WILKES-BARRE – Visiting Manhattanvlle College scored the game-winning goal with :46 seconds remaining to break a tied game and give the Valiants a 3-1 victory over the Wilkes University men's ice hockey team Sunday afternoon at the Toyota SportsPlex.
 
Wilkes dropped to 2-3-1 overall and 1-2 in UCHC play, Manhattanville improved to 2-2 overall and 2-2 in league contests.
 
Wilkes entered the scoring column first when Jimmy O'Kane (Chicago, IL/Notre Dame Prep) found Max Cocchi (Ludlow, MA) on a backdoor pass sending him in all alone but the shot was stopped and Ryan Galvin (Atlanta, GA) was there for the empty net put back on the power play to give the Colonels a 1-0 lead with 15:24 remaining in the first period.
 
Manhattanville answered back to tie the game at one when the Valiants scored on a 5-on-3 advantage. Dylan Pollack ripped a one-timer top shelf for the score with 4:51 left in the opening period.
 
The teams went scoreless over the second twenty minutes with each squad having several scoring chances without prevail.
 
The game remained tied at one before a Wilkes tripping penalty put the Valiants on the power play with under two minutes left in regulation. From there a shot by AJ Bella found the back of the net sealing the conference win for the visitors.
 
Manhattanville added one more tally on an empty net goal with one second remaining as Wilkes tried for the tie pulling its goalie with under a minutes to play.
 
Garrett Nieto (Yorba Linda, CA) finished with 31 saves in net for Wilkes in the defeat.
 
The Colonels return to the ice Friday when they travel to Utica, N.Y. for a UCHC matchup with Utica University at 7:00 p.m.