Box Score
The Brock University men's hockey team came from behind to defeat the Laurier Golden Hawks by the score of 3-2 in overtime Friday night at the Seymour-Hannah Centre,
Laurier opened the scoring with two minutes left in the first period as Jeremy Pullara beat Brock starter
Clint Windsor to take a 1-0 lead.
Seven minutes into the second period, Laurier's Matt Franczyk and Anthony Conti setup Erik Pushka for the power play marker to go up 2-0 after 40 minutes.
Early in the third period, Brock forward
Sammy Banga would make two nice moves on the Laurier defense and beat goaltender Chris Festarini to make it a one goal game.
With one minute and 23 seconds remaining in regulation, the Badgers pulled Windsor for the extra attacker. With the pressure on, Brock would get two key chances to tie the game.
After two warnings for taking the net off its moorings, Laurier would be called a third time as Brock was awarded a penalty shot with 31 seconds remaining. On the penalty shot, Banga buried the backend on the outstretched Festarini sending it to overtime.
Three minutes into the overtime, Brock's
Skylar Pacheco found
Josh Timpano who slid it past Festarini for the game-winner..
Windsor recorded 34 saves for the victory, while Festarini collected 29 saves in the loss.
The Badgers return to action Saturday night at 7:15 PM when they host the Guelph Gryphons at the Seymour-Hannah Centre