BLAINE, Minn. – The Bethel University men's hockey team erased a two-goal deficit before the visiting Bluedevils of Wisconsin-Stout took the victory in overtime, 3-2. UW-Stout scored 42 seconds into the 3-on-3 extra period splitting the non-conference series after BU won the first meeting in overtime by an identical score in the season opener on Oct. 29.
UW-Stout put one past netminder
Travis Allen, who was making his third start of the year, 3:25 into the game taking that 1-0 lead into the first intermission. Neither team was successful on their power play opportunities, including BU's man advantage that carried into the beginning of the second.
It was a busy night in the box for both teams as the Bluedevils scored with under five minutes remaining in the second during a 5-on-3 advantage. UW-Stout caught BU in the middle of a line change scoring its only power play goal of the night out of its five opportunities.
With 17 seconds remaining before the break and BU on the power play,
Jack Bayless gave the Royals some life scoring from a less than ideal angle as the puck found the back of the net deflecting off a Stout player. This came after the Royals were unsuccessful in their previous four man advantages.
Allen kept UW-Stout off the board in the third where nine of his career-high 33 saves came.
Midway through the period
Dylan Giorgio lit up the lamp for his team-leading seventh time.
Adam Bricker tallied his first collegiate assist after keeping the puck alive in the zone with Stout trying to clear it. Bricker fed it to
Ben Ward along the boards before getting it right back in the left circle. With great vision, Bricker saw an open Giorgio on the right who equalized it on a point-blank shot.
The Royals couldn't capitalize on its seventh and final power play of the night two minutes later before eventually going into overtime.
Bethel (8-4-1) closes out the weekend Saturday night hosting Wisconsin-River Falls inside Bethel University Arena at the National Sports Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.
