FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team erased a three-goal deficit in a 4-4 tie to Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) leading Bentley on Saturday evening at the Martire Family Arena, as the Falcons claimed the extra league point with a shootout win. 

Records:
SHU: 12-7-3, 9-4-3 AHA
Bentley: 12-7-3, 11-2-3 AHA

How It Happened
Two lucky breaks led to Bentley building a 2-0 lead in the first period. Both Falcons' goals came by forcing turnovers on the forecheck, leading to easy shots at the crease. 

After an early second-period goal put Bentley ahead 3-0, the Pioneers were in desperate need of a spark, and that's exactly what they got from Ray Fust. The senior, in his 101st collegiate game, hopped off the ground and tipped a Mikey Adamson shot by Bentley's Lukas Swedin to put the Pioneers on the board at 4:22 in the second. 

The Pios continued to chip away 10:41 into the second. Marcus Joughin scored his second of the season to make it 3-2 by tipping the puck in the air to himself before whacking it across in midair. 

However, SHU continued its relentless pursuit to tie the score, as a Stephane Huard goal knotted the game at 3-3 at 15:44. Gavin Bryant started the play by putting a shot on frame, which led to a Bentley player slapping the puck out of the crease with his hand. The puck found Huard's skate before a Falcon came barreling in and knocked it into the net. 

Bentley retook the lead 9:50 into the third, again putting the Pioneers' backs against the ropes. 

As has been a theme with Sacred Heart this season, the team would not go down without a fight. The Pioneers found the equalizer at 11:28, when Felix Trudeau buried a slap shot from the right circle on the power play. 

Neither team scored over the final 11:28, as the game went to overtime tied at 4-4. By making OT, SHU secured at least one conference point tonight. 

Overtime also went scoreless, as SHU went into its third shootout of the season. The Falcons took the shootout 2-0 to claim the extra AHA point. 

Teagan Kendrick finished the game with 39 saves, one shy of his third 40-save game. With the tie, Kendrick is up to 6-2-2. 

Notes

• The Pioneers' unbeaten streak extends to six games. 
• SHU is in solo second place in the AHA with 30 points (9-4-3). 
• Trudeau scored his 19th goal and ninth power play goal. 
• Trudeau is now tied for sixth on the program's single-season goal leaderboard, needing eight goals to tie the record. 
• Trudeau leads the country in goals and power play goals. 
• Trudeau paces the AHA with 27 points (19-8-27). 
• Huard's goal extended his point streak to four games. 
• Fust tallied his fifth goal of the season. 
• Joughin scored his second goal of the season. 
• Joughin posted a season-best three points. 
• With 39 saves, Kendrick was one save away from his third 40-save game. Adamson tallied his fifth multi-point game of the year, while Fust posted his second.

Up Next
Sacred Heart next heads to Yale for the Connecticut Ice Tournament on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 23-24. SHU opens the event against No. 7 Quinnipiac at 4 p.m. at Yale's Ingalls Rink in New Haven.