CENTRAL NEW YORK – All through the first half of the regular season the Cazenovia ice hockey team floated between the status of a contender and mediocrity, building a 5-4-1 overall record. With a chance to climb again Tuesday night at Three Rivers Athletic Complex against Baldwinsville, the Lakers could not quite pull it off, ultimately settling for a 2-2 tie. Having not played in 11 days since tying Syracuse by that exact same 2-2 margin, Cazenovia would take some time finding its game rhythm, which the Bees tried to exploit. Controlling most of the flow of play, B’ville took nearly 50 shots, only to get turned back most of the time by Lakers goalie Ezra Stahlberg, who managed to pick up 47 saves. Neither side got on the board until the second period, when the Bees twice converted and grabbed a 2-1 advantage on goals by Dan Hinman and A.J. McPheeters, with Max Speno earning an assist. Cazenovia would tie it up in the third period, though, and then hang on through the OT. Henry Miller scored and assisted on Henry Frazee’s tally, with Will Donlin contributing an assist. Back home at Morrisville State IcePlex to face Fayetteville-Manlius 24 hours later, again it would go to overtime and again it would end unresolved, the Lakers and Hornets finishing 4-4. Unlike with B’ville, this game was back and forth from the outset, the 2-1 deficit for Cazenovia created in the first period before it rallied and pulled even, 3-3, by the end of the second. An exchange of third-period goals led to another OT and another tie, Miller tacking on two more goals as Jack Casey produced a goal and assist. Jake Hightchew had the other goal, assists credited to Cole Frazee and Dylan George. Stahlberg did not have to work as hard as he did against the Bees, but still managed 30 saves. Nico Capriotti had two of F-M’s four goals, the others going to Drew Mayne and Dimitry Sergeev. Weather permitting, Cazenovia would get three games in five days next week, traveling to Fulton to face CNY Fusion, returning to the IcePlex to face Ontario Bay and then going north Friday for a game with Watertown IHC.