Men’s Ice Hockey, UNE Skate To 3-3 (OT) Tie In Inaugural CCC Game

BIDDEFORD, Maine – The Endicott men's ice hockey team skated to a 3-3 overtime tie against the University of New England (UNE) on Thursday night in the first-ever Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) matchup for both programs.

Tommy Besinger (Milton, Mass.) potted a pair of goals for Endicott, including the game-tying tally at the 5:12 mark of the third period, to aid the Gulls to their second tie of the young season (0-0-2). Jason Kalinowski (Stamford, Conn.) also found the back of the net at 13:27 of the second on the power play, while Kevin Aldridge (Birmingham, Mich.) stopped 38 shots.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Tonight's game was the first-ever meeting between the two squads.
• Besinger leads the team in goals with two this season..
• Cam Bleck (Lake Forest, Ill.) assisted on both of Besinger's tallies to move into first place on the team in helpers with three total.
• Ryan Dougherty (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Jack Musil (Hull, England) and Logan Day (Seminole, Fla.) also picked up an assist, respectively.
• Aldridge now has 35 or more saves in 12 career games for the Gulls.
• Endicott went 2-for-0 on the power play.

FOR THE FOES

• Ryan Bloom (Northville, Mich.), Tucker Ross (Ashburn, Va.), and Dylan Bengtson (Coral Springs, Fla.) all scored for the Nor'easters.
• Connor Maloney (Woburn, Mass.) had 27 saves in the tie.
• UNE went 0-for-8 on its man-advantage opportunities.

NOTES

• Tonight's matchup featured 23 penalties (EC – 11, UNE – 12).
• Endicott has received 13 votes in the latest USCHO.com National Poll, while UNE has garnered one vote in the most recent D3hockey.com National Poll.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (0-0-2) travels to conference foe Nichols College this Saturday (7:10 pm start). UNE (0-0-1) visits Western New England University this Saturday as well (5:10 pm start). 

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