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Dann Nets Overtime Winner As Albertus Magnus Defeats Connecticut College

NEW HAVEN, CT - The Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey team earned a 4-3 victory over Connecticut College capped by an overtime goal from Kyle Dann (Windham, N.H.) on Saturday evening in non-conference play. Albertus Magnus improves to 8-5) and Connecticut College falls to 6-5-1.  

Sam Lozinski (Calgary, Alberta), Charles Lavoie (Chicoutimi, Québec), and Bailey Kirwin (Barrie, Ontario) each added a goal in the win.

Chace Hale (Pittsburgh, Pa.) stopped 32 of 35 shots he faced on the evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Connecticut College opened the scoring at 16:54 of the first period when Andrew Eberling put the Camels ahead. The lead was short-lived, as Lozinski capitalized on a feed from Kirwin just 11 seconds later, scoring his third goal of the season to tie the game at 1–1 at 17:05.
  • The Camels struck first in the second period, as Jimmy Lyver was able to find the back of the net, creating an early lead at the 3:46 mark of the second period.
  • Albertus equalized the game once again when Maksim Tsegelnik (Moscow, Russia) collected the puck off the faceoff and set up Lavoie in front of the net, who finished for his fourth goal of the season.
  • The Falcons took the lead for the first time when Jack DeMoura (Taunton, Mass.) sent the puck toward the net, finding Kirwin who tipped in his third goal of the season, making the game 3-2 at 13:35. 
  • The game was equalized once more, as Arty Mirante gathered a puck that was shot wide, and put it past Hale with just two seconds left in the third period.
  • Dann sealed the win for the Falcons in overtime, positioning himself perfectly to collect a rebound off a shot from Zane Kindrachuk (Calgary, Alberta), which ricocheted off the pads of Camels' goaltender, Primo Baldassarre. Dann buried the rebound to secure the 4–3 overtime victory.

NOTEWORTHY

  • Lozinski has scored three goals in his last two games. 
  • DeMoura earned his first two career assists in tonight's win. 

UP NEXT 

The Falcons remain at home, hosting Elmira College at Ralph Walker Ice Rink on Friday, Jan. 16 in United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) play.  Puck drop is set for 5 p.m.