BOX SCORE
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Four different players scored as the
Bowdoin College men's ice hockey team salvaged a 4-4 tie at
Williams on Friday evening. The Polar Bears stand at 11-4-1 this
season while Williams moves to 9-3-3 overall.
Bowdoin came out firing, scoring off the opening face-off and
setting the stage for an action packed first period. Robert
Toczylowski gathered the puck in the corner and pushed the puck to
the front of the net where Jeff Fanning was there to put a one
timer past Eph goalie Ryan Purdy. Williams answered five minutes
later, converting on the power play. Olvany took the puck from
along the goal line and found Alex Smigelski in the high slot where
he blasted a one timer low past Bowdoin goalie Chris Rossi. Bowdoin
scored two minutes later when Matt Bruch attempted a wraparound and
the puck slipped off his stick, lying in front of the net. Mitch
Dillon was right on the doorstep to put away his first goal of the
season. Bowdoin took a 3-1 lead midway through the first,
converting on the power play. Daniel Weiniger found a lane and
fired a slap shot from the point that found its way past Purdy.
Olvany brought the Ephs to within one with less than three minutes
to go in the period on a power play when he buried a rebound off a
Smigelski shot.
Olvany scored again, his fourth goal in three games, just 51
seconds into the second period to tie the game. Olvany stole the
puck as a Bowdoin defender tried to leave the zone, turned and
quickly fired a shot over the blocker of Rossi. Bowdoin regained
the lead nine minutes into the period on the power play when Owen
Smith took the puck in the neutral zone and flew down the wing past
the Williams defender, taking the puck behind the net. Smith then
drew the puck to his backhand and stuffed a wraparound past Purdy.
The Ephs drew even before the end of the stanza as Olvany made a
great effort to get the puck out of the zone off of a faceoff,
banging the puck off the boards to set up a 2 on 1. Junior Ben
Contini skated down the wing and made a pretty spin move to
backhand a pass to freshman Eric Rubino who buried the puck.
Neither team could find the game-winner in the third period or
overtime. Rossi made 28 saves to stay unbeaten (6-0-1) this season
for Bowdoin. Ryan Purdy (6-3-3) stopped 30 shots for Williams.
