SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – After the Bemidji State University Men's hockey team scored the game-winning goal with just 16.8 seconds remaining last night, Lake Superior State University answered back by scoring the game-winning goal with just 13.3 seconds Saturday night in their Central Collegiate Hockey Association series finale.
 
Bemidji State (11-10-5, 9-6-3 CCHA) opened the game when Ross Armour scored his third goal of the series after locating a loose puck in front of the crease at 7:29 of the first period.
 
The goal was his team-leading ninth goal of the season and he has scored a goal in the past three games.
 
Bemidji State would head into the locker-room for the first intermission with the one goal lead but just 49 seconds into the middle frame the Lakers would score a power-play from the stick of Harrison Roy to tie the game. However, just 1:14 later Lleyton Roed came down the left wing and fired a puck that beat LSSU goaltender Seth Eisele short-side for his eighth goal of the season and put the Beavers back up by one.
   
Roed has now reached the 20-point mark of the season, leads all CCHA rookies in scoring and has eight points (2g-6a) over the last seven games.
 
The Beavers would carry the one-goal lead into the final 20 minutes and have been 6-1-1 when carrying a lead into the final period. However, that streak would break in tonight's game when Jared Westcott scored at the 10:56 mark to tie the game and then Roy scored his second of the game while on a Lakers power play with just 13.3 seconds left to send LSSU to victory.
 
Bemidji State dominated play in terms of shots and out-shot Lake Superior State 36-19 in the game.
 
BSU committed five penalties for 13 minutes including one five-minute major in the game and the Lakers capitalized and scored on two of their six power play chances.
 
Bemidji State earned three power-play opportunities but were held off the scoresheet while on the man advantage.
 
Junior Gavin Enright made his first start in between the pipes since Jan. 7 and stopped 16-of-19 shots but he falls to 3-4-0 on the season with the loss.
 
The Beavers now return home to host Michigan Technological University at Sanford Center next weekend for a pivotal CCHA series. Bemidji State trails the Huskies by seven points in the CCHA standings but have two games in hand. Puck drop for the Feb. 3-4 series begins at 7:07 p.m., Friday and then 6:07 p.m., Saturday.
 
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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