Raiders Trip Owls in OT, 5-4

Milan Breczko redirected a shot from Ashton Jones 3:34 into overtime to lift Rivier University to a 5-4, come-from-behind win over Westfield State in a non-conference men’s ice hockey game at Amelia Park Arena on Thursday night.

Rivier

2-1-0

Westfield St.

1-2-0

Final	1	2	3	OT	T
Rivier 2-1-0	0	3	1	1	5
Westfield St. 1-2-0	2	2	0	0	4

Scoring Summary

1st - 05:50 - Mathieu Jones (Westfield St.)

1st - 11:24 - Triston Theriot (Westfield St.)

2nd - 05:31 - Dawson Garcia (Westfield St.)

2nd - 12:52 - Francis Young-Menard (Rivier)

2nd - 13:30 - Ashton Jones (Rivier)

2nd - 14:12 - Joseph Carbone (Westfield St.)

2nd - 18:17 - Nicolas Paolucci (Rivier)

3rd - 13:23 - PP - Zach Winslow (Rivier)

OT - 03:34 - Milan Breczko (Rivier)

Game Leaders

Rivier

G: 5 Players (#2, #11, #13, #18, #28) - 1

A: Nick Giamou - 2

Sh: Ryan Nolte - 5

Sv: Luke Newell - 43

Westfield St.

G: 4 Players (#11, #17, #22, #27) - 1

A: 8 Players (#10, #11, #12, #15, #16, #17, #22, #27) - 1

Sh: 2 Players (#6, #9) - 6

Sv: Tyler Shugrue - 25

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Rivier	Westfield St.
PowerPlays	1 for 4	0 for 3
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	2 (4)	5 (10)
Shots on Goal	30	47
Face Offs Won	35	36

Full stats

November 4, 2021

WESTFIELD, Mass. - Milan Breczko redirected a shot from Ashton Jones 3:34 into overtime to lift Rivier University to a 5-4, come-from-behind win over Westfield State in a non-conference men's ice hockey game at Amelia Park Arena on Thursday night.

Jones skated the puck into the Owls zone on the right side on a 2-v-1 and fired to the front of the net where Breczko tipped it past Westfield netminder Tyler Shugue for the game winner.

Westfield built a 3-0 lead early in the game on first period goals from Mattheiu Jones and Triston Theriot, and a second period tally from Andrew McCormick.

Rivier rallied with back to back goals from Francis Young-Menard and Jones, before Westfield State's Jojo Carbone tipped one in at 14:10 of the second period to give the Owls a 4-2 lead.

The Raiders trimmed the lead to 4-3 with a tally from Nick Paolucci late in the second period.

Rivier tied the game 4-4 with Nick Winslow tallying on the power play with 6:37 left in regulation.

Westfield skated off a pair of penalties in the final two minutes of regulation time and the start of the OT, but Brezcko sent Rivier home happy in the 3-on-3 overtime session.

Westfield State got 25 saves, including six in the overtime from Tyler Shugrue, while the Raiders' Luke Newell finished with 43 saves.

Westfield State slips to 1-2 on the season, while Rivier is now 2-1 in their debut campaign.

Westfield State will be back in action on Thursday, Nov. 11 with a 7:00 MASCAC game at Plymouth State.