Box Score DENVER, Colo. – Josh Archibald scored his second straight overtime game winning goal, pushing the Omaha hockey team past Denver, 3-2, on Saturday night at Magness Arena.

The Mavericks earned a sweep in their first-ever National Collegiate Hockey Conference series and improved to 4-4-0 overall and 2-0-0 in league play, putting them in a tie for first.  Denver fell to 3-5-0 overall and 0-2-0 in the NCHC.

Repeating his heroics from Friday night when the Mavericks also won 3-2 in overtime, Archibald took a pass from Brian Cooper and whipped a wrist shot over the shoulder of DU goalie Sam Brittain.  Archibald finished the weekend with two goals and two assists.

The Mavericks were able to force overtime early in the third period.  Trailing 2-1, Brock Montpetit grabbed a loose puck at the right wing half board and threw it on goal.  Brittain mishandled the puck and it trickled in between his arm and his body.

The game was scoreless into the second period, and the Mavericks were carrying play.  But back-to-back penalties to Ian Brady and Jaycob Megna led to powerplay goals from Daniel Doremus and Joey LaLeggia to put the Pioneers up, 2-0.

UNO got one goal back on its own power play later in the period.  Jake Guentzel got free behind the Denver net and tucked a pass out in front to Montpetit who snapped a shot past Brittain at 18:19.

Freshman Kirk Thompson earned his third win of the season with 30 saves while Brittain, far busier, stopped 41.

Both Guentzel and Brady finished with two assists.  Cooper's assist was his first of the season.  Montpetit's two-goal game was the first for a Maverick this season.

The Mavericks return home to host North Dakota on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 9-10.