THE BASICS:

-Score: Assumption 3, Saint Michael's 2 OT

-Record: Assumption (11-15-2), Saint Michael's (9-16-2)

-Location: Colchester, Vt. (Cairns Arena)

-The Lead: The Hounds trailed St. Michael's 2-0 midway through the first period but fought back to draw even in the third and send the game to overtime. In the extra session, Ryan Gomez (Wayne, N.J./Washington Jr. Nationals (AJHL)) was the hero as he scored at 4:41 to lift Assumption to the first NE10 Championship in program history.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

- The Hounds fell behind  2-0 in the first when Colin Beibel tallied the Purple Knights' only goals of the game. Just 3:37 into the first he scored his first goal assisted by Jack Ouellette, and then 8:15 later he registered his second goal assisted by Danny Divis

- Sophmore Sam Kelly (Enfield, Conn./Kingswood Oxford (Prep)) scored the first of three unanswered Hound goals. Kelly found the puck in the slot and snuck it past goaltender Chris Johnson to make the score 2-1 heading into the third.

- With 12:43 left in the third, freshman John McDonagh(Latrobe, Pa./Shady Side Academy(Prep)) registered his first colliegiate goal tying the game when he was able to score from the point off a faceoff win from center Tommy Mahoney (Braintree, Mass./Boston Bandits (EHL)) to force overtime.

- Assumption kept up the momentum in overtime and just 4:41 in, Gomez received a behind-the-back pass in the slot and buried it just over Johnson's leg pad to earn the programs first NE10 Title. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- The Purple Knights outshot the Hounds 67 to 30 while neither team scored on a power play, with St. Michael's going 0-for-4 and Assumption 0-for-3.

- Senior goaltender Nick Commesso (Marshfield, Mass./Walpole Express (AJHL)) made 65 saves in the win earning the Tournament MVP, while Johnson made 27 saves in the loss. After giving up the two early goals, Commesso held the Purple Knights scoreless over the final 53:49.

- Commesso, Gomez and McDonagh were Assumption's three All-Tournament selections.

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