Middlebury’s Chris Garbe scored the game-winning goal 2:22 into overtime, lifting the men’s hockey team (2-8-2, 1-7-1) past Hamilton 3-2 on Tuesday evening. The Panthers travel to Tufts on Friday for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop, while the Continentals (5-6-0, 4-5-0) host Wesleyan.
Hamilton came out strong, with Nick Rutigliano getting a quality bid just 17 seconds into the game, but his shot from just inside the blue line ricocheted off the crossbar. Middlebury opened the scoring at the 10:27 mark during a four-on-four. Jin Lee gathered the puck in the defensive end and skated to the blue line before