Box Score: CUW 3, NC 3 (OT)
ASHLAND,
Wis. - Dustin Jonasson scored with just over two minutes
remaining in regulation, and the Concordia University Wisconsin
men's hockey team fought to a 3-3 draw against MCHA rival Northland
College inside the Bay Area Civic Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Falcons (2-12-3,
2-8-2 MCHA) also got goals from sophomore Russell Johnson
(Monticello, Minn.) and freshman Morgan Sanchez (Corona, Calif.),
along with 31 saves from junior goaltender Billy Sias (Bloomington,
Minn.) en route to the tie.
CUW won the shots on
goal battle by a 45-34 margin, and Jonasson, a freshman forward,
netted the game-tying goal at 17:43 in the third period after the
Lumberjacks (6-8-3, 5-5-2 MCHA) had scored twice in the final frame
to take a 3-2 lead.
Johnson got things
going for the Falcons just 11 seconds into the first period,
scoring his team-leading 12th goal of the season off feeds from
sophomore captain Shay Klitzke (Annandale, Minn.) and junior Jake
Furey (Cedarburg, Wis.).
After Colin McIntosh
tied the game at 1-1 less than three minutes later, Sanchez
regained the lead for CUW following assists from Jonasson and
senior Mark Henke (Cando, N.D.).
The Falcons' 2-1 lead
stood up until early in the third period, when Austin Southerland
scored twice in almost three minutes to put the Lumberjacks in
front.
But Jonasson (West
Fargo, N.D.) scored the game's final goal with just a few minutes
to go in regulation, as Sanchez assisted on the play.
The two teams played a
five-minute overtime period, but neither side could find the
net.
CUW will now return
home for a week of practice before playing a "home-and-home" series
with Lake Forest College next weekend.