Brookhaven, NY -- Nick Cotter (Whitby, Ontario) scored 4 goals including the 100th of his career as #5 Dowling defeated Molloy 10-7 at Golden Lions Field. The win continues the Golden Lions win streak, extending it to 9 straight and pushes their record to 9-1 (2-0 ECC). Molloy falls to 4-7 (0-4 ECC).

After Cotter opened the scoring 1:48 into the game, lightning struck and both teams were sent to their locker rooms. After a 30 minute delay, Molloy came out with more energy, netting two straight goals, the second coming from Keith Galante to put the Lions ahead 2-1. Dowling would answer back with a 4-0 run to close out the first half, the last coming from Ryan Campbell (Brampton, Ontario) on a nice inside roll dodge. Each team traded goals in the 2nd quarter and Dowling held a 6-3 advantage going into halftime.

Molloy would out shoot Dowling in the second half 22-11 but the Golden Lions defensive unit, led by goaltender Nick Tracey (Farmingville, NY), would hold the lead. Tracey made numerous solo stops, including a 3rd quarter breakaway by Ryan Bohlert. Molloy would be held without a goal in the 3rd quarter. Campbell would add 2 goals and 2 assists as Dowling would survive a late Molloy rally to earn the victory

Tracey finished with 13 saves on the day, 3 short of breaking Dowling all-time career record. Campbell had 5 points (3G, 2A) and John McClure (Brampton, Ontario) had a goal and assist and a team high 7 ground balls. For Molloy, Jeffery Flandina finished with 2 goals and an assist and Kieth Meekins had two goals on the day.

Dowling returns to action Wednesday, 4/16 in a conference action away against Dominican at 4:00.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Molloy..............  2  1  0  4 -  7
Dowling.............  5  1  2  2 - 10
 
Attendance: 243
 
Molloy SCORING:
GOALS: Flandina, Jeffrey 2; Meekins, Kevin 2; Galante, Keith 1;
       Tempone, Brian 1; Salisbury, Mike 1.
ASSISTS: Galante, Keith 2; Bonelli, Peter 1; Flandina, Jeffrey 1.
 
Dowling SCORING:
GOALS: Cotter,Nick 4; Campbell, Ryan 3; Rimmer, Kevin 1; McClure, John 1;
       Oswald, Tom 1.
ASSISTS: Campbell, Ryan 2; McClure, John 1; Nunez, PJ 1; Rimmer, Kevin 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Molloy..............  7  9 10 12 - 38
Dowling............. 16  5  6  5 - 32
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Molloy.............. 14 10 12 11 - 47
Dowling............. 12 19 12 13 - 56
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Molloy..............  4-8   1-3   2-3   2-7  -  9-21
Dowling.............  4-8   2-3   1-3   5-7  - 12-21
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Molloy..............  4-6   6-10  6-7   5-5  - 21-28
Dowling.............  5-5   4-6   7-8   4-6  - 20-25
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Molloy..............  1-3   1-3   0-0   0-1  -  2-7
Dowling.............  0-0   0-0   1-1   1-2  -  2-3
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Molloy..............  4  2  1  2 -  9
Dowling.............  2  4  4  3 - 13
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  3  4  Tot
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Molloy..............  6  8  5  4 - 23
Dowling.............  2 11  8  6 - 27
 
PENALTIES - Molloy 4/2:30; Dowling 7/7:00.

2008-04-12