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Brent Cizek
6
Winner Bemidji St. BSU 14-15-2, 12-7-2
5
St. Thomas (MN) UST 13-16-2, 11-9-1
Winner
Bemidji St. BSU
14-15-2, 12-7-2
6
Final
5
St. Thomas (MN) UST
13-16-2, 11-9-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 F
Bemidji St. BSU 2 2 1 1 6
St. Thomas (MN) UST 1 2 2 0 5

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Beavers remain atop league standings after back-and-forth battle at St. Thomas

BSU Men’s Hockey defeats St. Thomas 6-5 in overtime to secure extra league point

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. – In a wild back-and-forth battle in Mendota Heights, Minn., the Bemidji State University Men's Hockey team outlasted University of St. Thomas after downing the Tommies 6-5 in the three-on-three overtime period.
 
Senior Jackson Jutting scored 2:20 into the three-on-three overtime to secure two points in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings and keep the Beavers (14-15-2, 12-7-2 CCHA) atop the league standings with 39 points. The Beavers increased their lead to three over the Tommies (13-16-2, 11-9-1 CCHA) who earned one point in the overtime loss.
 
Six different Beavers scored in the game with 14 recording a point including Jutting and freshman Jake McLean who each posted a goal and assist in the game. Junior Matties Sholl made 28 saves in between the pipes and earned his ninth victory of the season.
 
The Beavers started the scoring in the game at 11:22 of the first period when Austin Jouppi flew in on a breakaway.
 

 
The Tommies then tied the game 3:14 later but Jake McLean retook the lead just 1:30 after after redirecting a Rhys Chiddenton shot.
 

 
The Beavers then went up by two when Donte Lawson crashed the net and benefited from a friendly bounce to score his second goal of the season 2:40 into the second period.
 

 
The Tommies answered back just over four minutes later but Kirklan Irey put the Beavers back up by two with 6:39 to play in the second with a tip off a Mitch Wolfe shot.
 

 
However, a power-play goal by the Tommies with just 45.3 left in the middle frame stunned the Beavers and St. Thomas tied the game at 4-4 just 3:51 into the third period to ensure a fantastic finish.
 
The Beavers persevered once again and 1:17 after UST tied the game, Jere Vaisane scored in his third straight game to put the Beavers back in the lead.
 

 
The Beavers played most of the final period with the one-goal lead and just as it seemed they would take the regulation victory, St. Thomas scored the gut-punching extra-attacker goal with just 25.8 remaining.
 
The teams would then head to the extra, three-on-three overtime looking to find victory and 2:20 into the extra frame, Jutting took a breakout pass from Kyle Looft and sniped the game-winning goal past the glove of UST netminder Aaron Trotter.
 

 
The Beavers secured two points with the overtime win for their sixth consecutive game earning a point in the standings and are still unbeaten in their last five games (4-0-1) including an active three-game win streak.
 
Bemidji State still controls its destiny and can lock up home-ice for the quarterfinal round of the CCHA Playoffs with a victory over the Tommies tomorrow night. Puck drop for the series finale is scheduled for 6:07 p.m., from St. Thomas Ice Arena.
 
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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