Box Score ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Alex Rivet netted the go-ahead goal with under one minute remaining in regulation as Stevenson men's hockey posted an exciting 3-2 victory against Nazareth in UCHC play.
Rivet scored twice for Stevenson (10-5-1, 6-3), while Ryan Patrick passed out two assists. Nazareth (7-11-2, 6-6-1) opened the scoring and tied the score at two, but could not find the equalizer with less than one minute remaining in the hard-fought conference contest.
- Both sides had some early looks with up and down action. Nazareth had a chance flutter off the post, holding the edge in shots.
- Nick Dineen, who dished out an assist yesterday, got the scoring started for the Mustangs with his first collegiate goal. From there, the Mustangs continued pressing, including a quality two-on-one opportunity that was saved.
- Ryan Kenny stood tall in net, making several stops on perimeter chances from Nazareth. On the penalty kill, Stevenson was able to limit the looks from Nazareth with mutltiple clearing attempts.
- With time ticking down in the period, Evan Beers ripped a chance toward the goal from the left point with traffic in front.
- Off a bad bounce from the end boards, Nazareth knotted the game at one off a scramble in front at the 4:25 mark. The Golden Flyers posted another quality look off the faceoff as Kenny made the stop.
- Blake Colman looked for the go-ahead marker on a two-on-one chance, but could not solve Nazareth goalie Matt Sayles.
- Alex Rivet made a solid defensive play to disrupt an odd-man chance for Nazareth, converting on the offensive end with a goal at 12:04 in the period. Rivet's fifth goal of the season came off assists from Patrick and Zach Egber as the Mustangs moved ahead 2-1.
- Eric Olson was hauled down with a hooking infraction along the back post, putting Stevenson on a 5-on-3 power play. Nazareth closed the period with a man advantage as McCrory raced in for a wraparound chance with just about one minute left in the stanza.
- Cole Moore hesitated in the high slot before ripping the game-tying goal in the third for Nazareth.
- The Golden Flyers maintained control with the man advantage as Stevenson relied on its steady penalty kill once again.
- Egber had a great look off an icing faceoff as Sayles alertly used the blocker to push the chance aside. Stevenson had a quality power play with large chunks of zone time as the score remained even at two.
- Rivet found the back of the net late in the period, finishing off a feed from Patrick and lifting Stevenson in front, 3-2.
- Stevenson clamped down on the defensive end over the final seconds with the goal empty for Nazareth.
- Dineen posted his first collegiate goal, part of an impressive weekend for the first-year defenseman.
- Egber notched his first point of the season with an assist on Rivet's tally, while Patrick increased his team-leading point total to 17.
- Rivet recorded his fifth and sixth goals of the season in the victory.
- Kenny finished with 29 saves on the afternoon.
- Stevenson dictated play for much of the second period, with shots tied at 18 through 40 minutes.
- Patrick notched the game-winning marker in overtime during the first meeting between the two squads this season, coming back in November.
- Stevenson: The Mustangs welcome Wilkes to the Reisterstown Sportsplex on Wednesday, February 2 at 1:00 p.m.
- Nazareth: The Golden Flyers head to Utica on Saturday, February 5 at 2:00 p.m.
