Box Score HENNIKER, N.H. – Sophomore defenseman Joe Nagle (Weymouth, Mass.) scored 3:58 into overtime to lift the Norwich University men's ice hockey team to a huge 3-2 win over New England College on Sunday afternoon in New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) action.
Nagle picked the corner of the net off a pass from senior forward Brett Ouderkirk (Monkland, Ontario) to give Norwich (10-4-4, 7-4-3 NEHC) a crucial extra point in the league standings with two weeks left to go.
The overtime winner was Nagle's second of the season and fifth overall goal after he also scored the extra time winner vs. Salve Regina in the season opener back in October.
Ouderkirk and freshman forward Clark Kerner (Kansas City, Kan.) also tallied goals for the Cadets, while senior defenseman Alex Monteleone (Montreal, Quebec) notched two assists to lead the offense.
Senior goalie Drennen Atherton (Winter Haven, Fla) made 21 saves in goal to improve to 5-1-4 on the season.
Norwich took the lead just 2:06 into the game with Ouderkirk notching his 10th goal of the season off assists from Monteleone and Mike Mackenzie (Londonderry, N.H.).
New England College (10-7-1, 5-7-1 NEHC) evened the score at the 7:30 mark of the second period with Alex Laplante scoring off an assist from Connor Dunn.
Norwich regained the lead at the 16:48 mark of the second period with Kerner scoring off assists from Monteleone and Noah Williams (Cortland, N.Y.).
NEC leveled the score again at the 15:19 mark of the third period with Laplante scoring unassisted.
Norwich will stay on the road next weekend when it travels to Babson College on Friday for a 7 p.m. faceoff and then Southern Maine on Saturday for a 4 p.m. puck drop in two more NEHC contests.
