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Kevin Farino, who had three goals and seven assists as a freshman last year, scored the game-winner.
 
Kevin Farino, who had three goals and seven assists as a freshman last year, scored the game-winner.
  
 
MIT Tops Bridgewater State, 3-2, in Season Opener

Third-Period Comeback Lifts Engineers to Victory

Nov. 2, 2007

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. - Third-period goals from junior Nick LaBounty and sophomore Kevin Farino erased a one-goal deficit and handed MIT a 3-2 victory over host Bridgewater State College in the men's ice hockey team's season opener on Thursday evening. With the win, the Engineers (1-0-0) became the first team to overcome the Bears (3-1-0) this season, as Bridgewater State had started its campaign undefeated while outscoring its opponents, 23-9, in its first three games.

It's the third straight year in which the Cardinal and Gray has opened the season with a victory.

Sophomore Dustin Kendrick gave the Engineers a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal with 3:38 remaining in the opening period. Joseph Fahey provided the final pass to feed Kendrick, while LaBounty picked up the secondary assist.

The Bears tied the score at 1-1 just over one minute later, however, when Lee Trott fed Joe Allen for his first goal of the season.

Allen returned the favor to Trott early in the second period, as Allen turned provider to assist Trott's tally, which gave the hosts a 2-1 lead that they carried into the third period.

Bridgewater State would lose that lead, however, as Tech junior Ryan Ballentine assisted LaBounty's goal with 18:11 remaining in the final period to even the score once again. MIT's fight-back was complete with exactly seven minutes left on the clock, as Farino, a defenseman out of Medford, Mass., netted the winning goal, with Fahey picking up his second assist of the night.

Both goaltenders were solid when called upon, as MIT graduate student Thomas Hopkins made 22 saves, while freshman John Simmons stopped 23 shots between the pipes for the Bears.

The Engineers will open their 2007-08 home schedule on Wednesday, Nov. 7, when they will host Daniel Webster College at 7:00 p.m. in the Johnson Ice Rink. Bridgewater State will travel to Salem, N.H., on Friday, Nov. 2, where it will take on Boston College's non-varsity team at 8:40 p.m.