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ICE Knights Win Big in Overtime

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Brink scores late in overtime to lift Hamilton to victory.

The HCS hockey team demonstrated it can win without scoring massive amounts of goals Wednesday night.

Hamilton traveled to Baldwinsville and returned home with one of its bigger wins of the late season, beating the Bees 3-2 in overtime. The win gives HCS a solid 12-6-1 overall record and 8-4-1 in their division as sentionals loom.

Coach Murray Decock said his team started slowly "obviously tired after their 8-4 win over Corcoran the previous night." After two periods, Hamilton trailed 2-0.

Freshman Ricky Runyon popped in Hamilton's first goal midway through the third period with assists from Ryan McDowell and Dan Buehler.  With just two minutes remaining in the game Decock pulled Brady Carroll for an extra attacker and senior Nick Koen - a defenseman playing forward - knocked home the tying goal with 50 seconds on the clock .Assists went to McDowell and Alex Foster.

In the five-minute sudden-death overtime Hamilton buried Baldwinsville in their zone with intense forechecking, said Decock. Then with one minute left in OT Alex Brink backhanded the winning goal over a sprawling Baldwinsville goalie. Assisting on the goal were Foster and McDowell.  

Carroll stopped 31 pucks for the win while Hamilton had 48 shots on Baldwinsville.  

Hamilton faces Fayetteville-Manlius Friday

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