The game got off to a quick start, with chances coming at both ends, and ME student Marshall Mykietyshyn having the first quality chance. Once play settled down, the students spent a fair amount of time in the faculty zone before the faculty broke out. Coming back down the ice, the students got on the board, with Mechanical student Kyle Bradash putting it away. It was back and forth for a while after that, with no team really being able to set up pressure. On a good rush the faculty got on the board with a rebound by MME continuing lecturer Oscar Nespoli. Later in the period, the students were robbed by Baer, the faculty goalie, on a two on one, before taking the zone again and getting a goal from Mykietyshyn. In the last thirty seconds Bradash batted a one timer in from just outside the crease, and the students went into the second with a 3-1 lead.
The faculty came into the second swinging, trying to make up lost ground. On an even strength rush, Professor Bardelcik fumbled a clearing attempt off of Zach Huber, leading to a student goal, but the faculty answered almost immediately with a goal. Chemical Engineering Professor Mark Aucoin got called for the first penalty of the game, holding, and the students were on a power play. When the action settled down again in the faculty zone, the students were still unable to bury one. Once back at even strength, Prof Mike Worsick of MME got called for holding, and the faculty were once again shorthanded. With 0:27 left in the power play, another faculty member was called for tripping, and the students had a two man advantage. Exactly one second later, the students took a 5-2 lead off of a power play goal. With thirty seconds left Kyle Bradash went to the sin bin for hooking, so the students went into the third shorthanded, but leading by three.
After a short intermission and flood, the action resumed. Kyle left the box after serving his full penalty. Matt Van Heukelom put the dangles on a pair of faculty defense but was denied at the door. The teams alternated zone time again before the students put one in on a wide open net past Baer. The faculty got their third goal of the night on a questionable play where the faculty forward was offside. A minute later Gary Brock pounded another goal into the students net, and we had a hockey game on our hands with 7:34 left. With just over a minute left, Bradash scored his third of the night, putting the game just out of reach for the faculty with a final score of 7-4. The line of Bradash- Mykietyshyn – Van Heukelom really made the difference in this one, scoring a combined 5 goals. Special thanks go out from both teams to the organisers.
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