Box Score
SCHENECTADY, NY – Sophomore forward
Daniel Carr and sophomore defenseman
Mat Bodie each scored on the power play in the second period as No. 14 men's ice hockey (9-5-6, 3-2-3 ECAC Hockey) earned a 3-3 tie against Harvard (4-4-5, 3-3-3 ECAC Hockey) in front of 1,778 fans at Messa Rink.
Sophomore goaltender
Troy Grosenick stopped 23 shots and junior forward
Wayne Simpson added an even-strength goal in the first period for the Dutchmen.
Union held a 36-26 shot advantage, but was outshot by the Crimson 9-7 in the third period, when Harvard scored twice to tie the game.
Harvard defenseman Danny Biega scored at 7:03 of the third period to tie the game at 3-3, just six minutes after Alex Killorn had pulled Harvard to within a goal on the power play.
Biega took a cross-ice pass from Rence Coassin and beat Grosenick high on a shot through traffic from the point.
With Union leading 3-1 at the start of the third period, freshman defenseman
Shayne Gostisbehere was called for tripping just 26 seconds into the period. Harvard, which entered the contest with the nation's best power play at 32.2%, scored its second power play goal of the night when Patrick McNally found a wide-open Killorn, who beat Grosenick from slot at 1:04 of the third.
The Dutchmen got off to a great start, scoring early in the contest and outshooting Harvard 13-4 in the first period. Simpson beat Harvard goaltender Steve Michalek from in close (33 saves) on a setup from linemate
Kelly Zajac at 1:05 of the first period.
Harvard answered on their first power play opportunity of the game early in the second period, with freshman forward
Mark Bennett in the penalty box for interference.
Harvard's Alex Fallstrom scored from the circle at 3:58 to even the game at 1-1. The Dutchmen responded on the man advantage, capitalizing on the second and third of three consecutive power play opportunities in the frame.
With Harvard's David Valek in the penalty box for hooking, sophomore forward
Josh Jooris (two assists) won a puck along the boards back to Bodie, who beat Michalek from the point at 11:24.
Late in the period, with Killorn in the penalty box for hooking, Bodie weaved through the Harvard defense on a rush up ice and fed Jooris on the left wing. Jooris found Carr with a cross-ice pass, who finished the play with a low shot past Michalek at 17:15 to give Union a 3-1 lead heading into the third period.
Union outshot Harvard 3-0 in overtime and had the best chance of the extra frame in the opening minute, when sophomore forward
Matt Hatch's stuff attempt was smothered by Michalek.
Union will host Dartmouth tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. in a game that will be broadcast on Time Warner Sports.