MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Sophomore Corey Sherman (Hilton, NY) scored the game-winning goal early in the third period and freshman Bryan Canter (Sparrows Point, MD) made 44 saves as the Becker College men's ice hockey team picked up a 6-4 victory over Tufts University in non-conference action on Tuesday evening at  the New England Sports Center. With the win, the Hawks move to 2-5 and the Jumbos slip to 0-2-1 on the season.

The Hawks had ten different players tip the stat sheet. Senior Tyler Auricchio (Henderson, Nev) led the Hawks with 2 goals and an assist, while Sherman potted a pair. Freshman Collin Edwards (Winchester, Mass.) had three helpers and Bryan Canter earned his first collegiate win.

Auricchio scored the first goal of the game at the 7:02 mark when Edwards spotted the senior wide open in the slot for his first goal of the season and an early 1-0 lead. Tufts evened the score with 6:34 remaining on the clock. After a Hawks turnover in the neutral zone, the Jumbos' senior Stewart Bell found an open Nick Flanagan on the left wing for the Tufts' marker. Just two minutes later, Auricchio notched his second goal of the game off another assist from Edwards to give the Hawks the 2-1 lead at intermission.

The Jumbos scored a shorthanded goal just over a minute into the 2^nd frame when junior Patrick Lackey poked in an unassisted score to tie the game at 2-2. The Hawks responded with back-to-back goals from Sherman and Conner Allison (Hillsboro, Ore.). First Sherman would sneak out of the corner and tuck the puck past Tufts' netminder Ryan McConnell, and then Allison would give the hosts a two goal cushion midway through the period. However, Tufts wouldn't back down as sophomore Brian Brown would tally a duo of goals in forty-four seconds to close out the frame knotted at 4-4, setting up Sherman's heroics in the last period.

Junior Gerald Owen (Chesapeake, VA) added an insurance goal for the Hawks at 7:48 of the third period to seal the 6-4 victory.  

The Hawk return to the ice for non-conference action on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 4:30 p.m. They will tackle Assumption College in the first round of the Worcester City Shootout. The Jumbos travel to Vermont for the Castleton State Tournament starting Friday November 27^th.