2011-11-19
American, fresh off a Friday night win over Johns Hopkins, traveled to Dickinson on Saturday where the Red Devils were trying to keep their unbeaten streak alive. Both teams took to the ice in the pre-game skate where they both looked determine to have the game go their way. As the game got underway, it didn't take long for American to get the lead as their captain, David Brenton lit the lamp just 1:40 into the game to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. But Dickinson was undeterred an scored 3 minutes later when freshman Davis Brown scored off a Greg Goldman pass to even things up. With the bench still excited from the goal, Charlie Goldburg scored a second goal for the Red Devils with assists going to Goldman and Sam Silvershein. Dickinson then took their lead into the second period when Alex Gitlin made a shorthanded and unassisted goal, putting the Red Devils into a comfortable 3-1 lead. But from that moment on, it was all American as they scored 5 unanswered goals before finishing the second period with a 6-3 lead. Scoring for American was Shay Longtain, Ben Dawson, Daniel Deacon added two and Brenton got his second of the game.
Dickinson went into their locker room between periods stunned with what had just happened. For the first time all year, the Red Devils found themselves down by multiple goals. With just 20 minutes left in the game, Dan Conant, the Red Devil's captain, tried to energize the bench. Everyone knew what would be required of them and everyone buckled down to make it happen. Unfortunately, as the period wore down, the clock became Dickinson's enemy. Both teams played solid back and forth hockey until with roughly 5 minutes left in the contest, the Eagles' Brenton would finish his hat trick and would score the game's final goal which gave them a 7-3 victory, and handed Dickinson their first league loss of the year.
-Exerpt from dickinsoncollegehockey.com
