April 22, 2007
Playoff-Bound Eagles Breeze By GMC, 9-1

(Nashua) – Brian Abrahamson (Dedham, Mass.) notched a game high four goals and three assists, and Brandon Bell (Loudon, N.H.) added two goals and two assists to pace host Daniel Webster past Green Mountain, 9-1 in the Eagles’ regular season finale Sunday afternoon.

The Eagles (7-4), who finished third in the North Atlantic Conference standings, will play in next week’s NAC semifinal round at Castleton beginning at 2:00 p.m. It will be their second straight post-season appearance. The Eagles also tied their program record for wins in season, matching last year's high-water mark.

Zach Horchar (Baltimore, Md.) added two goals to the Eagle attack, while Ryan Manning (Newport, N.H.) chipped in with a goal and assists. Defender Craig Van Tuyl (Buffalo, N.Y.) finished with a game and season-high 11 ground balls.

Abrahamson notched the first two scores of the day at the 12:53 and 3:38 marks, while Horchar’s first made it 3-0 with 2:45 to go in the opening quarter.

Manning made it 4-0 26 seconds into the second and Green Mountain’s David Browning (New London, N.H.) put the Eagles on the board three minutes later.

Horchar’s second of the game with 5:53 to go in the half, made it 5-1 at the break.

Bell notched his two scores in the third, while Abrahamson tacked on single tallies in the third and fourth quarters.

Adam McKellar (Biddeford, Maine) finished with nine saves, having allowed just one goal over his last eight quarters after a shutout of Becker Saturday.

Hale Tomasson (Greenwich, Conn.) made four saves in the loss as Green Mountain (1-8) dropped its fourth straight. The Eagles host Castleton Tuesday and travel to Morrisville State next Sunday.