WEST POINT, N.Y. -- The Mercyhurst men's ice hockey team suffered a 4-3 overtime loss to Army West Point on Saturday.
Taylor Best finished with one goal and one assist while
Derek Barach and
Dalton Hunter added goals.
Matthew Whittaker made two assists.
Joseph Duszak,
Steven Ipri and
Josh McDougall had single assists for the Lakers (13-15-4, 11-10-3).
Colin DeAugustine had 41 saves in net for Mercyhurst.
Army's goals were scored by Taylor Maruya, Daniel Haider, Dalton MacAfee and Zach Evancho. MacAfee had the OT game-winner.
MU fell behind 1-0 on Haider's goal early in the first period before taking a 2-1 advantage on scores by Hunter and Barach. McDougall and Ipri assisted Hunter before Best and Whittaker assisted Barach.
After a scoreless second period, Maruya had a shorthanded goal to even the contest at 2-2 in the third.
Best scored on the power play with 1:58 to go, getting assists from Whittaker and Duszak to give the Lakers a 3-2 edge before Evancho equalized with 1:14 remaining to force overtime.
MacAfee's goal occurred with 1.7 seconds left in extra-time.
Matt Penta had 24 saves for the Black Knights.
With the loss, Mercyhurst slid to sixth place in the Atlantic Hockey standings -- one point behind fifth-place Sacred Heart and two behind third-place teams Air Force and RIT.
The Lakers will return to action on Feb. 22-23 with a pair of Atlantic Hockey home games against Air Force. Both games start at 7:05 p.m. Tickets can be purchased
HERE.
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