BIDDEFORD, Maine – Sophomore forward Kevin Salvucci (Plymouth, Mass.) scored with 2:09 left in overtime to lift the Norwich University men's ice hockey team to a 1-0 victory over the University of New England at the Alfond Forum on Saturday night in New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) action.

Salvucci scored his third goal of the season in front of the net off assists from Tyler Piacentini (South Weymouth, Mass.) and Nick Pichette (Massena, N.Y.) who picked up assists on the game's lone goal.

Salvucci possessed the puck behind the back of the UNE net and then walked out from the right side of the net before directing the puck into the back of the net inside the left post to send the Cadet bench flying over the boards to mob him at the glass.

Norwich (3-0-0, 2-0-0 NEHC) had its hand's full with a tenacious UNE (1-1-1, 1-1-0 NEHC) squad that never stopped coming at the Cadets for the full 60-plus minutes.

Norwich narrowly outshot UNE, 29-27. Junior goalie Ty Reichenbach (Billings, Montana) played well, turning aside all 27 shots he faced to pick up the shutout and his first victory of the season.

UNE goalie Mason Riley was the tough luck loser, making 28 saves and was saddled with the loss to fall to 1-1-1 on the year.

With the victory, Norwich stayed perfect all-time against UNE, improving to 14-0-0 against the Nor'easters. This year marks UNE's final year in the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC), as the Nor'Easters will be moving to the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) in 2016-17, which is their primary conference for a majority of their sports teams.

Norwich returns home to Kreitzberg Arena on Nov. 13 to host Saint Anselm at 7 p.m. for the 2015 White Out Night.