{"id":126835,"date":"2021-03-09T19:09:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T01:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=126835"},"modified":"2021-03-09T19:38:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T01:38:52","slug":"126835","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2021\/03\/09\/126835\/","title":{"rendered":"Bentley breaks open game in second, scores final four goals in 7-3 victory over Air Force, will face AIC in Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_116087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116087\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116087\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC-5644-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC-5644-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC-5644-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC-5644.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bentley scored the game&#8217;s final four goals to pull away from Air Force, 7-3, and advance to the Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals where they will face top-seed AIC (File photo: Omar Phillips)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Brendan Walkom scored at 12:15 of the second period, he probably couldn&#8217;t have imagined the goal would be a difference maker.<\/p>\n<p>But when Air Force was whistled for penalty less than a minute later and Matt Gosiewski scored on the power play at 13:46, the game&#8217;s complexion had changed.<\/p>\n<p>When that same duo added two empty-net goals late in the third period, hosts Bentley had earned a 7-3 victory over Air Force and advanced from the first round of the Atlantic Hockey playoffs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Win and advance!  Bentley takes down Air Force, 7-3, in the AHA 1st round and will advance to a best-of-3 quarterfinal series at AIC.,  Walkom and Gosiewski each score 2 for winners!!   <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BentleyU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BentleyU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeAForce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeAForce<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AtlanticHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AtlanticHockey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4UorNoJZfb\">pic.twitter.com\/4UorNoJZfb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bentley Hockey (@BentleyHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BentleyHockey\/status\/1369442878079045647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bentley will face AIC, the top seed in the eastern pod and the team with the best overall record in Atlantic Hockey, in a best-of-three series beginning in Springfield on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting Air Force scored very early &#8211; just 20 seconds in &#8211; on a Willie Reim unassisted goal. But that was where the major highlights ended for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Bentley scored the next three goals, all before the opening frame ended.<\/p>\n<p>Late power plays created by a minor to Bentley&#8217;s Matt Clark and a major cross-checking penalty to Charlie Marchand gave Air Force its chance to close the gap.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors scored on a 5-on-3 power play by Brandon Koch at 17:39 of the first and then, still with the man advantage evened the game on Max Harper&#8217;s tally at 2:10 of the second.<\/p>\n<p>From there, though, it was all Bentley. 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