Xavier Fortin celebrates!
Xavier Fortin scored 48 seconds into overtime to give the Fredonia State men's hockey team a 4-3 victory at Brockport. Fortin, Ryan Bailey, and David Sudbrink were on the ice during the three-on-three. It was the first career goal for Fortin, a freshman defenseman.
Charles-Anthony Barbeau earned the win in goal with a 40-save performance.
Brockport opened the scoring when Casey Maxwell scored at 13:11 of the first.
It looked like the Golden Eagles would take the lead into the first intermission before defenseman Kieran Furlonger scored with five seconds left to tie the game at 1-1. Baxter Kimball assisted.
The Devils out shot Brockport 21-15 in the period. Barbeau made eight saves for the Blue Devils, and Dylan Wiemer had 12 stops for Brockport.
The Devils kept the momentum from Furlonger's goal entering the second period. Antoine St. Onge scored his fourth goal of the season just inside the first minute to stake the Devils to a 2-1 lead. Ryan Bailey collected his team-leading fifth assist of the year.
The Devils upped the lead to 3-1 when Peter Buerfent scored his first goal as a Blue Devil 4:10 into the period.
The Devils were seemingly in control, but the Golden Eagles would strike twice before the period ended, tying the game at 3-all. Michael Meredith – son of Blue Devil head coach Jeff Meredith – scored the second goal, and Cam Barbagallo scored the game-tying goal.
The third period was scoreless with Barbeau making 11 saves and Wiemer 14 setting the stage or Fortin's game-winner.
Both teams went 1-4 on power-play chances. Brockport had 71 shots to Fredonia State's 54. Weimer was credited with 35 saves for Brockport.
Brockport falls to 4-7-1 and 2-5-0 in the SUNYAC.
The Devils, now 3-7-0 and 3-4-0 in the conference, return home this weekend to wrap up play for the first semester. They take on Potsdam on Friday, then Plattsburgh on Saturday.
