MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Bowdoin's Daniel Buckman tied the game with 1:10 left and the won it in double overtime, as the Polar Bears earned a 14-13 comeback win at Middlebury on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears improve to 3-2 (2-1 NESCAC) while 16th-ranked Middlebury drops to 3-4 (1-3 NESCAC). After two losses to open its season, Bowdoin has claimed wins in the last three games.

Game Highlights

• Bowdoin held a 4-3 lead after the first quarter in a back and forth battle. Middlebury's Parker Lawlor tied the game early into the second, before a pair of Polar Bear tallies put them up 6-4 at the 13:58 mark.
• The Panthers responded with two-straight goals, as defender Eric Rogers caused a turnover and scored with an underhanded, sidearm shot to open the spurt.
• Bowdoin came back, netting the game's next three tallies to take a 9-6 lead with 10 seconds left in the half. Brett Kujala scored the first tally following off a face-off on a feed from Jimmy Young, while the two exchanged roles on the second goal.
• Middlebury quickly responded as the half came to a close when A.J. Kucinski scored on a dish from Henry Riehl eight seconds later with 2.2 ticks on the clock, making it a 9-7 Bowdoin lead at the break.
• The lead grew to 10-7 on a man-up tally from Matthew Crowell in the third, before a goal from Kucinski circling the net, and a man-up effort from Danny Jacobs made it a one-goal game.
• The Polar Bears regained a three-goal advantage with Kujala finding both Young and Shawn Daly to put his team on top, 12-9 with 5:09 left in the third quarter.
• John Simms opened a four-goal run for Middlebury, before a man-up goal from Danny Jacobs made it a one-goal game (12-11) with 2:02 left in the third quarter.
• The run continued in the fourth when Jack Gould scored with a rocket from 10 yards, tying the game at 12-12 with 8:03 remaining.
• Lawlor gave the Panthers their first lead since 3-2 when he found the back of the net with 2:14 remaining. Bowdoin won the ensuing face-off before Buckman tied the game at the 1:10 mark and forced the contest into overtime.
• Bowdoin's Sam Carlin won the opening face-off, but the Polar Bears were unsuccessful on two attempts, including a save by Will Perry on Crowell at the 3:11 mark. Neither team scored on the next two possessions, as the game moved into a second overtime.
• Carlin won the face-off to give his team possession, setting up the game-winner by Buckman, who drove to his right and scored with a high shot from 10 yards out.

By The Numbers

• Kujala led all scorers with four goals and three assists, Buckman earned three goals, while Crowell, Young and Daly each scored twice.
• Sam Carlin went 20-29 at the face-off X, earning 14 ground balls.
• Young scooped up seven ground balls for Bowdoin, while Max Nordeen caused three turnovers.
• Peter Mumford made a dozen stops in goal to earn the win.
• Kucinski paced Middlebury with three goals and four assists.
• Will Ernst (24 min, 8 GA, 6 saves), Will Perry (29 min, 5 GA, 4 saves) and Charles Midgley (13 min, 1 GA, 2 saves) each saw time between the pipes for Middlebury.

Up Next

• Bowdoin is back at it on Sunday at Williams. Game time is set for noon for the contest which was originally scheduled for early March.