Bethel was headed for its first victory of the 2013-14 season a day after falling a goal short in its 2013-14 debut, but St. Thomas got a pair of clutch goals from Connor McBride in the third period and overtime to pull out the thrilling 3-2 victory. St. Thomas opens the season 1-0, while the Royals end their trip to the MIAC Showcase with a pair of one-goal losses and an 0-2 record.

Bethel got a standout effort from Mitch Hughes, who scored both the Royals' goals. He started the scoring in the second with a goal4:07 into the period on an assist from Brock Raffaele. Then, after St. Thomas tied the game on an unassisted Tyler Richter goal, Hughes struck again less than a minute into the third to give Bethel another lead. Raffaele and Eric Szafranski assisted on the go-ahead goal.

But then McBride took over. With less than 12 minutes to play, he cashed in on a power play and an assist from Nick Nielsen to tie the game. Neither team scored the rest of the way to force the first MIAC overtime of the new season. McBride didn't need long to settle things in the extra session, cashing in just 1:08 into overtime with the game-winner. Richter and Jordan Lovick assisted on the final goal.

Each team had a pair of players with two points as McBride, Richter, Hughes and Raffaele each tallied two points in one of the most entertaining games of the Showcase thus far. Drew Fielding stopped 16 of the 18 shots he saw to earn the win in St. Thomas' net, while Bethel's Dan Harper was a busy man, making 43 saves in the loss. The Tommies out-shot the Royals 46-18, and Bethel committed four penalties to three for UST.