DULUTH, Minn. – Bemidji State University Men's Hockey senior captain
Jackson Jutting scored 3:47 into the three-on-three overtime period to send the Beavers to a 4-3 victory at No. 18 University of Minnesota Duluth Friday night at AMSOIL Arena. It was the Beavers first win in Duluth since Feb. 9, 2016 and also snapped a seven game winless streak (0-5-2) against the Bulldogs.
It was a back-and-forth battle as the Beavers (1-0-0) scored three times to take a lead over the Bulldogs (0-1-0) but they responded all three times to tie the game and send it to overtime.
Bemidji State opened the scoring when Niagara transfer
Carter Randklev wasted little time to score his first for the green and white just 1:41 into the season after banging home a rebounded
Austin Jouppi shot.
The Beavers looked to take the 1-0 lead into the first intermission but Jayson Shaugabay scored with just two seconds remaining in the period to tie the game.
Bemidji State had another quick start to the period when
Donte Lawson put the Beavers back up on top with his first goal of the season 3:21 into the second frame after he converted a 2-on-1 with sophomore
Rhys Chiddenton.
The lead didn't last long as Shaugabay scored his second of the game just 4:29 later. However, this time the Beavers would strike before the period's end when senior
Jere Vaisanen drove through the Bulldogs defense and scored his first of the year with 2:27 to play in the frame.
The third period would be dominated by the Bulldogs as they outshot the Beavers 14-4 in the period. Senior goaltender
Mattias Sholl had turned aside the first seven shots in the period but left the game halfway through the period due to injury. Sophomore
Raythan Robbins replaced him in goal and stopped the first five shots he saw before Zam Plante tied the game with 1:42 to play.
The teams would head to the three-on-three overtime where Robbins shined in goal denying chance after chance for the Bulldogs. He stopped all five shots he faced in the extra frame allowing Jutting and the Beavers to steal victory at AMSOIL Arena.
Robbins earned his first collegiate victory in goal and turned aside 11-of-12 shots he faced while Sholl was also stellar in net stopping 26-of-28 shots in 49 minutes.
The Beavers used a balanced attack with all four forward lines scoring a goal and had nine different skaters earn a point in the game.
Bemidji State will now prepare for a home-and-home series with No. 16 St. Cloud State University next weekend. The Beavers will first travel to St. Cloud, Minn., for game one Oct. 11 before making their Sanford Center debut Saturday night at 6:07 p.m.
For more information on the Bemidji State men's hockey program, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on Twitter or Instagram (@BSUBeaversMHKY), or like them on Facebook (facebook.com/BSUBeavers).
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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