The Saints were able to get two power play goals from blueliners Philippe Chapleau and senior captain Luc Salem, but the St. Lawrence University men's hockey would have to settle for a 2-2 tie against Union on Saturday night in Schenectady.

The Garnet Chargers won the shootout to claim the second league point.

St. Lawrence moved to 5-12-3 on the year and 3-4-1 in ECAC play, while Union went to 9-11-1 on the season and 4-5-1 in league play.

The Garnet Chargers wasted little time opening the game with a goal 5:58 in. Nate Hanley was able to cash in off a pass from Ben Tupker to take the lead.

Later in the first period, Union would get undisciplined in their play and get tagged with a five-minute major sending the Saints to the man-advantage. The Scarlet and Brown would make them pay with two goals to claim the lead.

Chapleau would get the first of two goals as he was fed a pass by Felikss Gavars by way of Justin Paul. Chapleau let go of a heavy wrist shot that beat Kyle Chauvette to get the Saints on the board.
Later in the major penalty, Drake Burgin found Salem at the top of the man-advantage where he fired a one-timer past Chauvette to take the lead.



The Scarlet and Brown would get another five-minute power play in the second period as they attempted to extend the lead. On the chance, Mason Waite took a one-timer of his own that would go off the crossbar and out keeping the game at 2-1.

Instead of extending the lead, it was Union, who took advantage of the penalty kill momentum and tied the game at 2-2 with Chaz Smedsrud tallying a goal 15:04 into the second.

The third period was a slow one in terms of shots with both teams playing possession hockey. Things would ratchet up later in the third when the Saints were tagged with a penalty in the final three minutes.

The Scarlet and Brown would kill the effort then would be afforded a power play with just moments left in regulation. As a result, St. Lawrence went on a 4-on-3 three man-advantage to start the overtime period and despite numerous chances could not find the game-winner.

Instead, the game went to a shootout for the extra league point. Logan Ritchie was up first for the Saints and saw his shot narrowly miss after clipping Chauvette. Union would score on their effort before Gavars went to the line. The sophomore was also stopped leading to Hanley closing the shootout with a five-hole shot to claim the second league point in the tie game.

Ben Kraws stopped 21 saves in the effort, while Chauvette made 27 saves in the Union goal.

St. Lawrence had a 29-23 advantage in shots and went scored twice on the power play, while going 6-for-6 on the kill.

The Scarlet and Brown will head back north and begin to prepare for next weekend when they host Brown and Yale on Friday and Saturday respectively at Appleton Arena.