Hockey Comeback Falls Short Against Top-Ranked Salisbury

Brunswick battled back from an early 3-0 hole at top-ranked Salisbury, but fell to the Crimson Knights by a 5-4 margin on the road on Friday. The Bruins return to action at home against Hotchkiss on Monday, January 7.

 

Sitting in a 3-0 hole in the first period, Brunswick got on the board with a power-play tally by Jude Brower with 1:20 left in the frame. Brower’s goal was his first as a Bruin.

 

Special teams paid off again for the Bruins in the second period, as Henry Foster scored a short-handed goal at 11:41 to make it a one-goal deficit at 3-2. However, Salisbury countered with a tally three minutes later, building a two-goal buffer heading into the third period.

 

Brower made it a one-goal game with his second tally at 7:35 into the final frame.

 

In a 4-3 contest, the hosts responded with a key goal to bump the lead back to a two-goal buffer at 5-3 with 2:57 left in regulation.

 

The Bruins pulled their goalie for an extra skater and it paid off, as Charles Shaffer notched his seventh goal of the season with under a minute to play. While the Bruins made it a 5-4 contest against the perennial power, the visitors could not net the equalizer in the final seconds.

 

 

Brunswick 1 1 2 = 4 (5-6-3)

Salisbury   3 1 1 = 5 (9-2-0)

 

Scoring

1st

(S) Ilya Usau 3:22

(S) Nick Capone (Justin Hryckowian, Lucas Mercuri) 7:26

(S) Jake Quillan (Matt Coronato) SHG 16:28

(B) Jude Brower (Henry Hill) 5X4 16:40

2nd

(B) Henry Foster (Ryan St. Louis, Henry Hill) SHG 11:41

(S) Michael Cameron 13:41

3rd

(B) Jude Brower (Paul Davey) 7:35

(S) Ilya Usau (Luke Krys) 15:03

(B) Charles Shaffer 6X5 17:10