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Rochester's Prescott Sexton with an ENG to ice it.
Pool A: Rochester > Andvoer (3-1)....Rochester and Andover played an unbelievable back and forth game. Rochester held off a massive Andover charge in the first period outshooting the Reds 10-3...without a great performance from Tate Cothern Andover could have pulled away. Andover got a nice goal from Logan Gravink to give the Huskies the lead. Late in the first, Hunter Hady fired a high wrist shot from the point that meandered through 5 or 6 bodies and beat a screened Austin Brauns top shelf to tie it at 1 after 1. No more goals were scored until late in the game, but that doesn't mean there wasn't drama. With 1:44 left in the game, an Andover player hooked a Rochester player in the neutral zone for the game's first penalty. Editor's Note: a noticeably bad call that caused the game to spiral into a frenzy. While shorthanded, Andover's Kyle Law picked up a loose puck and broke free, he was dragged down from behind. A call that could have been a penalty shot, but was not. While falling, Law ran into Cothern and drove he and the puck into the net. The referee had two tough choices in a split second. First, was it a goal? And second, if it was not, was it a Penalty Shot? He ruled No Goal and Tripping on Javan Hodge from Rochester. Much to the dismay of the Andover faithful. Having to win, Andover was forced to pull their goalie despite playing in a tie hockey game. Rochester stars Prscott Sexton and Tyler Haskins found the empty cage in the final minute to lead the Reds past Andover who were number 1 in the State and unbeaten in their first 17 games.
