NASHUA, N.H. – The Thomas College Men's Ice Hockey team suffered a 3-1 loss to the United States Coast Guard Academy in NECHA Colonial Conference playoffs on Saturday. 

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy jumped to an early lead in the first period when Dylan McGill lit the lamp. Thomas had several opportunities to score but were unable to capitalize and headed into the first intermission down, 1-0. 

The Terriers played well in the second period but could not score on the Bears. The Coast Guard goaltender, Ryan Berry, was impenetrable, and the score remained 1-0 after two periods of play. 

Thomas started the third period strong, but their momentum was derailed by a series of penalties. The Terriers desperately worked to tie the game, but the Bears extended their lead at the nine-minute mark, 2-0.

Thomas never stopped working and Ethan Scripture (Bangor, Maine) cut the Terrier's deficit in half with a last-minute goal, 2-1. Thomas pulled Miloslav Fuksa (Czech Republic) from goal and replaced him with an extra skater in effort to tie the game, but the U.S. Coast Guard Academy found the empty net with eighteen-seconds remaining, 3-1.  

Game Notes:
- Fuksa saved 21 of 23 shots faced in the loss for the Terriers.
-The loss snaps the Terriers six-game win streak. 
- Coast Guard will face WPI in the Colonial Conference finals.