Glendale, Ariz. --- #8 Minnesota State dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to #4 Minnesota Duluth in Friday action of the Desert Hockey Classic being played at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz., this weekend.
The Bulldogs, who owned a 2-1 lead after the first 20 minutes of action, opened the scoring when
Louie Roehl's shot from the point bounced off a stick past
Dryden McKay at 5:39.
Justin Richards tallied at 6:33 to make it a 2-0 UMD lead. Sophomore forward
Walker Duehr made a nice cross-ice pass to
Dallas Gerads, and the Blaine, Minn., native cashed in with his fifth goal of the year at 8:39 to pull the Mavericks within one at the first intermission.
Minnesota State scored a pair of unanswered goals in the second frame to lead for the first time. Junior center
Marc Michaelis, coming in on the off-wing, absolutely wired one over the left shoulder of
Hunter Shepherd. His 12th goal of the year knotted things up at 2-2. 1:20/2nd. Freshman forward
Chris Van Os-Shaw, playing in his first game as a collegian, earned his first career assist on the goal. Junior centerman
Josh French wristed a shot from the slot off the rush to make it a 3-2 Minnesota State lead. French now has scored five goals in the last six games on the season.
After killing off a five-minute power play from the Mavericks, UMD scored at 13:55 of the third period with a power play of their own. McKay stopped the initial shot, but
Kobe Roth pounced on the rebound to knot the score at 3-3 and that's how the score stood after 60 minutes of action.
The Bulldogs, the defending national champions, claimed victory on a goal from Nick Swaney at 2:17 of overtime.
Minnesota State's goaltender
Dryden McKay had 36 saves in the game and now stands 7-4-0 for the season.
With tonight's loss, Minnesota State owns a 14-5-0 (9-3-0 WCHA) record on the season.
Next action for Minnesota State plays again tomorrow (Saturday) and will face the loser of the second game Friday between Arizona State and Clarkson.
Associate head coach
Todd Knott commented following the game.
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