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 Taylor Donohoe had a goal and was +2 versus Air Force. |
Feb. 27, 2005
Plymouth, Mich. - The Wayne State University men's hockey team (13-15-4 overall, 6-8-4 College Hockey America) equaled the school record for ties in a season by rallying for two goals in the final nine minutes in a 3-3 overtime draw with visiting Air Force (13-16-3, 5-12-1 CHA) Sunday afternoon at the Compuware Sports Arena in Plymouth.
A defensive first period in which the teams combined for just 14 shots on goal resulted in a scoreless game after 20 minutes.
The Falcons grabbed a 1-0 lead 5:49 into the middle stanza when Brian Reese netted a power-play goal.
Wayne State tied the score at the 8:50 mark when freshman center Stavros Paskaris (Dearborn, Mich./Kewadin Indians) scored his 10th of the campaign off an assist from sophomore left wing Jason Baclig (Leamington, Ont./Leamington Flyers). Paskaris took the puck out of a scrum at WSU's blueline and feed Baclig, who carried the puck into the offensive zone before sending a pass to Paskaris.
Air Force regained the lead at the 19:53 mark of the second period on a face-off goal. Brandon Merkosky won the draw and Andrew Ramsey fired the puck past a screened Will Hooper (Woodbridge, Ont./Wexford Raiders).
USAFA increased its lead to 3-1 8:36 into the third period as Seth Pelletier lifted a rebound over Hooper.
The Warriors pulled within one at the 11:24 mark as sophomore defenseman Taylor Donohoe (Richmond, B.C./Powell River Kings) scored his first goal of the season from just outside the crease during a scramble in front of Falcon goalie Peter Foster. Mark Nebus (South Lyon, Mich./Texas Tornado) and Baclig assisted on Donohoe's second career goal in 68 games.
WSU scored the equalizer as freshman center Adam Krug (Livonia, Mich./Sioux City Musketeers) ripped a slap shot of Foster's glove on a breakaway from the Air Force blueline. Jason Bloomingburg (Canton, Mich./Texas Tornado) started the scoring play with a pass to Tylor Michel (Sudbury, Ont./Owen Sound Greys). Michel's outlet pass bounced off Falcon defenseman to Krug.
Both Hooper and Foster made two saves during the five-minute sudden-death overtime period. Foster finished with 26 stops, while Hooper turned aside 23 Air Force shots. The Falcons went one-for-five on the power play, with WSU being unsuccessful in its lone man-advantage opportunity.
Wayne State concludes the regular season next weekend with a pair of home contests against the University of Alabama-Huntsville. Saturday's contest at Compuware begins at 3:05 p.m., while Sunday's affair starts at 2:05 p.m.
Notes:
Wayne State is 7-6-2 overall at home and 3-3-2 against CHA teams.
The Warriors improved to 4-13-2 when trailing after 40 minutes and 5-11-2 when allowing the first goal.
Twenty-four of WSU's 32 games have been decided by two goals or less with Wayne State compiling a 9-11-4 mark in those contests.
Jason Baclig has three assists in the last three games.
Stavros Paskaris had two goals and two assists in the weekend series.
Tylor Michel had assists in back-to-back games for the second time this season (first was Nov. 18-20 vs. Bowling Green).
Mark Nebus ended a six-game pointless streak with an assist on WSU's second goal.
With his assist on the game-tying goal, Jason Bloomingburg has three goals and four assists for seven points in the last five games.
Adam Krug scored goals in consecutive games for the first time in his collegiate career. He has three goals and four points in the last four games.
Taylor Donohoe set a career-high with three points in the series. His goal was his first since January 18, 2004, vs. Alabama-Huntsville, ending a 45-game goalless streak.
Wayne State had a season-low one power-play chance.
