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Posted: Feb 20, 2025

Gover Stops 61 shots, Men’s Hockey Still Fall to Plymouth State

Mathew Gover stopped 61 shots against Plymouth State
Mathew Gover stopped 61 shots against Plymouth State
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The MCLA Men's Ice Hockey team welcomed the Plymouth State Panthers to the Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink for a MASCAC matchup. MCLA's Mathew Gover stopped 61 shots but the Panthers overpowered the Trailblazers with a barrage of shots and seven goals.

THE BASICS:

  • Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025
  • Score: Plymouth State 7, MCLA 1
  • Records: Plymouth State University Panthers 18-6-0 (MASCAC 15-2-0) | MCLA Trailblazers 4-18-2 (MASCAC 4-11-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Plymouth State scored three times in the opening period to take a 3-0 lead into the first intermission. The first goal was on a power play by Brendan Doyle (at 9:18, assisted by Lucas Jones and David Matousek). The second was credited to Dante Moretti (12:10, Matousek and Rider McCallum), and the third to Andrew Stuckless (18:23, Jones and Doyle).
  • The Panthers extended their lead with a pair of tallies in the second frame. The first was scored by Andrew Stuckless (2:50, Doyle and McCallum) and the second on the power play by Will Pray (7:56, Ethan Stuckless and Severi Sulonen).
  • The visitors then sandwiched two more goals around an MCLA power play goal. Cameron Patton (5:26, Sulonen and McCallum) notched the early goal while Pray (16:43, Ethan Stuckless and Patton) picked up his second of the night with the man advantage.
  • MCLA scored their loan goal in the third period on a power play. After the Panthers cleared the puck from their defensive end, the Trailblazers' sophomore forward Quinn Murphy (Champaign, IL / Philadelphia H.C.) went back to recover it and skated in along the right-side boards before dropping the puck back to sophomore forward Cade Herrera (Brentwood, CA / Seahawks H.C). Herrera skated through the slot and found sophomore forward Easton Moore (Red Deer, AB / Florida Eels) wide open near the left faceoff dot. Moore (8:13, Murphy and Herrera) finished the deal, wristing a shot between the left pipe and the goalie. The goal was the fourth of the season for Moore and the assists were the sixth for Murphy and ninth for Herrera.
  • Plymouth State's Brandon Shantz stopped 33 of 34 shots faced to improve to 15-5-0.
  • MCLA's Mathew Gover had a season high 61 saves while falling to 4-18-2. Gover's 61 saves was the second highest single game save total in all of division III this season, trailing only Salem State's Will Nepveu's 65 save effort against Endicott on December 10th.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • Shots: Plymouth State 68, MCLA 34
  • Saves: Plymouth State 33, MCLA 61
  • Faceoffs Won: Plymouth State 40, MCLA 32
  • Penalty/Minutes: Plymouth State 4/8:00, MCLA 7/14:00
  • Power Plays: Plymouth State 3 for 6, MCLA 1 for 3

UP NEXT:

On Saturday, MCLA will be back in action when it hosts Framingham State at the Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink for a MASCAC matchup with the Rams. The puck will drop at 8 p.m. Please arrive early as the team will be honoring their senior class prior to the game.

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