{"id":146797,"date":"2024-03-29T19:40:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T00:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=146797"},"modified":"2024-03-29T23:25:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T04:25:06","slug":"michigan-state-comes-back-from-4-2-deficit-to-take-5-4-ot-win-over-western-michigan-as-davidson-nets-game-winning-goal-at-maryland-heights-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2024\/03\/29\/michigan-state-comes-back-from-4-2-deficit-to-take-5-4-ot-win-over-western-michigan-as-davidson-nets-game-winning-goal-at-maryland-heights-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"Davidson nets game-winning goal in ‘really special game’ at Maryland Heights regional as Michigan State rallies from 4-2 deficit to take 5-4 OT win over Western Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karsen Dorwart celebrates his game-tying goal in the third period for Michigan State (photo: Michigan State Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. –<\/strong> It was a matchup of the year between two former CCHA teams who have not been brought together out on the ice since 2021 when Western Michigan took down Michigan State at the Great Lakes Invitational.<\/p>\n

With the next team advancing to the second round of the tournament, the Spartans were able to pull off a 5-4 overtime victory over the Broncos at the Centene Community Ice Center to move on to the Sunday game. But it wasn\u2019t without a couple bumps in the road, as well as being down 4-2 a whole third period of hockey left to play.<\/p>\n

With just a minute to go in the third period, the Spartans tied up the game on a Karsen Dorwart goal, but it was a rip from senior forward Jeremy Davidson in the sudden-death overtime that gave the Spartans the victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cKarsen was one of the guys driving to the net and I had some time and space and just ripped it on net and it hit the guy\u2019s (western defenseman Daniel Hilsendager) stick and went in,” Davidson said. “Thank God it did.”<\/p>\n

\u201c’Davy’ (Davidson) has been great,” MSU coach Adam Nightingale said. “He\u2019s been through a lot, you know. He obviously started at UMass and then went back to juniors and then came in here. Really thankful for him to come in here and buy in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both teams had some good looks in the first period, but WMU’s Matteo Costantini was the first of either team to have a look at the net and slip a puck past MSU netminder Trey Augustine on his glove side to put the Broncos up 1-0 early.<\/p>\n

Between the two teams, the physicality was very high, as the well-oiled veteran team of the Broncos was quick to use that to their advantage, but MSU quickly crawled back into it to use their own push against them.<\/p>\n

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THE SPARTANS SURVIVE!! \ud83d\udfe2#NCAAHockey<\/a> x \ud83c\udfa5 ESPNews \/ @MSU_Hockey<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kJ1eSjgI53<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) March 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n