NORTHFIELD, VT - Tyler Ignazzitto (Bath, Ontario) had a goal and an assist, but the Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey team lost its first New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) game in program history to Norwich, 4-3 on Friday evening.

The Falcons rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third before Norwich scored the game winner just over midway through the final period.

William Lavigne (Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Quebec) scored his second goal in as many games and Caden Pattison (Lake Stevens, Wash.) scored his first goal of the season.

Chace Hale (Pittsburgh, Pa.) made his first start in net and stopped 31 shots.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Norwich 4 | Albertus Magnus 3

RECORDS: Albertus (1-1-0, 0-1-0 NEHC) | Norwich (1-1-0, 1-0-0 NEHC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• It took over 13 minutes for anyone to get on the board, until Nick Cordeiro put Norwich on the board at the 13:05 mark of the first period  as he put home a rebound off a shot from Ben van Waterschoot.
• Albertus tied it up at the 16:24 mark of the first as Kyle Dann (Windham, N.H.) was able to make a pass to Pattison while falling to the ice just in front of the net. Pattison put his shot past Norwich goaltender, Sami Molu to make it a 1-1 game.
• Norwich added one goal in the second period from Owen Sclisizzi and then one under two minutes into the third by Kyle Kudrna. 
• Albertus battled back with two goals in a stretch of 1:52 in the third, both on power plays. At the 6:43 mark, Lavigne cut the deficit to 2-1 on his second goal of the season, firing a one-timer off a pass from Zane Kindrachuk (Calgary, Alberta) that went through a sea of people in front of the net. Ignazzitto had the second assist on the goal.
• Ignazzitto then tied the game at the 8:35 mark as he stuffed in a loose puck in front of the net past Molu. Sam Anderson (Calgary, Alberta) and Tim Manning (Concord, Ohio) each had an assist on the goal.
• Just three minutes later, Norwich took the lead back as Matt Harvey fired a shot from the blue line off a pass from Zach Ophoven.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

Chace Hale (L, 0-1-0) 35 Shots on Goal | 31 Saves | 4 Goals Allowed

Norwich

Sami Molu (W, 1-1-0) 19 Shots on Goal | 16 Saves | 3 Goals Allowed

BY THE NUMBERS

Penalties/Minutes

Albertus 2/4 | Norwich 4/8

Power Play Goals/Opportunities

Albertus 2/3 | Norwich 0/1

NOTEWORTHY

Albertus won the faceoff battle, 39-34 with Ignazzitto and Anderson each winning 13.

Dann now has three assists on the season through his first two games, matching his total from last season.

UP NEXT 

The teams will meet again on Saturday at Norwich for a 4 p.m. puck drop.