Notables
-Second overtime loss of the season for CSS
-Second time in the last three games CSS has rallied from two goals down in the third.
-Power-plays: NC-2 of 7, CSS- 1 of 3
-Shots: NC-35, CSS-34
ASHLAND, Wis. (
csssaints.com) -- The 10
th-ranked College of St. Scholastica men's hockey team erased a three-goal deficit to tie the game at 3-3 in the third, but would then commit four penalties in the final nine minutes of regulation and in overtime with the last ultimately giving Northland College a 4-3 overtime victory Friday night at the Bay Area Civic Center.
How it Happened
The LumberJacks (5-6-2, 3-2-2 NCHA) took a two-goal lead into the first intermission with goals coming one minute and seven seconds apart in the final five minutes of the period. Northland out-shot the Saints 16-9 in the opening period.
The LumberJacks then made it 3-0 with less than three minutes remaining in the second period. The Saints (9-4-1, 4-2-1 NCHA) finally got on the board with 30 seconds left in the period when
Seth Chumley (Cambridge, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's (Minnesota Iron Rangers-SIJHL)) scored on the power-play.
Carson Rose (Surrey, British Columbia/Elgin Park Secondary (Weyburn-SJHL)) and
Jordan Fralich (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Marshall School (Bismarck-NAHL)) had the assists.
Then 18 seconds into the third period,
Dustin Cordeiro (Kitchener, Ontario/Elliot Lake Secondary School (Cochrane-NOJHL)) found the net to cut the margin to 3-2.
Jon Hansen (Twig, Minn./Duluth Marshall (Minnesota Mullets-USPHL)) and
Cole Golka (Ardrossan, Alberta/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (Dryden Ice Dogs-SIJHL)) were credited with the assists. Later in the period with 9:15 remaining,
Davis Ross (Fort Frances, Ontario/Fort Frances HS (Fort Frances-SIJHL)) scored the equalizer to tie the game at 3-3. Hansen had his second assist of the night.
However, 12 seconds after the tying goal was scored the Saints would commit a penalty. They would then commit two more penalties in the third period, as the Saints killed off six penalty minutes after tying the game with 9:15 remaining. After 60 minutes, the game remained tied at 3-3.
In overtime, the Saints would be called for another penalty for too many skaters. The LumberJacks took advantage this time, scoring the game-winner 10 seconds into the power-play and with three minutes remaining to give Northland the 4-3 victory.
Goaltending
In his second consecutive start, junior
Zane Steeves (Red Deer, Alberta/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (100 Mile Wranglers-KIJHL)) made 31 saves in the loss. David Krejcik had 31 saves in the victory for the LumberJacks.
Up Next
It will be the same two teams Saturday night at Mars Lakeview Arena with puck drop scheduled for 7 p.m.
