BOSTON, Mass. – UMass Boston Men's Ice Hockey snapped a three-game scoreless streak and stretch of 10 consecutive periods without a goal at home on Friday night, finishing out their schedule before the winter break with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Anna Maria College in overtime.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 3, Anna Maria College 2 (OT)

UMass Boston (3-8-0)

Anna Maria College (4-6-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Less than three minutes into the contest, the Beacons got on the board with their first goal of the evening as junior forward Gino Carabelli set up junior defender Blake Colman at the top right side of the blue line. Colman fired on freshman goalie Cole Johnston and his shot was deflected in front by junior forward Jacob Banks into the back of the net to give UMass Boston an early 1-0 edge.

Just under 12 minutes into the first, Carabelli would get his second goal of the season as Bank and sophomore forward Kolye Bankauskas teamed up to find the junior on the wide-open right side of the goal mouth to bury the second goal of the period for the Beacons. After just one period, the Beacons held a 2-0 lead and a 15-11 advantage in shots on goal.

An aggressive offensive attack from both teams in the second period would result in 19 shots on goal for UMass Boston and six shots on net for Anna Maria. But Beacons senior goalie Sam Best and Cole Johnston for the AmCats would stand tall in net as neither team would be able to score. UMass Boston would have two power play chances while Anna Maria had one opportunity with a man up.

Still leading by two with 8:40 remaining in regulation, a five-minute penalty issued to Carabelli would send the AmCats on an extended power play which resulted in a goal from sophomore defender Derek Raposo on the slapshot from the left side of the ice with just over six minutes left in regulation. With the power play still in effect, senior defender Cam Tobey scored the game-tying goal as he streaked up the center of the ice and fired a wrist shot by Best, forcing the game to a three-on-three sudden death overtime affair.

After Best made a breakaway save against the AmCats early in the extra period, the game seemed headed to a tie despite the Beacons having a 4-on-3 power play for the final two minutes. But with under 10 seconds remaining in the game, freshman forward Grady Friedman fired a shot that was blocked and eventually found the stick of freshman forward Jazz Krivtsov on a pass from Banks. With time running out, Krivtsov laced the puck by Johnston as the Beacons snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 overtime thriller at the Edward T. Barry Ice Rink.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Sam Best made 29 saves on 31 shot attempts for UMass Boston in the game, including just one save in overtime which proved to be most crucial
• Cole Johnston stopped 33 shots in net for Anna Maria College on 36 attempts by the Beacons
• Two of the three goals scored by Jazz Krivtsov this year have been game-winning goals
• The Beacons had three different goal scorers and four different players recorded assists in the game

 
WHO'S NEXT
UMass Boston goes on winter break for the next 27 days and will return home for the 57^th Annual Codfish Bowl Tournament at the end of the month. The 57^th Codfish Bowl will feature Fitchburg State University, Albertus Magnus College, and Tufts University with the Beacons taking on Fitchburg State on Thursday, December 29^th at 1:30 PM. Albertus Magnus College and Tufts will drop the puck at 4:30 PM in the other game of the afternoon.