Iona’s Ryan Manitowich scored twice within a 32-second span of the first period and finished with four points to spark the Iona Gaels to a 5-0 MAAC victory over visiting Bentley Saturday night at the New Roc City Arena.<\/p>\n
The shutout was authored by senior Ben Brady. He finished with 25 saves while notching his first blanking of the season.<\/p>\n
The win dropped the Falcons to 0-9-1 on the year, 0-7-1 in MAAC action while Iona improved to 6-4-1 overall, 5-1-1 in MAAC action. <\/p>\n
Bentley opened the game by controlling the action for the first seven minutes until Manitowich scored his first at 7:05. Just 32 seconds later, Manitowich lit the lamp again, finishing a pass from junior Kris Swinney in front of the Bentley net. Manitowich completed his hat trick with a third period goal at 9:55 that made it 4-0.<\/p>\n
Prior to the pair of first-period goals, Falcon goalie Ray DeVincent foiled a breakaway by Iona sophomore John Gilbert at 6:32, but the Gaels beat DeVincent a few moments later and gained momentum.<\/p>\n
Iona junior Ryan Carter gave the Gaels a 3-0 lead with the only goal of the second period. Manitowich was credited with the assist, picking up his third point of the night.<\/p>\n
Gael junior Erik Nates completed the Iona scoring with a goal at 14:28 of the third period.<\/p>\n
Bentley returns to action on Dec. 1 and 3 with a pair of home games against Fairfield and Sacred Heart, respectively. Iona hosts Sacred Heart on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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