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PAWTUCKET, R.I.--Junior Chris Lembo broke a 2-all tie in the third period, and goalies senior Tim Carr and freshman Scott Brown combined for 42 saves, to carry Western New England to a 3-2 comeback win Saturday over host Johnson & Wales in an Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast men's hockey contest here at Lynch Arena. With their fourth win in a row, the Golden Bears improve to 5-12-3 overall and 5-5 in the ECAC Northeast. The Wildcats, who defeated WNE 5-0 last month in Springfield, fall to 13-9-1 on the season and 7-5 in the league after seeing their Senior Night festivities spoiled by the visitors.

Lembo scored the game-winning goal on the power-play with 4 minute and 30 seconds remaining, as senior assistant captain Matt Dore and sophomore Dane Genord were credited with assists on Lembo's fourth tally of the season.

Carr had 35 stops to get the victory for the Golden Bears, but he left the game under 3 minutes remaining due to an injury. Brown played the final 2:59 and made seven saves, including an outstanding one with five ticks on the clock.

The Wildcats pulled the goalie with over a minute remaining and had a number of chances on net as time winded down, including a diving effort by sophomore Drew Kariofiles with one second but Brown was there.

Johnson & Wales took a 2-1 advantage in the second stanza Ben Brouillard's team-leading ninth goal at the 5:00 mark from right in front on assists from Connor Bates and Josh Obregon.

Freshman defenseman Matthieu Audet tied it at 2-2 with 5:03 left in the period with assists to freshman David DiSchiavi and Genord. JWU held the advantage in shots once more 14-7 in the stanza and 27-13 after two periods of play.

WNE got the scoring under way when senior Andy Cramer connected on a pass from sophomore Josh Twietmeyer to give the Golden Bears a 1-0 lead 9:53 into the first period. The Wildcats answered when sophomore Stefan Brucato sent a pass in front of the net to classmate Fran Mackin and Mackin buried the shot in the back of the net. The Wildcats had the man-advantage and tied things up at 1-1 with under two minutes left in the period. The teams went into the locker room tied with JWU holding a 13-6 advantage in shots.
 
Ben Kantor and Brad Atkinson combined for 19 saves in net for the Wildcats.

Western New England hits the ice again on Thursday (7:10 p.m.) versus league foe Salve Regina at Blunt Park at Smead Rink. JWU will be back in action that night when it hosts Nichols for an ECAC Northeast matchup beginning at 7:45 p.m.

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(Editor's note: Johnson & Wales Athletic Communications Office contributed to this game recap.)