BOSTON – The Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey team advanced to the title game of the 57th Annual Codfish Bowl Tournament, hosted by UMass Boston, with a 4-3 overtime win over Tufts University on Friday afternoon.

Tim Manning (Concord, Ohio) netted the game-winner with 46 seconds left in overtime to send the Falcons to the championship game tomorrow. In goal, Logan Bateman (Ottawa, Ontario) made a career-high 47 saves to earn his 10th victory of the season.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus Magnus 4 | Tufts 3 (OT)
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (10-3-0) | Tufts (3-6-1)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED

• JJ Berdal (Wausau, Wis.) started the Falcons' night on the right foot by giving AMC an early 1-0 lead 25 seconds into the contest.
• After Tyler Ignazzitto (Bath, Ontario) won an early faceoff, Berdal rocketed a wrister from the his blue line that sailed into the top-right corner of the net.
• Albertus found paydirt again at the 11:47 mark on a goal by Caden Pattison (Lake Stevens, Wash.).
• Berdal started the scoring play by dumping the puck towards the goal, where Dino Antoniadis (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) backhanded a pass to Pattison for a tally to the goalie's stick side.
• Bailey Kirwin (Barrie, Ontario) gave the Falcons a 3-0 lead 3:27 later by scoring off a Pattison pass from behind the net.
• The Jumbos controlled the second period, scoring both goals in the frame to make it a one-goal contest, 3-2, heading into the third.
• Tufts evened the score at 3-3 by netting the lone goal of the third period on the power play at the 13:48 mark to force overtime.
• With 46 left in OT, Manning called game by netting the winner off a rebounded shot.
• Charles Risk (Medicine Hat, Alberta) brought the puck over the blue line before passing to Sam Anderson (Calgary, Alberta), whose saved attempt led to the Falcons' victory.
• Bateman picked up the victory between the pipes for Albertus by making a career-high 47 saves over 64:14.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Albertus: Logan Bateman (W, 10-3-0): 50 Shots on Goal | 3 Goals-Against | 47 Saves
Tufts: Gustave Bylin (L, 3-3-1): 35 Shots on Goal | 4 Goals-Against | 31 Saves

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Jumbos owned a 50-35 advantage in shots on goal.
• Albertus went 0-for-2 on the power play, while Tufts went 1-for-2 with an extra skater.
• Both teams served four minutes in the box on two penalties.
• Risk, Luke James (Moon Township, Pa.), and Alex Gagnon (Montreal, Quebec) led Albertus with four shots each.

NOTEWORTHY

• Today's game marked the first all-time meeting between Albertus and Tufts.
• The Falcons improved to 2-0 in overtime games this season.
• Bateman racked up a career-high 47 saves today, five more than his previous career mark.
• Pattison tallied his second multi-point game of the season.
• Berdal finished with his second-career multi-point performance.
• Ignazzitto has tallied a team-leading 11 assists in 2022.
• Kirwin posted his third goal as a freshman.
• Manning scored game-winning goals in back-to-back contests and leads the team with three this season.

UP NEXT
The Falcons will next battle the host Beacons of UMass Boston in the championship game of the Codfish Bowl Tournament on Friday, Jan. 30, at 4:30 p.m. at the Edward T. Barry Ice Rink.