Bangor hockey shoots past So. Portland in overtime

BANGOR – The Bangor high school hockey team hosted So. Portland/Freeport/Wayneflete Friday night at Sawyer Arena. From the first face-off, this was a fast-paced, physical, demanding game that was played by two relatively equal teams.

Bangor's Cooper Ireland is focused on the goal. Bangor beat So. Portland 6-5 in overtime. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

With the score going back and forth Bangor tied the game at 5-5 with 6:19 left in the third period which sent the game to overtime where Bangor's Jack Perron found the goal at 1:25 of the overtime for the 6-5 Bangor win.

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A physical game, there were a combined 15 penalties for a total of 39 minutes in the penalty box with one player being tossed from the game for game misconduct. This was just what the officials saw. They did a great job, but there was so much taunting from both teams they did not see that got this game a little more physical.

Bangor's Ben Brook advances the puck as Bangor attacks the goal. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

The score was tied 1-1 after one period. 4-4 after two periods and 5-5 entering overtime. So. Portland scored first in the first period at 12:36 on an unassisted goal by Deven Hannan. Bangor came back and tied the score with a goal at 6:52 by Daniel McCarthy assisted by David Brown.

The scoring in the second period started 2:38 into the period. The Rams took the lead 2-1 on a goal by Jacob Munroe unassisted. So. Portland tied the game with a goal from Austin Gross at 5:21 into the period.

With the score 2-2, Bangor put in two goals to take a 4-2 lead briefly. The first came at 6:31 with a goal from Ben Brook with assists from Drew Dorr and Aiden Scripture. Then at 8:36 into the period, the Rams struck again with a goal from Scripture assisted by McCarthy.

Bangor's David Brown looks to make the pass has he brings the puck up the ice. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)

So. Portland picked up the momentum and at 10:33 into the period Ian Wright scored with assists from Dylan Hannan and Deven Hannan. With the score at 4-3 Bangor, So. Portland scored with just a little over a minute left to make it 4-4. That goal came from Gus Lappin unassisted.

The third period found Bangor down 5-4 just 0:19 into the period. So Portland got a goal from Cullen Adams assisted by Eric Walker. Finally at 6:21 Bangor's Ben Brook scored his second goal of the night and more importantly, it ultimately became the goal that sent the game to overtime.

Early into the overtime a SO. Portland player was called for holding which set up a power play for the Rams and at 1:25 into the eight-minute overtime Perron took a cross-ice pass from Brown and from the left side buried the puck in the back of the goal for the game-winner.

Jake Hirsch was in goal for Bangor where he had 29 saves on 34 shots for the win. Sebastian Couturier was in goal for So. Portland where he had 20 saves on 26 shots on goal in the loss.

The Rams go to 6-5-0 and will host Waterville Winslow next Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 6:30 p.m.

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Bangor's Cooper Ireland took a vicious hit that sent a So. Portland player to the penalty box. Ireland shook it off and kept on playing. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)