The Aurora University men's hockey team opened the NSB Holiday Tournament against ranked Norwich University and tooked the No. 11 ranked team into overtime. AU would fall in the overtime session 3-2.


FINAL SCORE: Norwich University 3, Aurora University 2 - overtime 
LOCATION: Northfield, Vermont
RECORDS: Aurora University 7-5-1 overall


- Norwich opened with a flury of shots and 7:17 into the first scored to lead 1-0.
- After the Spartans began to settle in, the offense began coming around.
- With 11 seconds left in the opening period, Jakson Kirk scored the tying goal with assists from Juliano Santalucia and Tyler Pang.
- The second period was scoreless as the game remained 1-1 with the teams playing an even matched and penalty-less 20 minutes.
- With 2:46 remaining in the game, the Spartans grabbed their first lead of the contest.
- Jakson Kirk scored his second of the night with assists from Blake Kondor and Chayce Schmidt.
- Norwich would pull the goalie for an extra skater with 1:30 to play.
- Following an AU timeout with 30 seconds on the clock, Norwich tied the game up 2-2.
- The game would head to overtime tied 2-2.
- Just 25 seconds into the 3-on-3 overtime, Norwich scored to beat AU 3-2.


Points: Jakson Kirk (2)
Goals: Jakson Kirk (2)
Assists: Blake Kondor, Tyler Pang, Juliano Santalucia and Chayce Schmidt (1)
Saves: JaCob Mucitelli (31)
 

Next action for the Spartan men's hockey team comes on Sunday, December 31 when they play in the NSB Holiday Tournament against Wesleyan University. Puck drop is slated for 3:30 p.m. (est) / 2:30 p.m. (cst) in Northfield, Vermont.