SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Colgate men's ice hockey had several quality scoring chances throughout Friday night's game but couldn't get one to go until Trevor Cosgrove (Exeter, New Hampshire) forced overtime with 48.6 seconds to go in the third period.

The Raiders tied No. 19 Union 1-1 at Messa Rink and picked up a crucial point in the race for home ice. 
 
Bobby McMann (Wainwright, Alberta) circled around the goal before shifting the puck to Cosgrove at the left point. Cosgrove stepped into a shot and fired it through traffic to beat Union goaltender Jake Kupsky high, glove side with the game-tying goal. It was Cosgrove's fourth of the year.
 
Goaltender Colton Point (North Bay, Ontario) was stellar for the Raiders all night long as he recorded 21 saves, including 11 in the second period alone.
 
In the scoreless first period, both Point and Kupsky turned away several high quality scoring chances. Kupsky had two big saves on shots from Josh McKechney (Calgary, Alberta), with one on a breakaway and another on a backdoor tap.
 
The second period continued much like the first as Point made a great save early on. Colgate's best chance of the period came with 12 minutes to go as Jared Cockrell (Readfield, Maine) made a great play to control the puck next to the goal. He put the puck in the slot where Mike Panowyk (Whitby, Ontario) dove and flung it on goal. Kupsky made the save before denying two more shots from McKechney to keep it scoreless.
 
Union broke the deadlock with 1:44 to go in the second. After Cole Maier was knocked to his knees, he flipped the puck wide of the goal and Ryan Scarfo was there to deflect it home with the handle of his stick.
 
Point kept Colgate in the game with five saves in the third period before Cosgrove's game-tying goal.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 1, No. 19 Union 1 (OT)
 
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
Colgate picked up a big point in ECAC Hockey play to improve to 13-14-6 (9-9-3 ECAC Hockey), and Union secured second-place in the league at 20-13-2 (15-5-1 ECAC Hockey).
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Cosgrove buried his fourth-goal of the season and first career game-tying goal
-Point recorded 21 saves in his return after missing four games
-McMann extended his point-lead to 27 with his 13th assist of the season and now has points in four consecutive games
-Nick Austin (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) picked up his 10th assist of the season, the fifth different Colgate player with 10 assists this year
-The Raiders have scored a goal in the final minute in two of their last three games
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Colgate outshot Union 25-22 and had a 7-3 edge in the third period in overtime
-Neither team was successful on the power play as they both went 0 for 3
-The Dutchmen held the advantage in faceoffs at 37-19, with Adam Dauda (Kitchener, Ontario) leading the Raiders with seven wins.

FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Don Vaughan
"That was one of our best games of the year. I know we had opportunities to score and they didn't go but I was really pleased with our effort against a very good Union team. When you get down in this building a lot of things can happen and I was just really proud of our effort."
 
"We played to win in overtime, which is great for a young team like ours. I was just really happy that we stuck with it and great that Cos got that game-tying goal. We had a couple good looks in overtime to finish."
 
"Cosgrove is way more of a hockey player than any of us thought. We saw it last year in juniors, he had a really good year in the BCHL but he's not playing like a freshman. He hasn't played like a freshman from the beginning of the year. He's a great asset for us and someone that is obviously going to see a lot of minutes."
 
"Point made a couple of huge stops, as did their kid. The goalies were really good at both ends tonight. It was so great to see Colton go in and not be bothered at all by the injury and played through it."
 
"We want to play at home next weekend so we know the one way to do that is to win tomorrow night."
 
Freshman Trevor Cosgrove
"It was a good look from Bobby, we had Snods in front of the net so there was just a lot of traffic. We needed that point so that's huge."
 
"Their goalie was hot all night, especially down low, so it was just huge to finally put one away by the end of the game. Thank god we got the point."
 
"As a team, it was one of our best games. Our effort was there, our energy was there and as a d-corps we were solid. They liked to chip pucks in and take the body. We answered it by playing a simple game. Point made some big saves like always and we just played a solid game. Hopefully we keep that up moving forward."

UP NEXT
The Raiders return to action Saturday night for the final game of the regular season at Rensselaer, with puck drop set for 7 p.m. at Houston Field House in Troy, New York.