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PURCHASE, N.Y. -- Nazareth rallied from 3-0 and 5-3 deficits to settle for a 5-5 tie with host Manhattanville on Friday evening. Five different players scored for the Golden Flyers. Sophomore Dominik Gabaj tallied the game-tying goal with 8:41 to play in regulation. Nazareth outshot the Valiants 5-2 in the five minute overtime session but were unable to find the game-winner. Defenseman Scott Dawson blocked a Manhattanville shot and goalie Ed Zdolshek saved the other.

With the tie, the Golden Flyers stretch their unbeaten streak to three games, and they are 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Nazareth is 10-7-4 overall and sits in second place in the ECAC West standings with a 6-2-3 conference record. Manhattanville is 7-9-5 overall and 2-7-2 in ECAC West games.

With four conference contests remaining, Hobart stands in first with 16 points, followed by Nazareth with 15. Neumann is third with 13 points. The top two teams earn a first-round bye in the ECAC West Tournament February 25th-March 3rd. The Golden Flyers play at Manhattanville again on Saturday before critical conference games at Neumann February 13th and 14th. Nazareth closes the regular season with a home ECAC West game against Utica.

Manhattanville opened the scoring in the first four minutes of regulation when Paul Allan Bamberg found the back of the Golden Flyers' net. Kevin Struempfler and Tanner Hicks earned the assists. The contest remained a one-goal game until midway through the second period when the Valiants scored a pair of power play goals in just under two minutes. Jake Mooney scored the first then Teagan Waugh's goal put Manhattanville ahead 3-0.

The Golden Flyers rallied to tie the game with a flurry of three goals in only 48 seconds. Sophomore Ben Blasko put Nazareth on the board 13:40 into the second period. Gabaj and freshman Oliver Janzen had the assists. It was Blasko's third goal of the season. The Golden Flyers pulled within one goal, 3-2, 16 seconds later when sophomore C.J. Murray recorded his sixth goal. Juniors Tom Seravalli and Rocky Gruttadauria were credited with the assists. Roughly 30 seconds later, junior Don Olivieri tied the game with his eighth goal of the season. Blasko had the lone assist on Olivieri's goal.

In the third, Manhattanville reclaimed its lead with two goals in the opening 6:35. Anthony Ragone scored on the power play 3:16 into the period, and Stephen Gaul scored just over three minutes later.

Sophomore Geoff Bagnall set up the goal by classmate David Seward 15 seconds after the Valiants took the 5-3 lead. It was Seward's sixth of the season. With 8:41 remaining in the period, Gabaj tallied his eighth goal of the season to tie the contest. Blasko and Janzen recorded the assists. Once Gabaj scored the equalizer, Zdolshek made five saves and Manhattanville's Brian Fleming had three in the last minutes of regulation.

The Valiants converted 3-9 power play chances while Nazareth finished 0-4 with the man advantage. Manhattanville and Nazareth each amassed 43 shots, with both goaltenders recording 38 saves. Manhattanville finished with a 58-37 advantage in faceoff victories. Blasko and junior Scott Andler each won 10 draws for the Golden Flyers.