The Middlebury men's ice hockey team scored with 13.5 seconds left in regulation to tie #7 Trinity 2-2 on Saturday, but the Bantams scored 32 seconds into overtime for a 3-2 victory on Senior Day.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• The visitors looked to get on the scoreboard 1:11 into the opening period when a sharp-angled shot from the left side by Devan Tongue was saved on the left post by Panther netminder Jake Horoho.
• Middlebury had a quality chance with 6:22 elapsed, but a one-timer from the slot by Wyatt Pastor was denied by the pads of Trinity goalie Devon Bobak.
• The Bantams grabbed the lead at 12:51 when Eamon Doheny raced up the left boards, sending a cross-ice pass to Alexander Mozian who lifted a wrister into the upper-right corner for the 1-0 lead.
• The Panthers nearly tied the contest with just over a minute left in the stanza, but Paddy Bogart's one-timer from between the circles was thwarted by Bobak's blocker.
• Trinity looked to increase its lead 2:37 into the second stanza, but a point-blank shot by Mozian was saved by Horoho pushing across his crease.
• Middlebury knotted the contest just nine seconds into a power-play opportunity midway through the stanza. Pastor muscled a cross-crease pass to the right pipe that found Dante Palombo who lifted the puck into the net at 10:17 to tie the game at 1-1.
• The Bantams turned up the pressure over the latter stages of the period with the best chance coming on a 2-on-2 opportunity with 14.4 seconds left. Kyle Tomaso tried to squeeze the puck in as he skated by the net, but Horoho smothered the bid with his glove.
• The hosts produced a quality chance 3:04 into the third period following a nifty stretch pass from John Burdett that found a streaking Bogart who deked toward the middle of the ice, but his rising shot was saved by Bobak.
• Trinity regained the lead in the waning seconds of a power play. Doheny fed a pass across the circles that James Barbour rifled from the left dot past a diving Horoho at 8:46 for a 2-1 advantage.
• The Panthers pressed for the equalizer, pulling Horoho in favor of an extra skater with 2:05 left. After a timeout, Andrej Hromic ripped a wrist shot from inside the right circle that whizzed by the earhole of Bobak to tie the game (2-2) with just 13.5 seconds left in regulation.
• Skating 3-on-3 in the overtime period, Tomaso worked his way through the neutral zone before lifting a shot from between the circles that found the back of the net 32 seconds into the frame for the final 3-2 score.

NOTES

• Prior to Saturday's contest, the program honored seniors Horoho, Chris Garbe, Hromic, Paddy Mangan, Zach Milton, Nolan Moore, Bogart and Luke Jaspan. The group of Panthers have been invaluable players in the Middlebury lineup throughout their careers.
• With his assist on the game-tying goal, Jin Lee has recorded at least one point in five of the last six games. He also won 16-of-25 faceoffs during the contest.
• Saturday's matchup marked the 50th all-time meeting between the programs.

The Panthers are back in action on Friday when they host Williams at 7:00 p.m.