Junior Owen Galligan scores the game-winning goal in the fourth overtime at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Junior Owen Galligan cheers after scoring the game-winning goal in the fourth overtime at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The team bursts into celebrations after junior Owen Galligan's game-winning goal in the fourth overtime at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Senior Wyatt Knightly guards the puck at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday, with one of the biggest crowds the team has seen all season. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Senior Wyatt Knightly slips the puck past the goalie for the Ice Cats' second point at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sophomore Kaden Neureuther winds up for a shot to score the first point of the night at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Junior Caleb Micklon makes a falling reach for the puck at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Junior Owen Galligan scores the game-winning goal in the fourth overtime at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Junior Owen Galligan cheers after scoring the game-winning goal in the fourth overtime at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The team bursts into celebrations after junior Owen Galligan's game-winning goal in the fourth overtime at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Senior Wyatt Knightly guards the puck at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday, with one of the biggest crowds the team has seen all season. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Senior Wyatt Knightly slips the puck past the goalie for the Ice Cats' second point at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sophomore Kaden Neureuther winds up for a shot to score the first point of the night at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Junior Caleb Micklon makes a falling reach for the puck at the preliminary playoff hockey game between the Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hill Ice Cats and the Mashwood/Noble/Traip/Sanford Knighthawks on Wednesday. Battling through three periods plus four overtime periods, the Ice Cats came out on top 4-3 to advance in the playoffs. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
BRIDGTON, Maine — The Fryeburg Academy/Lake Region/Oxford Hills hockey team has been in more than its fair share of close games this season. Those nail-biters paid dividends in the opening round of the Class A playoffs on Wednesday night. The No. 6 seeded Ice Cats beat No. 11 Marshwood/Traip/Sanford/Noble 4-3 in four overtimes for their first career playoff win at Chalmers Ice Arena in Bridgton before a record crowd.
The contest was a thriller and both players, coaches and spectators were thoroughly exhausted at junior Owen Galligan lit the lamp with 3:46 left in the fourth overtime to advance the Ice Cats into the Elite Eight. As a great sign of respect following the game, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic surfaced, players for the Knighthawks and Ice Cats opted not to do the socially-distanced wave but instead returned to the traditional handshake line. It was great to see the players and coaches show a true sign of mutual respect for each other.
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