HENNIKER, N.H. - New England College's Mike
Carmody (Falmouth, Maine) scored a power-play goal with just 2:01
remaining in overtime Tuesday evening to lift the Pilgrims past the
visiting Plymouth State University Panthers, 6-5. The win is
the second straight for the Pilgrims, who improve to 9-2-1 overall,
while the upset-minded Panthers drop to 4-7-2 overall.
The two teams battled through a quiet opening period before the
Pilgrims broke the silence with two goals 10 seconds apart to go
ahead 2-0. Carmody put the Pilgrims on the board first with his
fourth goal of the season at the 15:55 mark and Brian Pouliot
(Hooksett, N.H.) put the Pilgrims up 2-0 heading into the first
intermission.
PSU didn't waste any time getting on the board in the second period
as freshman Jason Butler (Farmington, Conn.)
scored a power-play goal just 49 seconds into the period. PSU
freshman Bryan Horrigan (Brookfield, Wisc.)
knotted the game at 2-2 with a short-handed goal assisted by
Deni Bojadzic (Gothenburg, Sweden) at the 4:04
mark. NEC's Per Thunberg (Likoping, Sweden) struck late in
the second period scoring his second goal of the season as the
Pilgrims regained the lead heading into the third period, 3-2.
The Panthers took advantage of several Pilgrim penalties in the
third period, scoring two power-play goals and tacking on another
goal to go ahead of the NEC 5-3 with 10:32 remaining in regulation.
Freshman David Rose (Haddon Township, N.J.) and
Horrigan tallied the power play markers, and freshman Seth
McQuade (Manchester, N.H.) added the fifth goal for the
Panthers.
NEC would not go down without a fight as the Pilgrims scored at the
11:37 mark and then again at the 14:10 mark to send the game into
overtime tied 5-5. The Pilgrims took advantage of a Plymouth
State penalty in overtime when Carmody completed the hat trick with
his third goal for the game-winner.
Picking up the win in goal for NEC was Ron Baia (W. Haven, Conn.)
who finished with 20 saves. In goal for Plymouth State was
Karl Helgesson (Lerum, Sweden) who stopped 41
Pilgrim shots.
The Panthers will play all ECAC Northeast Conference games the rest
of the season, beginning Saturday against Becker College at the
Laconia (N.H.) Ice Arena (7:30 p.m.). NEC plays a pair of
weekend road games in Connecticut, Friday at Trinity (7:00 p.m.)
and Saturday at Wesleyan (3:00 p.m.)
(Courtesy of NEC Sports Information)
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