Liberty appeared to get on the scoreboard in the second period on a point-blank finish by Matt Berezowski, but it was called off when the cage came off its moorings at the same time that the puck crossed the plane of the goal. Sophomore forward Jason Foltz scored the Flames’ first and last goals, including the only one in the shootout. Stony Brook, meanwhile, killed off all three of Liberty’s power play chances in the first period, turning the tables on the Flames, who had held a 2-0 advantage after the first period Friday. The Seawolves struck again at the 12:51 mark when forward Conor Dempsey deflected defenseman Robert Distefano’s shot from the point just inside the right post for a 2-0 lead. Leading scorer Charles Peck, stationed out in front, gathered the rebound of Joseph Slevin’s shot from the top of the left circle and chipped the puck over the head of Flames junior goalie Hunter Virostek just under the crossbar.

“Internally as a team, we had to come together and make sure that we were unified and that we are all going to pull in the same direction.”Īfter going 0-for-6 on the power play in Friday night’s opener, the Seawolves (9-3) snapped Liberty’s streak of 37 consecutive penalty kills on its home ice on its first opportunity in Saturday’s rematch, lifting the Seawolves to a 1-0 lead with 17:10 left in the first period. “It was a gut check for our team, and we had to battle a ton of adversity all night,” Liberty Head Coach Kirk Handy said. Defenseman Colin Baird netted the Flames’ second goal off an assist from Matt Bartel early in the third period. 4 Stony Brook, 4-3 in a shootout to complete a sweep of its former ESCHL rival. The Flames (10-2) rallied from a 3-1 deficit at the start of the third period to edge No.

3-ranked ACHA Division I men’s hockey team pulled off its most improbable comeback of the season Saturday night at the LaHaye Ice Center. Overcoming adversity with veteran leadership and youthful resilience, Liberty University’s No.

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