Six seconds into overtime, Chris Doolan slid the puck into the back of the net to lift Hobart to a 3-2 victory over visiting Buffalo State. Hobart had climbed back from a third-period deficit of 2-1 to force overtime and set up the dramatic win.<\/p>\n
Hobart’s Dan Bush pushed the opening faceoff of overtime forward and Doolan blitzed across the center line just as the puck was dropped. Doolan then poked the puck past a Buffalo State defender and broke into the Bengal zone unmarked, gathered the puck and slid it under the blocker of netminder Steve Thering to win the game.<\/p>\n
“Hobart took it to us for 60 minutes,” said Buffalo State coach Jim Fowler. “They played a great game.”<\/p>\n
Buffalo State (7-6) had built a 2-1 lead in the second period on superior special-teams play. Bengal Mark Infantino wristed in a goal from the slot while on the power play 1:50 into the second period to tie the game at one.<\/p>\n
The Bengals used an aggressive penalty-killing scheme to take the lead with a shorthanded goal at the 4:31 mark. Eric Bavisotto stole the puck from a Hobart blueliner near center ice and broke into the Statesman zone 2-on-1 with linemate Josh Bluman. Bavisotto shot the puck, which Hobart goalie Adam Lavelle saved, but Bluman collected the rebound and scored.<\/p>\n
“Our penalty kill is real aggressive against teams,” said Fowler.<\/p>\n
In two contests this year between Hobart and Buffalo State, the Bengals have scored four shorthanded goals against Hobart, and five on the season as a whole.<\/p>\n
Hobart (6-6) had taken a 1-0 lead midway through a penalty-filled first period in a rare 5-on-5 situation. Andy Kaspreczak chipped in a rebound off a scramble in front of the Bengal net at 13:45 for the tally.<\/p>\n
Buffalo State took the lead on the two second-period special-teams goals before Hobart tied it up early in the third. The Statesmen were able to mount more pressure in the third period, and the work paid off at 6:37 when Kevin Coakley finished off a 2-on-1 break to knot the game 2-2.<\/p>\n
“It has been a battle with Hobart over the years,” said Fowler. “Both teams have to work hard and stick to their systems. The team that does that better usually wins.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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