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Host St. Cloud State rallied from a 2-1 deficit and defeated No. 2 Denver in overtime, 3-2, Friday night when Mikey Eyssimont sent a pass on net and Ryan Poehling deflected it over Evan Cowley’s shoulder at 2:27 of the OT.<\/p>\n
The Huskies scored first on a power play just 51 seconds into the game when Robby Jackson fired a snap shot from the top of the left circle. Denver didn’t take long to respond, as Henrik Borgström beat Jeff Smith at 2:54 with a snap shot from the top of the slot that beat Smith perfectly high glove side.<\/p>\n
DU took a 2-1 lead early in the second period when Liam Finley got a pass from Kevin Conley and beat Smith top corner glove side at 2:48.<\/p>\n
St. Cloud tied it 2-2 with 26.6 seconds left when Jack Poehling came down on a three-on-two and sent a harmless-looking wrist shot on net from the left faceoff circle that beat Jaillet five-hole and went in off Jaillet’s left skate.<\/p>\n
In overtime, Denver almost scored when Borgstrom’s shot down low went through Smith’s legs, but before it could cross the goal line Will Borgen cleared it.<\/p>\n
NCHC roundup<\/b><\/p>\n
No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth 5, No. 8 North Dakota 3<\/b><\/p>\n
Minnesota-Duluth won its third straight game of the season against North Dakota behind a three-goal outburst in the second period. The Fighting Hawks struck first when Tyson Jost scored a power-play goal at 7:12 of the first off a feed from Tucker Poolman, as Jost rang it in off the post. However, Minnesota-Duluth tied it just 38 seconds later on a goal from Riley Tufte when he redirected Dan Molenaar’s shot five-hole. Adam Johnson gave the Bulldogs a lead with a quick strike at 1:02 of the second when he flew down the left side from his own zone and beat Cam Johnson top corner. Sammy Spurrell put UMD up 3-1 with a shot from the goal line to Johnson’s right and knocked it in off Johnson’s leg. Avery Peterson then scored at 18:37, picking up a shot that caromed off the boards behind the goal and beat Johnson top corner glove side to send the Bulldogs into the third period up 4-1. North Dakota came out more determined, and Shane Gersich scored at 4:23 to pull North Dakota back within two, picking up the puck behind UMD’s defense and skating in alone on Hutner Miska and beating him five-hole, but Tufte scored his second of the game on a power play at 9:28 of the third, picking up a rebound of Peterson’s shot in the slot and banging it home. Joel Janatuinen scored a power-play goal at 15:22 to pull North Dakota back within two, but that was as close as the Fighting Hawks got. The Bulldogs will go for a season sweep Saturday night.<\/p>\n
No. 13Western Michigan 4, Colorado College 2<\/b><\/p>\n
Western Michigan broke open a 2-2 game with a goal by Colt Conrad at 2:04 of the third period, then withstood a determined Colorado College team, emerging with the win. The Broncos struck first at 3:25 of the first when Frederik Tiffels stripped the puck from Kristian Blumenschein in the neutral zone and raced down the left side, firing a shot past Alex Leclerc from the left faceoff circle. The Broncos held that lead through the first period, and built on it with a power-play goal at 5:18 of the second when Griffen Molino carried the pick through the neutral zone and took it toward the left faceoff circle, beating Leclerc with a wrist shot at 5:25 that went high glove side. However, CC rallied to tie it heading into the third. First, Mason Bergh beat Ben Blacker at 11:47 with a deflection from in front of the net, then Matt Hansen scored with 21.3 seconds left in the second, beating Blacker with a shot from the top of the slot. That set the stage for Conrad’s game-winner that came off a draw in the CC end when Hugh McGing got a shot on net. Conrad picked up the rebound in the crease and poked it in as he was falling to the ice. Aaron Hadley added an insurance goal at 15:58.<\/p>\n
“I think certainly this league it’s tough to get points, so whenever you get points that’s the most significant thing,” said Broncos coach Andy Murray. “Give a lot of credit to Colorado College; they came as advertised. Very tough opponent in our league on the road. … I think bottom line for us is as I told our players after the game: we got the three points, the third period we were there when we needed to be there, but we will be a lot better tomorrow night.”<\/p>\n
No. 19 Omaha 3, Miami 3<\/b><\/p>\n
A back-and-forth battle that saw both teams have leads and lose them, Miami and No. 19 Omaha battled to a 3-3 tie. The RedHawks got an extra point in the NCHC standings by winning a 3-on-3 overtime when Scott Dornbrock got the puck low in the right circle and beat Evan Weninger far side at 2:50. The goal came after Miami had killed off an Omaha 4-on-3 power play. Omaha jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. First Fredrik Olofsson sent a shot from the blue line and Steven Spinner deflected it five-hole at 9:32 of the first. Just after that Teemu Pulkkinen got a rebound in the slot and beat Ryan Larkin five-hole at 10:31. However, Miami got it back late in the period on a power-play goal at 17:13 from Louie Belpedio off a nice pass from Anthony Louis. Belpedio beat Weninger with a one-timer low stick side. Miami tied it at 11:44 when Willie Knierim poked a rebound top corner stick side. Miami took the lead just 21 seconds into the third period a shot by Louis was deflected five-hole by Carson Meyer. Omaha however, rallied and tied it late when on a pretty power-play goal when Austin Ortega carried the puck down the right side and sent a pass to Jake Randolph streaking down the left side, and he deflected it past Ryan Larkin at 13:44.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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