Box Score    Anchorage, Alaska  --- 14^th-rated Minnesota State owned a two-goal lead, but could not maintain it as Alaska Anchorage scored two goals late in the third period and the two teams battled to a 3-3 overtime tie in Western Collegiate Hockey Association game played in Anchorage Friday night.

The Mavericks took a 1-0 first-period lead 55 seconds in on a goal by freshman Teddy Blueger who beat UAA netminder with a shot from 20 feet out for his third goal of the year.  Sophomore forward Jean-Paul Lafontaine scored off an offensive zone face-off before the end of the opening frame in giving MSU a two-goal lead.

UAA freshman forward Hayden Trupp cut the lead to 2-1 MSU when he scored at 3:54 of the second period, capitalizing on an odd-man rush to beat freshman netminder Stephon Williams with a shot along the ice.  Lafontaine got his second goal of the game and his eighth of the year when Zach Lehrke’s shot deflected off his skate past Chris Kamel for a power play mark at 11:18 to make it 3-1 at the end of two periods.

It was a lead the Mavericks could not maintain however when UAA got a power play goal from Blake Tatchell at 16:49 of the third period and then Bobby Murphy capitalized on a rebound opportunity 42 seconds later to tie the game at 3-3. 

Neither team was able to score in overtime and that’s how the game ended.

The overtime game was the third time in a row the Mavericks have played an extra session and gives MSU an 11-3-1 mark in its last 15 games.

Now 14-8-3 overall on the season and 8-8-1 WCHA, Minnesota State was outshot by a 24-22 margin in the game.  Both teams finished one-for-three on the power play and the game was played in front of 2,240 fans at Sullivan Arena in downtown Anchorage.

The Mavericks and the Seawolves conclude the two-game league set Saturday with a 7:07 AST face-off scheduled.

Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings commented following the game.