MIDDLETOWN, CT. – Scoring his first goal as a member of the Wesleyan men's ice hockey team, Connor Sutherland '27 lead the team in a 1-1 overtime draw with NESCAC opponent Middlebury College on Friday evening from Wesleyan's Spurrier-Snyder Arena.

Sutherland led the team with five shots on goal through all 60 minutes, putting up three in the first period. Sutherland struck at the half-way mark of the first period with Danny Judge '26 winning the face-off to set up the play. Sending the puck back behind the Panthers (2-6-3 overall, 1-4-2 NESCAC) goal, Jack Kane '25 managed the puck out to the blueline and fired an initial heavy shot on Panthers' goaltender Andrew Heinze before Sutherland at the right post was able to tap the puck over the line. The Cardinals (3-6-1 overall, 2-2-1 NESCAC), while unable to produce on their lone power play opportunity in the first, entered the second period with a one goal lead.

The Cardinals held the offensive edge in the second period as they spent nearly four relentless minutes in the Panthers' zone after a Panthers power play. Dallas D'Amato '27, Daniel Lurie '26, Parker Sondag '26, Kyle Anderson '24, Hayden Hanes '27, and Judge all recorded attempts on goal during the possession. But with less than a second remaining in regulation the Panthers tied the game up at one. Jack Oblak shot the puck into a sea of skates at the goal from out inside the left face-off circle after being fed the puck by Dante Palombo and Chris Garbe.

Both teams were held scoreless through the final 20 minutes of action, forcing the game to a five-minute overtime period that also saw no score, ending the contest in a draw.

DJ Dixon '24 lead from the face-off, winning 15 draws for the Cardinals, followed by Judge and Hanes with seven draws each.

In goal, Erik Voloshin '24 made 31 saves for the Cardinals. At the opposite end Heinze made 22.

The Cardinals return to action on Saturday, Jan. 6, when they host Williams in NESCAC action beginning at 3 p.m.