Box Score
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Nov. 21, 2017 – Trailing 4-3 in the waning seconds of regulation, the Chatham University men's hockey team tied Tuesday night's game with Morrisville State and forced a 4-4 overtime draw at Frozen Pond Arena in non-conference play.
RECORDS: With the tie, the Cougars are now 0-5-2 while the Mustangs move to 1-5-3 on the year.
WHAT'S NEXT: Chatham is idle over the Thanksgiving holiday and will travel to UCHC opponent Elmira on Friday, Dec. 1 at 7 pm.
SCORING SUMMARY: The Mustangs scored just 11 seconds into the game to put the Cougars in a 1-0 hole before first-year defenseman
Jake Reed (Chatham, Ont./Soo Thunderbirds) took a feed from first-year forward
Chris Lutz (Curtice, Ont./Soo Eagles) for the equalizer at 2:38.
Morrisville State enjoyed a short-handed goal in the second period to go ahead 2-1 before first-year defenseman
Andrew Breda (Maple, Ont./St. Michaels Buzzers) found the back of the net on the power play, thanks to assists from first-year forwards
Eric Hildebrand (Robbinsville, N.J./East Coast Wizards) and
Chad Bell (Port McNeill, B.C./Nanaimo Buccaneers), to tie the contest at 2-2.
In the third, first-year forward
Cory King (Albuquerque, N.M./Oklahoma City Blazers) gave the Cougars their first lead of the night off an assist from sophomore forward
Jace Burton (Aurora, Ill./Philadelphia Jr. Flyers), just 1:50 into the period.
However, the Mustangs scored the next two, including a penalty shot with less than two minutes to play, to take a 4-3 lead.
Pulling the goalie and playing with an extra attacker, the strategy came through for Chatham as first-year forward
Daniel Cangelosi (Rockaway, N.J./New England Wolves) put the puck over the line with just 20 seconds left in regulation to force the overtime session.
GOALTENDING: First-year netminder
Matt Calas (Mississauga, Ont./Ancaster Avalanche) made 38 stops for Chatham, including 18 saves in the second period alone.
FACEOFFS: Burton won a team-high 15 draws for the Cougars.
For more information on the Chatham men's hockey team, please visit gochathamcougars.com.
About Chatham Athletics
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers nine Division III women's sports and seven men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham University will be unveiling a renovated weight room on September 1
st 2017. Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as 52 student athletes being selected to the 2016 Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham added women's lacrosse beginning play in 2017-2018 as well as women's squash, beginning in 2018-19. Chatham has added five men's sports competing this academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field. Chatham added two more men's varsity sports beginning play in 2017-2018; ice hockey and lacrosse, as well as men's squash, starting in 2018-19.
For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit
www.gochathamcougars.com.
