Minnesota Duluth remained unbeaten at home this season, while Wisconsin stretched its overall unbeaten streak to four.<\/p>\n
That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what a 3-3 overtime tie did for each Friday night in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s game before 4,534 fans at the DECC.<\/p>\n
Twenty-eight shots apiece; one power-play goal per team.<\/p>\n
Even.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take a point in the league any time, but we wanted more,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said UMD senior winger Andrew Carroll, who set up Justin Fontaine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tying goal with 4:46 left in regulation. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We had a lead after two periods and good teams hold leads.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The most important thing is that when [Wisconsin] took the lead in the third period, we fired right back against a good defensive team.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
UMD (4-3-3 and 1-3-2 in the WCHA) was up 2-1 through 40 minutes before Wisconsin (3-6-2 and 3-4-2) rallied with consecutive Blake Geoffrion goals, the second coming on a power play with 5:39 to go in the third period.<\/p>\n
At the end of the next shift, UMD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Jack Connolly got the puck into the offensive zone and Carroll knocked a shot off the knee pad of Wisconsin goalie Shane Connelly. Winger Fontaine got a stick on the rebound for his team-leading sixth goal of the season. The Bulldogs had replied in 54 seconds.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We showed some character with that goal, but we were still too up-and-down,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said UMD defenseman Evan Oberg, who had a second-period goal. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our forecheck was going in the second period and we got 11 shots on goal, and our special teams were better. But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a game we think we should\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve won.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2”<\/p>\n
Connelly, who had to survive two UMD breakaways, and Bulldog Alex Stalock each had 25 saves. The outcome left Wisconsin 3-0-1 the past four games and UMD 2-0-1 at home. The Bulldogs are 3-1-9 the last 13 overtime games.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin led 1-0 after one period on a Patrick Johnson goal and UMD countered with the only goals of the second period a forceful drive from freshman Mike Connolly from the left circle to the upper far side and Oberg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 5-on-3 attempt from the top of the right circle. Wisconsin hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t allowed a goal for 102 minutes, 58 seconds over three games before Mike Connolly goal.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The second period, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know where we were, which is the sign of a young team,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We lost battles for pucks inside our blue line and outside their blue line.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2”<\/p>\n
Goal-scoring leader Geoffrion, a junior co-captain and grandson of Hockey Hall of Famer Bernie Geoffrion, put the Badgers back on track. His steal at 7:37 of the third period resulted in an unassisted score and then he somehow found a loose puck to Stalock\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right for a power-play goal and a 3-2 lead. Geoffrion now has seven goals, including four in the last two games.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin has had third period leads in five games this season, but none has produced a victory.<\/p>\n
Fontaine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s goal gave UMD more than in last weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s series at Denver in 5-1 and 2-1 losses.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The game ended up probably the way it should\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said UMD coach Scott Sandelin. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Three goals and 28 shots. Wisconsin makes you earn your goals.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2”<\/p>\n
Kevin Pates covers Minnesota-Duluth for the<\/i> Duluth News-Tribune in Duluth, Minn. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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