Junior Adam Shoff (Port Dover, ONT) scored one goal and assisted on another as The College at Brockport Hockey team skated to a 2-2 tie with Neumann University Saturday night at the Tuttle North Arena in Brockport.
Shoff and the Golden Eagles (3-15-2) wore special Saves for a Cure jerseys that were later auctioned off to benefit the charity started by former Brockport goalie Todd Sheridan (Edison, NJ). It was the third annual Saves for a Cure game at Brockport.
With less than 15 seconds left in the second period, Shoff won a faceoff in Neumann (10-6-4) territory and Ray Tremblay (Peachland, BC) shuffled a pass to Justin Noble (Georgetown, ONT) who deflected the puck back to Shoff for a one-timer into the top corner of the net to give Brockport a 2-1 lead.
Neumann scored 4:37 into the third period to tie the game at 2-2 and neither team was able to capitalize on a scoring opportunity throughout the remainder of the third period and through the five-minute overtime period and the two teams settled for the tie.
In overtime, Neumann's Jordan Zalba took a centering pass and skated free down the middle of the Brockport zone firing a shot toward the top corner of the goal but junior Oliver Wren (Oakville, ONT) made a glove save.
Less than a minute later junior James Cody (Schwenksville, PA) won control of the puck in the Neumann zone and sent a quick pass back to the blue line where fellow junior Gregg Amato (Ocean Gate, NJ) moved three strides in and fired a shot toward the goal that deflected off the shoulder of the Knight goalie and over the crossbar.
Brockport was outshot 15-5 in the first period as Wren made 15 of his 41 saves on the night. The teams were nearly even in shots for the final two periods and overtime.
Brockport opened the scoring 5:27 into the game as freshman defenseman Patrick Hayden (Springfield, PA) scored his second goal of the season with Shoff and Amato each picking up assists on the play.
Neumann answered at the 18:13 mark of the second period before Shoff game Brockport a 2-1 lead late in the period.
