WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Roger Williams University Men's Ice Hockey team fell at the Olympia Ice Center on Friday evening in Conference of New England (CNE) a contest against Western New England, 2-1, in overtime.
 
The Hawks held a slight edge in shots, 46-45, while blocking 16 total shots to the Golden Bears nine. The two teams drew 28-28 in faceoffs while WNE's Nikita Volsky made45 saves, and Jacob Jaslow (Tomkins Cove, N.Y.) tallied 43 saves in the tilt.
 
Wester New England saw Everest Schneider go 10-for-18 at the faceoff circle, while picking up an assist with three total shots. Brayden Patricia put six shots on target, while Camille Marcoux, Nick Theodos, and Joshua Kingsbury each had two blocks on the day.
 
For the Hawks Daxton St. Hilaire (Lewiston, Maine) finished 9-7 in his faceoff attempts, while putting three shots on net with two blocks. Bo Clark (Granger, Ind.) added six shots on target, with Cooper St. Hilaire (Lewiston, Maine) having five shots with one block, three of which came in the second period. Colin Kwak (Alpharetta, Ga.) had two blocked shots with a positive rating in the contest.
 
The two teams played to a scoreless draw after the first period, with both teams placing 11 shots on target, while the Hawks led in total shots 25-18. Western New England took the faceoff battle, 14-8 to open the game.
 
The Golden Bears were the first to strike 3:10 into the second period, as they capitalized on a break heading the other way. After a shot by Nick Palmer (Long Lake, Minn.) was saved on the other end, Western New England started the break heading the way. After a shot by Kyle Walker was saved by Jaslow, Billy VanSumeren was able to pick up the rebound, finishing to give the Golden Bears a 1-0 lead.
 
Heading down the stretch of the second period, the Hawks put together a string of seven straight shots in the offensive end over a 1:02 span, but were unable to convert as Volsky held the Hawks without a goal through the first 40 minutes, making 28 saves.
 
In the third period, the Hawks finally were able to tally their first goal, with 6:07 remaining in regulation, as a blast from Aidan Radic (Castle Rock, Colo.) caught the stick of Daxton St. Hilaire in front of Volsky, that St. Hilaire then tipped by the Golden Bear goaltender.
 
As the period was coming to a close, the Hawks looked to secure the victory as an initial shot by Clark bounced off the pad of Volsky that Kwak found the rebound, firing a shot over the net, to end regulation.
 
In the overtime period, the Hawks had a break away opportunity that was saved point blank off the stick of Alger by Volsky, the Golden Bears responded with three shots on the opposite end with Jaslow stopping the flurry.
 
The ensuing faceoff went in favor of the Golden Bears, as Everest Schneider pulled it back for WNE, finding the pucks way over to Brayden Patricia whose shot was saved by Jaslow, but Patricia was able to pick up his own shot, firing the rebound attempt by Jaslow for the victory.
 
Roger Williams (5-11-0, 3-8-0 CNE) will host the Western New England (4-11-0, 2-8-0 CNE) for a CNE tilt at Driscoll Arena on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 4:00 pm.