PINE VALLEY, N.Y. – The Elmira College men’s ice hockey team would see a pair of third period goals off the sticks of Cole Tucker ’25 and Kerfalla Toure ’26, erasing a two-goal deficit in the final period of play before an eventual scoreless overtime sent both teams away with a 4-4 tie on Friday evening at the Murray Athletic Center.
It was a night of goals in pairs, as Southern Maine took a 2-0 lead in the first period, before two second period goals for Elmira knotted the game at 2-2. From there, goals in the final five minutes from the Huskies sent the visitors to the locker room ahead 4-2 before Tucker and Toure found the back of the net to tie the game in the third.
Kyle Curtin ’26 would finish the contest with 24 saves in net, allowing four goals, while Husky netminder Mason Palmer finished with 38 saves and four goals allowed.
JUST THE BASICS:
SCORE: No. 2 Elmira 4, Southern Maine 4
LOCATION: Pine Valley, N.Y. | Murray Athletic Center
TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (14-3-1, 7-3-1 NEHC), Southern Maine (5-9-3. 2-6-3 NEHC)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The game would go quiet on the offensive side for the first ten minutes before Southern Maine opened the scoring on a goal from Curtis Judd, assisted by Ethan MacDuff.
- From there, the Huskies would answer the call just under five minutes later, a power-play goal, as Marcus Torgner scored on assists from Kadin Ilott and Jakub Suran.
- After EC went quiet in the first, the Soaring Eagles would open the scoring on their end just under six minutes into the second period as Shawn Kennedy ’24 found his way past Palmer on an assist from Ryan Reifler ’24 to trim its lead in half. From there, the Soaring Eagles would score yet again, 26 seconds later, as Janis Vizbelis ’24 scored on assists from Bailey Krawczyk ’24 and Nicholas Domitrovic ’24. Both goals would come via the power-play, as the Huskies were tabbed with too many players on the ice, along with a roughing call.
- After allowing a pair of goals, the Huskies would score two of its own to end the period, as goals in the 15th and 20th minutes of the period from Matt Sullivan and MacDuff put the visitors ahead 4-2 headed into the final period.
- It would take the Soaring Eagles just 2:04 to trim its deficit to just one, as Toure scored on assists from Tucker and Tyler Schwindt ’26. Schwindt would also be credited with yet another assist, as at the 9:30 mark in the period Tucker would find the back of the net to tie the game, assisted also by Domitrovic.
- The game would head to overtime, where neither team was able to score in the five minute frame. Palmer would make four saves for the Huskies in the extra period, as Curtin made one.
UP NEXT:
The Soaring Eagles return to the ice tomorrow afternoon to take on the Beavers from Babson College. Puck drop at the Murray Athletic Center is set for 4:00 PM.
