WALTHAM, Mass. – Lucas Vanroboys (Thamesville, Ontario) scored in the 4^th round of the shootout to give Bentley a shootout victory against Air Force and two points in a thriller at Bentley Arena on Saturday.

The game ended in a 4-4 tie after Bentley erased a 4-2 deficit. Freshman Harrison Scott (San Jose, Calif.) scored with 3:45 left in the 2^nd period to pull Bentley closer.

Grad student Brendan Hamblet (Hopkinton, Mass.) then scored the tying goal with just 2:30 left in regulation to tie the game 4-4.

Neither team was able to score in the 3-on-3, five minute overtime to send the game to a shootout.

Both teams scored in the first round of the shootout, with Will Gavin scoring for Air Force and Bentley's Matt Gosiewski (Wilton, Conn.) matching him.

Neither team scored in the 2^nd and 3^rd rounds. Air Force's Mitchell Digby and Bentley's Drew Bavaro (Bradenton, Fla.) were denied by the respective goalies, Air Force's Alex Schilling and Bentley's Nicholas Grabko (Channahon, Ill.).

In the 3^rd round, Grabko denied Air Force's Sam Brennan and Schilling stopped Scott to send the shootout to sudden death.

In the 4^th round, Grabko stopped Willie Reim to give Vanroboys a chance to win it. The junior from Ontario did just that with a shot that beat Schilling high to his glove side.

The result gave Bentley two points from the game as the team's Atlantic Hockey record moved to 10-12-2. Air Force's AHA record moved to 10-11-3.

The game was tied 1-1 after the first period, with Air Force's Andrew DeCarlo scoring at the 18:13 mark and Bentley's Luke Orysiuk (Edmonton, Alberta) scoring with a slap shot blast with 50 seconds left in the period.

Orysiuk scored his second of the night at 3:57 of the 2^nd frame to give Bentley a 2-1 lead. But Air Force then reeled off three unanswered goals in less than five minutes to take a 4-2 lead.

Scott's goal at the 16:15, his 4^th of the season, stemmed the tide and made it a 4-3 game and set the stage for the final period.

Bentley will now face Holy Cross in a home and home series on the final weekend of the regular season. The first game of the series is at home on Friday night.