both teams exchanged blows early, but the Pioneers got the better of the Wildcats when Schneider knocked home a rebound past J & W goalie JR Woodward (Picton, Ont. /

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Jr. A), who stopped 42 shots total on the evening and earned second star honors.
The Pioneers, who lost their ECAC Men’s West Conference opener to nationally-ranked No. 2 Manhattanville 3-1 last night, improved to 3-2 overall on the year. J & W dropped to 1-2 overall with the loss. UC out shot the Wildcats 44-32 and earned a 49-23 face off advantage.

Freshman forward Nick Kulas (Parma, MI/North Bay) gave the Pioneers a 1-0 lead with his first collegiate goal 3:58 into the first period on an assist from sophomore forward Jeff Pappalardi (Delmar/Capital District Selects). Pappalardi leads the team with six points on three goals and three assists this season.
The Wildcats tied the game up at 1-1 when Matt McGilvray (Rochester, NH/

Laconia

Leafs) netted his third goal of the season at 8:20 of the first period. Adam Frew (Concord, NH/Laconia Leafs) assisted on the goal that beat UC net minder Anthony Luckow (Niantic, CT/

Oswego

). Luckow closed out the day with 30 saves.
After a scoreless second period the Pioneers took a 2-1 lead in the third period on a goal from junior forward Colin Kingston (Vail, CO/Springfield Jr. Blues).

Kingston

skated down the right side past a J & W defender and put a nice wrist shot past Woodward on the lower left side. Senior captain Tony Wiseman (White Lake, MI/Cleveland) assisted on

Kingston

’s first goal of the season.
Senior forward Ryan Jacobs (Derby, VT/

Laconia

Leafs) tied things up at 2-2 on a power-play goal with lees than ten minutes left in the game. Jacobs’ fourth goal of the season was assisted by McGilvray.
The Pioneers hit the road next weekend as they travel to

Lebanon

Valley

Friday night at 7:00 p.m. before taking on host

Neumann

College

at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Johnson & Wales hits the ice again next Friday against ECAC Northeast Conference rival Suffolk University at 7:55 p.m.

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