Kurapov's Breakaway Goal Sinks No. 10 UNE In Overtime, 4-3

BIDDEFORD, Maine — The Endicott men's ice hockey team defeated No. 10 University of New England (UNE), 4-3 OT, in Conference of New England (CNE) action on Friday night at the Harold Alfond Forum.

Andrew Kurapov (Corvallis, Ore.) buried a silky backhanded breakaway goal with 2:34 remaining in overtime to secure the victory.

Tonight's game marked the sixth straight overtime contest between the two squads. 

Endicott is 3-1-2 overall in those matchups, which dates back to 2/10/23 (won last two).

Kurapov opened the scoring just 2:02 into the game, while Ty Gaulin (Stratham, N.H.) potted two tallies in the second period (3:19, PP — 12:38) to account for the Gulls' scoring.

Endicott held a 3-1 lead in the middle frame before UNE stormed back with tallies at 13:17 and 19:56 (SH) to eventually force overtime.

Ryan Wilson (Shelton, Conn.) stopped 24 shots in the victory (1-1-0, 20-6-2 career), including a period-high nine saves in the third period.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Tonight's win evened the series up at 9-9-5.
• Gaulin registered his first tally and multi-goal game in a Gulls uniform tonight.
• Jack Costanzo (Gloucester, Mass.) registered his first career points via a primary assist (OT GWG) and secondary assist (Gaulin, 3:19) in the victory.
• Wilson is the fourth goalie in program history to win 20 or more games in his career.
• Kurapov bumped his program record game-winning goals total to 12.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (2-2-0, 2-1-0 CNE) hosts No. 10 UNE (3-1-0, 2-1-0 CNE) tomorrow at 3 PM. 

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)