Men’s Hockey Rally for 3-2 Win at Framingham

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – The MCLA Men's Ice Hockey team took to the highway this evening, traveling to Loring Arena for a MASCAC clash with the Framingham State Rams. The Trailblazers rallied back from a two-goal deficit, scoring three unanswered goals to pick up their second win in as many games. Cade Herrera started the scoring late in the first period, Charles Vukovic lit the lamp in the second period, and Quinn Murphy potted the game winner with 54.3 seconds on the third period clock, sending the Trailblazers into their winter break winners 3-2.

THE BASICS:

• Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025
• Score: MCLA 3, Framingham 2
• Records: MCLA Trailblazers 3-5-2 (MASCAC 2-2-1) | Framingham State University Rams 3-6-0 (MASCAC 1-4-0)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Framingham jumped out to an early lead, scoring a pair of goals about seven minutes apart in the first period. The first goal was credited to Michael Kennedy (7:05 of 1^st period, assisted by Grig Kaagan). The second was by Scott Brent (14:43, Scott Bugarin & Sam Larkin).
• The Trailblazers responded, cutting the lead back to a single goal about four minutes later with a power play goal after the home team was called for too many men on the ice. Junior defenseman Shane Green (Bear, DE / Philadelphia Little Flyers) started the play from the left point, sending the puck along the wall to junior forward Sean Schifferl (Fort Myers, FL / N.H. Monarchs) behind the net. Schifferl sent it back the way it came to junior forward Easton Moore (Red Deer, AB / Florida Eels) along the boards. Moore quickly redirected the puck to junior forward Cade Herrera (Brentwood, CA / Seahawks H.C). Herrera (PP, 18:36, Moore & Schifferl) was positioned in front of the net for the quick chip in.
• The equalizer came early in the second period. freshman forward Charles Vukovic (Castaic, CA / Express Hockey Club) brought the puck into the Rams' defensive end and left the puck for junior forward Cody White (Orange, CT / East Coast Wizards) in the right side circle. Framingham's Benjamin O'Keefe was up to the task, stopping White's effort, deflecting the puck to a Ram defender. The Framingham pass out was too far for the Ram player, allowing Vukovic (6:25 of 2^nd period, unassisted) to pick his pocket and skate along the right board for before getting a narrow-angled shot on net that found its way in the goal. The goal was the first of the season for Vukovic.
• The game remained tied at two goals apiece into the late stages of the third period despite MCLA having to kill off four power plays in the last frame.
• With the clock ticking down under one minute to play, Herrera fired a shot from the right point that went high and wide of the net, but fell off the glass to the stick of junior forward Quinn Murphy (Champaign, IL / Philadelphia H.C.) behind the goal. Murphy skated out to the left corner leaving the puck for Schifferl and then curling back to the front of the net. Schifferl put a pass on the tape to Murphy (19:05.7 of 3^rd period, assisted by Schifferl) who wristed a shot under the cross bar for what would turn out to be the game winner.
• Freshman goaltender Roco Stolz (Denver, CO / Charlotte Rush) stopped 30 of 32 shots to even his record at 3-3-1 for MCLA, while Framingham's O'Keefe fell to 1-2-0 after recording 30 saves.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Shots: MCLA 33, Framingham 32
• Saves: MCLA 30, Framingham 30
• Faceoffs Won: MCLA 37, Framingham 23
• Penalty/Minutes: MCLA 5/10:00, Framingham 3/6:00
• Power Plays: MCLA 1 for 3, Framingham 0 for 5

UP NEXT:

MCLA will be back in action on January 2nd when they travel to the Codfish Bowl hosted by UMass-Boston. The Trailblazer will open with a game against the host Beacons at 1 p.m.

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