The Aurora University men's hockey team played to a 1-1 overtime tie at #7 Lake Forest College on Friday night.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Aurora University 1, #7 Lake Forest College 1 - overtime
LOCATION: Geneva, Illinois - Fox Valley Ice Arena
RECORDS: Aurora University 11-6-5 overall and 7-5-5 NCHA; Lake Forest College 16-4-2 overall and 13-3-1 NCHA
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Spartans and Foresters played a scoreless first two periods of play.
- AU was out shot in the first period with goalie
Josh Boyko making 13 saves.
- The Spartans then out shot LFC 21 to 11 in the second period with no scoring happening.
- In the third, AU fell behind with 5:22 to[play when LFC broke the scoreless tie.
- But just 36 seconds later the Spartans found the equalizer.
Riley Doyon scored the tying goal with assists from
Roberts Baranovskis and
Lordanthony Grissom.
- The game would remain tied 1-1 with the teams heading to a five minute overtime.
- AU had to kill off a penalty with just under two minutes to go and were able to successfully keep the game tied 1-1.
SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
Goals: Riley Doyon (1)
Assists: Roberts Baranovskis and
Lordanthony Grissom (1)
Saves: Josh Boyko (33)
UP NEXT
Next action for the Spartan men's hockey team comes on Saturday, February 8 when host Lake Forest College. Puck drop is set for 7:00 pm at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva, Illinois.