The Lake Forest College men's hockey team erased a two-goal third-period deficit but eventually fell 5-4 in overtime at Milwaukee School of Engineering Friday night (February 12). The Foresters are now 7-13-1 overall this season and 7-9-1 in Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association play. The Raiders raised their overall record to 12-8-2 and league mark to 11-5-1.

The Foresters scored the contest's first goal three minutes and seven seconds into the game. It was senior Nick Ghidina's (Pekin, Ill./Wichita Falls Wildcats) first score of the season and he was assisted by freshman Phil Bushbacher (Glenview, Ill./Aurora Tigers). The Raiders tied the score on a 4-on-4 goal at 11:53 and took the lead at 17:32. M.S.O.E. out-shot the visitors 16-5 in the first 20 minutes of the contest and led 2-1 at the first intermission.

The second period follwed a similar script as the first. Lake Forest senior Sean Farley (Park Ridge, Ill./Utica College) lit the lamp just 58 seconds into the period but Raider goals at 7:46 and 15:35 gave the home team a 4-2 advantage at the end of the period. Farley's fifth goal of the season was assisted by junior Anthony Ventura (Pleasant Prairie, Wis./Lebanon Valley College). The Foresters were out-shot 17-10 in the period.

The visitors had a 10-8 advantage in shots on goal in the third period. They pulled to within one goal when senior Justin Taylor (Sun Valley, Idaho/Walpole Stars) converted a power play opportunity at 3:46 and freshman Thomas Bark (Toronto, Ontario/Streetsville Derbys) tied it at 7:53. Taylor's 10th goal of the year was assisted by freshmen Marc Rubino (Woodbridge, Ontario/St. Michael's Buzzers) and Mike Rubino (Woodbridge, Ontario/St. Michael's Buzzers). Ventura and Taylor assisted on Bark's fifth of 2009-10.

M.S.O.E. scored 88 seconds into the overtime period to end the game and clinch home-ice advantage for the MCHA quarterfinal series between the Raiders and Foresters in two weeks.

The same two teams will face off in Lake Forest at 7:30 tomorrow night. A live radio broadcast of the contest will be available at wmxm.org.