Box Score OMAHA, Neb. – Dominic Zombo capped a furious third-period rally with a late powerplay goal to help the No. 12/13 Omaha hockey team beat 10th-ranked Denver, 5-4, on Friday night at the CenturyLink Center.

The Mavericks rallied from 3-0 and 4-3 deficits to improve to 13-5-3 overall and 7-3-1-1 in the NCHC.  They are now in second place, one point behind conference-leading Minnesota Duluth.  The Pioneers dropped to 11-6-1 overall and 4-4-0-0 in the conference, good for fifth.

With the game tied at three entering the third period, each team had potential goals waved off by lengthy video reviews.  Denver finally retook the lead when Matt Tabrum's wrist shot from just inside the blue line fooled Kirk Thompson.  The goal, with just under 10 minutes in the game, was his first of the season.

But the Mavericks tied the game during a delayed penalty.  David Pope scooped up a pass from Avery Peterson, curled the net and slipped a wrist shot past goaltender Evan Cowley at 16:48.

On the ensuing power play, Luc Snuggerud threw the puck on goal from the left point.  Cowley made the save, but the puck fell at his knees.  Before he could find it, Zombo crashed the net, poking the puck between Cowley's pads for his fifth goal of the season.  It came just 59 seconds after Pope's tying goal.

Brock Crossthwaite, who was inserted for Thompson following Tabrum's goal, picked up his first collegiate win with five saves in 9:58 of work.  His best was on a one-timer by Daniel Doremus on a power play just after Denver had retaken the lead.

The Pioneers opened the scoring just 2:40 into the game.  Doremus beat Thompson through a screen for his fifth goal of the season.

Denver doubled its lead after weathering two UNO power plays.  Danton Heinen hit Matt Marcinew in the open on the left wing, and he wristed the puck past Thompson at 17:21.

Early in the second, Zac Larraza added his sixth goal of the year to put Denver up 3-0.  But the momentum turned, ironically, off a time out taken by DU coach Jim Montgomery following an icing.

Not long after, the Mavericks finally solved Cowley off a turnover.  A pass behind the net bounced off the leg of defenseman Joey LaLeggia to the slot.  Peterson pounced on it and fired home his sixth goal of the season at 14:09.  

Less than three minutes later, the Mavericks closed the gap to one goal.  Austin Ortega threw the puck into the feet of a Denver defenseman.  The puck ricocheted out to Jake Guentzel who zipped a shot over Cowley's shoulder for his seventh goal of the year.

Jono Davis evened the game just 45 seconds later.  From below the goal line, he fired the puck into Cowley's feet and it caromed in for his first collegiate goal.

Peterson finished with a goal and two assists while Guentzel had an assist to go with his goal.  Snuggerud finished with two assists.

The Mavericks went 1-for-3 against the NCHC's best penalty kill while holding DU to no goals on two power plays.

The three-goal comeback is the largest for the Mavericks this season.  

The series concludes on Saturday at 7:07 p.m.