Brockport may have been eliminated from the playoffs the night before,
\nbut they still had a lot to play for in their last home game of the year
\nwhere the seniors were honored. The Golden Eagles survived a wild third
\nperiod and defeated Potsdam, 5-4.<\/p>\n
“We opened with adrenaline,” Brockport coach Brian Dickinson said. “We
\nhad a pretty solid first 20 minutes. We got the lead. That was our
\nfocus. We wanted to play with a lead tonight and expand on it when we
\ncould. We did that and were able to separate from them and held on
\nthere in the wild third period.”<\/p>\n
Brockport entered the third period with a 3-1 lead and then quickly
\nscored a shorthanded goal at 4:59. A two-on-one developed deep in
\nPotsdam’s zone. Tim Crowley passed it across the crease to Steve
\nSeedhouse who easily one-timed it into the now unguarded net.<\/p>\n
The goal should have been the back breaker for Potsdam, but the Bears
\nwouldn’t give up. They entered the game with an opportunity to get home
\nice in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n
“Potsdam is a good team,” Dickinson said. “They were hungry. They were
\nplaying for a home ice playoff spot, and we knew that. We talked about
\nit in the pre game. We wanted to play the role of spoilers.”<\/p>\n
Just over a minute later, Connor Treacy got it back when he was fed down
\nlow by Vince Tarantino. It left Treacy alone against the goaltender.
\nTreacy dragged the puck off to his left and then backhanded it over Greg
\nVan’t Hof.<\/p>\n
Three minutes later, Brockport committed a terrible turnover giving the
\npuck to Luke Beck in the slot. He patiently waited and then beat Van’t
\nHof on the near side for the unassisted goal.<\/p>\n
“Luke Beck is a great player. He shows up every game,” Potsdam coach
\nAaron Saul said. “Him and Connor have been playing together all of last
\nyear. They feed off of each other. It’s fun to watch when they get going.”<\/p>\n
Brockport once again attempted the kill shot two minutes later when Tim
\nCrowley scored his second of the night for a 5-3 lead. Rick Miller
\ndidn’t see the rebound next to the post, and a wild scramble ensued.
\nAfter a lengthy discussion by the referees, they finally determined the
\npuck did indeed cross the line.<\/p>\n
“He’s really stepped up his play,” Dickinson said of Crowley. “It’s
\nnice to see. Tim is going to be one of those go to guys next year as a
\nsenior. Timmy has just been flying since the break. He just willed
\nthat puck in on the game winner. He cut to the net and made a nice play
\nand the puck goes into the net just over the line to count.”<\/p>\n
However, Potsdam was far from packing it in, and once again cut the lead
\n45 seconds later. Patrick Choules sent a slapshot from the right point
\nthat Treacy deflected in for his second of the night. There was still
\n8:11 left to play.<\/p>\n
“It was positive the whole third period,” Saul said. “It was great.
\nGuys were coming back and saying we are going to keep on going and not
\nworry about it. We’re just going to try and put the puck towards the
\nnet. It was very positive towards each other. It was great to see as a
\ncoach.”<\/p>\n
Finally, the scoring surge came to a stop, and despite some more
\npressure by Potsdam and the Bears pulling Miller for the final half
\nminute, the game ended without any more dramatics.<\/p>\n
“You definitely have to look at our third period and the way we came out
\nin the third period and hopefully carry that into next week and into our
\ngame on Friday,” Saul said. “But, it’s definitely a tough lesson to
\nlearn especially late in the year that our guys need to understand that
\nyou can’t just play for one or two periods. We’ve got to play for the
\nfull 60 and not have to wait and get back into the game by playing a
\ndesperate third period.”<\/p>\n
Neither team got a power play goal, but a key deciding factor in the
\ngame was Potsdam going zero for seven on their chances including blowing
\na major penalty against Brockport by committing their own penalties.<\/p>\n
“The same thing last week — we were oh for eight Saturday night,” Saul
\nsaid. “I just don’t think we are generating enough shots on net. It’s
\nsomething we are going to work on in practice next week to get ready for
\nPlattsburgh and into the playoffs. We know it’s something we have to
\nwork on.”<\/p>\n
“The penalty kill we knew was going to be important,” Dickinson said.
\n“We wanted to be aggressive against them. We took away their time and
\nspace. I thought our penalty kill did an excellent job. We wanted to
\ncash in on our power play, but certainly our penalty kill rose to the
\nchallenge today. Fortunately for us we outworked them on that [major]
\npower play and drew a couple of penalties and went on the power play
\nourselves.”<\/p>\n
Brockport scored the first goal of the game late in the first period
\nwhen Aaron Boyer deflected a shot from the right point that just snuck
\nby Miller. Crowley scored his first of the night early in the second as
\nhe put a rebound over the sprawled goalie for the 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Potsdam got one back when Spencer Noyes finally put in the third rebound
\nattempt. Dave McNabb made it 3-1 with four minutes left in the middle
\nperiod when his shot from the slot beat Miller, who didn’t have the
\nangle cut down properly, just inside the post.<\/p>\n
Van’t Hof wound up with 36 saves for the win.<\/p>\n
“Greg was waiting a long time to play, and we knew we could count on him
\nwhen he was in there,” Dickinson said.<\/p>\n
Despite the loss, Potsdam (5-7-3, 8-12-4) clinched a playoff spot just
\none year after finishing in last place thanks to Geneseo losing to
\nPlattsburgh, 6-3. Plattsburgh is Potsdam’s next opponent to close out
\nthe regular season on Friday.<\/p>\n
Brockport (4-9-2, 7-14-3) travels to Geneseo for their last game as both
\nteams are out of the playoffs and tied for seventh place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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