The Wild fend off a wild comeback to win overtime in BML championship
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Beachy Cabinet Makers Wild won the Batavia Mens Hockey League Championship at the David M. McCarthy Memorial Ice Arena on Sunday, defeating the Kelly Holland Inn NorthStars, 5-4 in overtime.
Shawn Beachy scored the first goal in the opening period. Wild led 1-0 after 1.
The Stars tied the game with 4:51 left in the second period on a goal by Nick Bush.
Two minutes later, Ken Beachy scored to give the Wild back the lead 2-1. A couple of goals were disallowed by the Wild in the next two minutes. Twenty-one seconds before the end of the second period, the Wild scored again to increase the margin, 3-1 on a goal by Shawn Beachy, assisted by Ryan DiFilippo, who had two assists in the game.
After a Zamboni clean, the Wild carried the momentum from the locker room to score a goal by Jason Harasimowicz and gave the Wild a commanding 4-1 lead.
However, the Stars did not give up, seven minutes left in the third period, Mason Versage scored two goals within a minute apart, including one on the power-play to cut the lead to one.
Then minutes later, at 4:14 left, the Stars' James Kujowski tied the game on a loose puck in front of net-minder John Bermel for the Wild.
The game went to a ten-minute sudden death overtime after a 4-4 tie.
Both teams had opportunities to end the game, and play got scrappy and challenging. With four minutes left in the overtime, Wild caught a roughing penalty. Stars were on a 5 to 4 power play opportunity.
Jason Harasimowicz from the Wild said “I stepped up to the faceoff circle, was aggressive and wanted to see where it goes. I am just going to start picking up speed and hope I can get the puck in their zone. I came down the right side, took the shot in the corner and scored. I have scored on the goalie like that during the regular season. So, if I score, I score. I know I have done it before and hoped it would get in the net. It did and could not believe it."
Harasimowicz scored the game winning goal short-handed with 3:35 left in the overtime to give the Beachy Cabinetmakers Wild the men’s league title. Harasimowicz was named MVP.
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Photos by Steve Ognibene
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Jason Harasimowicz named MVP
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Beachy Cabinet Makers Wild 2023 Mens Hockey Champions
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Three Beachy family generations, photo left to right Ken, grandson Sawyer, son Shawn