FRIDAY ROUNDUP: No. 14 Wisconsin sweeps No. 1 Minnesota, Augustana ties No. 2 Denver, Maine downs No. 5 Quinnipiac in OT, No. 3 Boston College sweeps No. 8 Michigan State

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Maine players celebrate their OT win Friday night at Quinnipiac (photo: Maine Athletics).

A pair of goals from Simon Tassy pushed No. 14 Wisconsin past No. 1 Minnesota 3-2 Friday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis, Minn., to sweep the nation’s top team for the first time since 2014.

Though Wisconsin struck first, the Gophers battled back, tying the game twice throughout the evening, until a late third-period goal from Tassy gave the Badgers the lead for good.

Tassy had a standout performance, scoring a power-play goal and notching an assist in addition to his game-winning tally. Christian Fitzgerald also had a multi-point night with two assists.

Kyle McClellan continued to stand tall in net, stopping 29 shots for the win.

Wisconsin opened the scoring six minutes into the game with a power-play goal from Tassy. Cruz Lucius rushed the puck into the Gophers’ zone before finding Fitzgerald at the top of the right circle. Fitzgerald then skated toward the right side of the net and passed to Tassy on his left, who one-timed it into the back of the Minnesota net past Justen Close.

The Gophers tied the game three minutes into the middle frame when Aaron Huglen fired a shot past McClellan.

The Badgers reclaimed the lead again late in the second period. William Whitelaw found a cross-ice seam through the slot to Fitzgerald, who fired. The shot was stopped, but it rebounded back to Whitelaw who sniped it in to make it 2-1.

Early in the third period, the Gophers tied it up again with a goal by Jimmy Clark.

Minnesota continued to push, but Wisconsin stood strong defensively. The team’s hard work was rewarded when Tassy found the back of the net with less than three minutes remaining in the final frame to win the game for the Badgers.

Close finished with 18 saves

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Augustana 5, No. 2 Denver 5 (Augustana wins shootout)

Chase Brand scored at 19:39 of the third period to give Augustana a 5-5 tie with the powerhouse Pioneers at Magness Arena in Denver, Colo.

Nothing was settled in overtime and then the Vikings won the shootout.

Arnaud Vachon had a goal and an assist for Augustana, while Hayden Hennen, Owen Bohn, and Hunter Bischoff also scored. Simon Falk had two assists and Zack Rose made 30 saves in goal.

For Denver, Jack Devine went for a goal and two assists, Massimo Rizzo had a goal and an assist, and Rieger Lorenz, Boston Buckberger, and Kieran Cebrian added goals.

Matt Davis stopped 27 shots in goal.

No. 3 Boston College 5, No. 8 Michigan State 1

Cutter Gauthier and Jack Malone each scored a pair of goals to power Boston College past Michigan State 5-1 on Friday night in front of a sellout crowd at Kelley Rink, sweeping the series in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

In addition to the multi-goal games from Gauthier and Malone, Mike Posma netted his first of the season to open the scoring. Gabe Perreault and Oskar Jellvik finished the night with two assists each, giving the Eagles four players with multi-point performances.

Jacob Fowler recorded a season-high 43 saves for the Eagles.

Karsen Dorwart scored for MSU, who got 29 saves from Trey Augustine.

No. 4 North Dakota 6, Minnesota State 2

North Dakota wasted no time on Friday night, striking for four goals in the opening 20 minutes en route to a 6-2 victory over Minnesota State in front of a sellout crowd at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D.

Jackson Blake potted two goals and added an assist while Owen McLaughlin (goal, two assists) and Garrett Pyke (three assists) also notched a trio of points to help UND score the team’s most goals against the Mavericks since an 8-4 win on Feb. 9, 2007.

Ludvig Persson finished with 28 saves to register his fourth start of the season with two or fewer goals allowed.

For Minnesota State, Sam Morton and Luc Wilson scored, and Alex Tracy and Keenan Rancier combined to make 26 saves in goal.

Maine 2, No. 5 Quinnipiac 1 (OT)

Brandon Chabrier scored 3:50 into overtime as Maine topped Quinnipiac 2-1 on Friday night at M&T Bank Arena in Hamden, Conn.

The Black Bears opened the scoring as Donavan Villeneuve-Houle fought through traffic for a finish at the left post midway through the first period.

After the Bobcats equalized in the second period on a goal by Christophe Fillion, neither team found the back of the net in the third.

That set the stage for Chabrier’s winner.

In goal, Victor Ostman made 17 saves for the win.

Quinnipiac’s Matej Marinov stopped 27 in the loss.

No. 6 Michigan 9, Lindenwood 1

Jackson Hallum scored twice for his first-ever multi-goal game, while Seamus Casey extended his active point streak to 12 games with one goal and one assist, and Garrett Schifsky (three assists), Dylan Duke (goal, two assists), and TJ Hughes (goal, two assists) led the way with three points apiece as the Wolverines defeated the Lions 9-1 at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Noah West turned aside 19 shots between the pipes to earn his first win of the year.

Caige Sterzer notched the lone goal for Lindenwood, and Trent Burnham and Matthew Syverson combined on a 36-save effort in goal.

No. 7 Providence 4, Vermont 1

Taige Harding and Luke Krys each scored their first goals of the season as the Friars downed Vermont 4-1 on home ice at Schneider Arena.

Jaroslav Chmelar and Chase Yoder also scored for the Friars.

Simon Jellus scored the Vermont goal midway through the second period.

Philip Svedebäck made 13 saves in the Friars goal, while Gabe Carriere made 42 saves for the Catamounts.

No. 9 Boston University 5, No. 19 Massachusetts 2

Macklin Celebrini (goal, two assists), Lane Hutson (goal, two assists) and Jeremy Wilmer (three assists) tallied three points apiece to help lead Boston University to a 5-2 win over UMass on Friday night at Agganis Arena in Boston.

Ryan Greene had a goal plus a helper, while Luke Tuch and Dylan Peterson added goals for the Terriers.

Ryan Lautenbach posted a goal and an assist for the Minutemen, with his goal coming 46 seconds into the game, Lucas Mercuri chipped in two assists, and Taylor Makar scored.

Mathieu Caron made 18 saves for the win, while Michael Hrabal had 31 in defeat.

No. 12 Cornell 4, No. 11 Minnesota Duluth 1

Jack O’Leary, Ryan Walsh, and Dalton Bancroft, all with a goal and an assist, propelled Cornell to a 4-1 victory over Minnesota Duluth before an over-capacity crowd of 4,316 at Lynah Rink in Ithaca, N.Y., on Friday evening.

Kyle Penney recorded the game-winning goal for the Big Red, who recorded its most goals in a season-opening game since registering a 5-1 victory over Alabama Huntsville almost six years to the day (Oct. 27, 2017).

Ben Steeves notched the UMD goal and Zach Stejskal finished with 25 saves in goal.

Ian Shane made 18 stops in the Cornell cage.

Miami 5, No. 13 Arizona State (OT)

Miami rallied from a three-goal deficit in the final 13 minutes of the third period to shock Arizona State 5-4 in overtime Friday night at the Goggin Ice Center in Oxford, Ohio.

John Waldron scored the game-winning goal 21 seconds into the extra session and finished with three points (goal, two assists), while Matthew Barbolini added three assists to help the RedHawks win their fourth consecutive game.

Logan Neaton made 30 saves as Miami dropped the previously undefeated Sun Devils.

Ty Jackson had a goal and an assist for ASU, while Dylan Jackson and Charlie Schoen popped two assists apiece and goalie TJ Semptimphelter finished with 28 saves.

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