GENEVA, N.Y. – The Trine University men's hockey team gave the top-ranked team in the country all they could take but were eliminated by an overtime goal. The two-time defending national champions from Hobart College needed extra time to secure a 3-2 victory over the seventh ranked Thunder.

Trine had to weather the storm during the first period, spending most of the stanza in the defensive zone as the Statesmen came in full pressure mode. The Thunder were outshot 9-4 in the period and three of those shots came in the final three minutes.

The second period was the exact opposite, with Trine coming out on the offensive. The first penalty of the game against Hobart gave the visitors the jumpstart they needed to break through the deadlock. After winning the first faceoff after the penalty the team moved the puck beautifully through the point and over to the near faceoff circle giving Logan Furstenau the chance to score in the top right corner of the net. Josh Wright and Jack Cooper were credited with assists on the goal, but it was truly a team goal for the Thunder.

Seven minutes later the Statesmen made a more conventional mistake, turning the puck over at the blueline. Drew Jeffers caused the pressure that knocked the puck free where Sam Antenucci was waiting to make it a breakaway. He scored the goal a few seconds later giving the Thunder a 2-0 lead.

But the momentum swung again at the end of the period when Trine took a penalty that gave the defending national champions a power play to start the third period. Just 27 seconds into that stanza they capitalized, catching Ronnie Petrucci on the wrong side of the net with a crisp pass from near the boards.

A few minutes later saw both teams down a skater, with Hobart seemingly gaining an advantage from the extra space of four-on-four hockey. They scored the equalizer at the 3:27 mark of the period.

The defenses settled back into rhythm for the remainder of regulation and for the first half of the overtime. An intercepted pass in Trine's defensive end finished the game when the Hobart skater buried an impossible shot into the top left corner of the net.

Petrucci played spectacularly in net despite the loss. He finished the game with 38 saves. In front of him the team had 16 blocks with Tim Organ leading the team with three.

The season goes in the books as the best in program history. The Thunder end the season 21-7-2, the most wins and fewest losses in program history.