Freshman winger Cody Danberg scored with 2:54 left in overtime Friday night as Minnesota Duluth rallied to beat Minnesota State-Mankato 4-3 in a WCHA game before 4,405 spectators at the DECC.
The Bulldogs (8-7-4 overall, 6-6-3 WCHA) trailed 2-0 and 3-1 after two periods, and scored the last three goals of the game. Jordan Fulton scored with 71 seconds left in the third period to tie the game. UMD goalie Alex Stalock had been pulled five seconds before the tying goal.
No. 16-ranked Minnesota State-Mankato (9-8-3, 3-7-3) scored three second-period goals and goalie Mike Zacharias was outstanding.
UMD outshot Mankato 35-20 through regulation.
Zach Harrison converted on Minnesota State-Mankato's first shot of the second period, at 2:17, and Kael Mouillierat followed 2:50 later and the Mavericks carried on for a 3-2 lead UMD freshman Cody Danberg got the Bulldogs within 3-2 by tipping a Travis Gawryletz shot at 7:52 of the third period.
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Mankato scored three goals in the second period. Harrison, behind the UMD net, banked a shot off a Bulldog defenseman at the crease. Mouillierat converted his own rebound at the right edge.
The Bulldogs got on the board as Nick Kemp connected for a team-leading seventh goal of the season, on a power play at 9:54 of the second. Mankato countered on the power play with a rebound score from Geoff Irwin with 7:52 left. UMD had a total shots edge of 19-16.
UMD had a shots lead of 9-5 in a scoreless first period, but managed just one shot through nine minutes.
Mankato goalie Mike Zacharias, with a 1.83 goals-against average, stopped UMD freshman winger Justin Fontaine point-blank at the crease with 4:15 left and gloved Michael Gergen during a four-on-four shift with 2:53 remaining.
Alex Stalock was in UMD's net for a 19th straight game.
UMD freshman defenseman Evan Oberg was in uniform for the first time since injuring a leg Nov. 1.
