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BIG RAPIDS, Mich. – The University of Nebraska at Omaha hockey team rebounded from last night's lopsided defeat by skating to a 1-1 tie with the Ferris State University Bulldogs in Central Collegiate Hockey Association action Saturday night at the Robert L. Ewigleben Ice Arena.
FSU beat the Mavericks 2-1 in a three-round shootout to claim an extra conference point and move within four points of the Mavs in the CCHA standings.
The Mavericks came out with a sense of urgency in the opening frame, spending a majority of the period pressuring the Bulldogs in their own zone and outshooting them 16-4. The UNO onslaught yielded positive results. For the second night in a row, the Mavs got on the scoreboard first, taking a 1-0 lead at 17:56 of the first period on a #
Rich Purslow# power-play goal.
FSU's special teams would square the game at 1-1 in the second, making the most of a UNO five-minute major penalty by scoring the equalizer on the power play at 12:27.
Neither team had an answer for the opposing goalie in the third period, nor after five-minutes of overtime, so the game headed into a shootout.
The Mavs misfired on their first two attempts in the deciding shootout, but were kept in it when freshman #
John Kemp wrapped one around FSU goalie Taylor Nelson. The Bulldogs responded with their very next shooter as Zach Redmond beat Jerad Kaufmann# to claim a 2-1 shootout victory and pick up an extra conference point.
The Mavericks pick up an important conference point with the tie, moving to 13-10-6 on the season and 8-8-6-3 in CCHA play. UNO will return home next weekend, Feb. 6-7, to square off with another CCHA clustermate, Western Michigan, at Qwest Center Omaha. Face-off for next weekend's games is set for 7:05 p.m. CST.
UNO…….1-0-0-0—1
FSU……...0-1-0-0—1
(FSU wins shootout 2-1)
First Period
1, UNO,
Rich Purslow (
Eddie DelGrosso,
Matt Ambroz), 17:56,PP
Second Period
2, FSU, Brendan Connolly (Matt Case, Aaron Lewicki), 12:27, PP
Third Period
No Scoring
Overtime
No Scoring
Shootout
1, UNO,
Alex Hudson, Missed
2, FSU, Brendan Connolly, Made
3, UNO,
Dan Charleston, Missed
4, FSU, Justin Lewandowski, Missed
5, UNO,
John Kemp, Made
6, FSU, Zach Redmond, Made
Power Play: UNO 1-6, FSU 1-6
Penalties: UNO 7/25, FSU 6/12
SOG: UNO 16-10-8-1--35, FSU 4-13-11-3--31
Saves: UNO, Kaufmann 30; FSU, Nelson 34
Attendance: 1,198
