PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Senior
Anton Jellvik (Taby, Sweden) scored with just 32 seconds left in overtime to lift #13 Plymouth State University to a 4-3 win over Framingham State University in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) men's ice hockey game at Hanaway Rink on Saturday night.
Sophomore
Will Redick (Collingwood, Ontario) potted a pair of power play goals to give the Panthers a 2-1 lead heading into the third period, but Framingham State evened the score just 16 seconds into the third.
It looked like PSU would escape with a regulation win as junior
Josh Kagan (Winnipeg, Manitoba) jumped on a loose puck in the slot and went top shelf with just 1:27 left to play. Framingham State pulled its goalie with 1:14 remaining and the Rams blocked three shots in front of the empty net to keep their chances alive, before sending the puck through the crease to a skater at the back post to tie the game with just three seconds to go.
The overtime period featured back-and-forth action with each team having a golden chance in the opening minute. Sophomore goaltender
Brandon Shantz (San Antonio, Texas) got a piece of a close-range shot during a 2-on-1, and the Panthers raced back the other way on a 3-on-1, but a backhanded bid from senior
Brett Lockhart (Braintree, Mass.) was paddled away by the Rams' goalie.
Lockhart made a big hit in the defensive zone and fired the puck up the half wall to senior
Carson Lanceleve (Stewiacke, Nova Scotia) with less than a minute remaining. Lanceleve carried into the zone and hit Jellvik, who snuck a shot inside the post for the winner.
Plymouth State improves to 5-1-2 (3-0-2 MASCAC), while Framingham State dips to 1-5-0 (1-4-0 MASCAC).
The Basics:
- #13 Plymouth State 4, Framingham State 3
- Plymouth State (5-1-2, 3-0-2 MASCAC)
- Framingham State (1-5-0, 1-4-0 MASCAC)
How it Happened:
- Framingham State came out with high energy over the first several minutes.
- The Panthers controlled play during the game's first power play, but Framingham State blocked four shots and the game remained scoreless.
- Plymouth State was able to convert on its third power play chance of the period. Junior Connor Tait (Boyds, Md.) held off a defender to get to the puck in the left corner and flipped a pass to Jellvik at the blue line. Jellvik skated past a defender before firing a pass through the slot to Redick, whose low angle wrister snuck through for the 1-0 lead at 13:36.
- Framingham State pulled even with less than a minute remaining on a rebound goal to make it 1-1 heading into intermission.
- The Rams nearly pulled in front with five minutes left in the second period, but Shantz made a pair of huge sprawling saves to preserve the tie.
- Redick potted his second power play tally of the night with 2:29 left in the second. Junior Ethan Stuckless (Conception Bay South, Newfoundland) won an offensive zone faceoff to Jellvik, who whipped a cross-ice pass to Redick and his shot found the top right corner for the 2-1 lead.
- Framingham State pulled even just 16 seconds into the third when a skater flew down the right side with a head of steam to make it 2-2.
- Kagan gave PSU the lead when he pounced on a bouncing puck in the slot and popped it to the top left corner with 1:27 remaining.
- The Panthers had three opportunities to put the game away with an empty net, but each time a Framingham State defender jumped in front of the shot.
- The Rams forced overtime with just three seconds remaining when a puck sent near the goal made it to a skater on the back post for the quick score.
- The teams traded golden chances early in overtime, but both goalies made spectacular saves to extend the game.
- Lockhart's big hit led to a breakout chance and Lanceleve fed Jellvik for the game-winner with 32 seconds left.
By the Numbers:
- Redick has multi-point games in six of seven contests. He leads the team with eight goals and eight assists, while his 2.29 points per game rank third in the country.
- Jellvik finished with a goal and two assists, while Lanceleve had a pair of helpers in the win.
- Shantz made 20 saves to pick up the victory.
- PSU outshot the Rams by a 42-23 margin. Framingham State finished with 22 blocked shots.
- The Panthers went 2-for-7 on the power play and held the Rams scoreless in four chances.
- Plymouth State improves to 31-4 against Framingham State at home. The Panthers are 27-0-1 in the last 28 head-to-head matchups, last losing to the Rams in Dec. 2013.
Up Next:
- Plymouth State welcomes Worcester State to Hanaway Rink on Tuesday (Nov. 21) at 6:00 p.m.
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