Wildcats Three-Peat as New England Champions!

Paul Dore scored on a snapshot from the left wing with 56 seconds left in the game to break a 3-3 tie and lift the Kimball Union Wildcats to their third consecutive NEPSAC hockey championship. In a game that saw Salisbury hold two separate two-goal leads, the Wildcats battled to come back and took control of the game late in the second. Salisbury capitalized on a lucky bounce to take a 1-0 lead after the first and jumped out to a 2-0 lead midway through the second. However, KUA answered as Arlo Merritt roofed a wrist shot on the rush to bring the Wildcats within one. Salisbury tallied again shortly after but a powerplay goal by Tomas Mazura and a shorthanded goal by Zach Taylor with 30 seconds left in the period knotted the game heading into the third. KUA controlled the pace of the game for the final period and set the stage for Dore’s dramatic game-winner. Veeti Kohvakka was excellent in the KUA net, making 25 saves.
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