ANGOLA, INDIANA—The Bethel University men's hockey team got a pair of goals from Haden Kruse in game two of their weekend series at Trine on Saturday afternoon, which included his game-winning tally at 3:37 of overtime that propelled them to a 5-4 OT victory over the Thunder.
The Royals improve to 2-2-0, while the Thunder fall to 1-1-0.
A whopping 25 penalties were called in the contest, 13 were against the Royals.
Bethel 5, Trine 4 OT
Despite being outshot 45-36 in the contest, the Royals never trailed. Five-of-nine goals scored in the contest occurred on the power play. However, Bethel set the tone with a pair of even strength goals courtesy of Joe Kelly at 2:51 of the first period that gave them a 1-0 lead, followed by Gavin Hruza's tally at 6:13 of the first that widened the score to 2-0.
Trine finished the contest 3-of-6 on the power play, which began with Brody Simko's goal at 9:08 of the first period that narrowed their deficit to 2-1.
The Thunder fired 20 shots on goal in the second period, but it was the Royals who set the tone once again at 4:11, when Chase Beacom widened the score to 3-1. Simko's second power play goal of the game at 7:44 of the second period narrowed Trine's deficit to 3-2, before Lem Vardy tied the game 3-3 at 12:13 of the second.
The third period saw Bethel outshoot Trine 11-7. This included Kruse's power play goal at 3:03, which gave the Royals a 4-3 advantage. Brody Simko put the finishing touches on a hat trick with another power play tally at 8:52 of the third period, which knotted the score at 4-4.
A roughing penalty called on Trine at 3:28 of overtime gave Bethel another power play opportunity. Kruse capitalized with his second power play goal nine seconds later at 3:37 of overtime, which secured a 5-4 victory for Bethel.
Jeremiah Konkel and Johnny Conlin each had two assists for Bethel. Beacom and Kelly each had one goal and one assist.
Zane Spaniol had 41 saves in net for Bethel, while Ronnie Petrucci tallied 29 stops between the pipes for Trine.
The Royals will travel to UW-Eau Claire on Friday, November 13 at 7 p.m.
