AMHERST, MA- Men's hockey completes a comeback against Amherst Sunday afternoon, 3-2. Just about an hour before Joe Burrow and the Bengals completed one of the more improbable comebacks in NFL playoff history against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, it was Danny Sorabella '22 and the Wesleyan Cardinals who found a way to win in a comeback of their own after trailing by two goals early in the 1^st period. It's the 2^nd time in as many meetings this season that the Cardinals have downed the Mammoths in dramatic fashion. The first coming back on December 4^th, when a late Matt Zandi '22 goal shocked Amherst at Spurrier-Snyder Rink.

Wesleyan moves to 7-8-2 (6-4-2 NESCAC) with their 2^nd straight NESCAC victory. Amherst drops to 6-9-2 (5-6-1 NESCAC) with the loss.
 
HIGHLIGHTS:

• Amherst got going early in the 1^st period with a Greg McGunigal goal just five minutes into the game. After a battle close to the net, the puck trickled out to Mcgunigal who took a shot from near the blue line straight on past Marc Smith '24
• Minutes later, the Mammoths went on the power play due to an interference call on Owen Sweet '25. They were quick to capitalize, passing the puck around the perimeter before finding Ben Kuzma who sniped a wrist shot over the left shoulder of Smith to give them an early 2-0 lead. Amherst held a 2-0 lead going into the 2^nd period despite being outshot 13-11 (7-5 on target)
• Wesleyan stuck quickly in the 2^nd period however, as Alex Giummo '23 and Emmet Powell '23 worked the puck into the attacking zone where Kyle Anderson's '24 wrist shot cut the deficit in half 19 seconds in
•  After a fairly quiet beginning to the 3^rd period, Powell weaved his way through the Amherst defense single handedly. He ripped a rocket of a shot as he was knocked to the ice that beat Dan Dachille tying the game with just 12 minutes remaining
• Just three minutes later it was Danny Sorabella who played hero. Sorabella blocked a shot at the blue line, then took the puck on a breakaway where he found the back of the net for what would end up being the game-winner
• Amherst attempted a final push, pulling their goalie with a minute and a half left but their only shot they produced was turned away by Smith at the buzzer and Wesleyan took home a 3-2 comeback victory

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Emmet Powell scores for the 2^nd straight game, netting his team-leading 6^th goal of the season
• Marc Smith makes 20 saves
• Danny Sorabella scores his first goal of the season which happen to be the game winner
• Wesleyan wins their 2^nd straight game

UP NEXT:
Wesleyan will return to the ice Friday the 4^th against Williams. This will be the 2^nd meeting between these teams this season, the first being a home loss for Wesleyan 6-1.