Joel Gaulrapp's goal at 9:27 in the second period lifted seventh-ranked Wisconsin-Stout to a 2-2 tie with second-ranked St. Scholastica on Friday in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association men's hockey game before 1,001 at Mars Lakeview Arena.
The tie snapped the Saints' 10-game winning streak but extended their unbeaten streak to 11.
David Larson opened the scoring for Stout at 10:55 in the first period before St. Scholastica took a 2-1 lead with goals by A.J. Tucker and Jordan Baird later in the period.
Goalie Matt Koenig stopped 37 shots for the Blue Devils (13-5-1, 5-2-1), while Steve Bounds had 31 saves for the Saints (14-3-2, 5-2-1).
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Wisconsin-River Falls 3
Defenseman Kent Detlefsen scored two goals as the third-ranked Yellowjackets held on to first place in the NCHA with the win before 975 on Friday night at Wessman Arena.
Chad Beiswenger stopped 23 shots for UWS (16-2-1, 7-1), which also got goals from Dane Bushey, Kevin Huck and Seth Reda.
With UWS leading 2-0, River Falls backup goalie Bo Storozuk replaced Stephen Ritter midway through the first period and stopped 28 shots to lead the Falcons (8-10-1, 2-6).
North Dakota 8, Denver 3
North Dakota jumped out to a 4-0 first-period lead on the way to a victory over Denver, pulling the host Sioux within one point of the first-place Pioneers.
North Dakota (15-10-2, 10-5-2), which shares second place with idle Wisconsin, can take over first place today if they sweep Denver (15-7-2, 11-5-1).
The Sioux showed balance as all four lines scored and no player had more than one goal. Senior defensemen Joe Finley had a career-high four-point game with a goal and three assists. Defenseman Jake Marto and forward Ryan Duncan each added a goal and two assists.
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UND drove Denver's Marc Cheverie, the top goalie in the league statistically, to the bench twice. He was pulled after the Sioux scored their first four goals in a span of 6:08. He returned to start the second period, but was taken out again after UND scored two more goals early in the third period for a 7-3 advantage.
Sioux goalie Brad Eidsness finished with 25 saves while Cheverie and backup Lars Paulgaard combined for 22 stops for Denver.
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Wisconsin-River falls 2, OT
Superior's Melissa Kunzelman and River Falls' Cassie Campbell engaged in a goalies' duel that ended in an NCHA stalemate Friday afternoon at Wessman Arena.
All four goals were scored in the second period -- Jasmine Pollack and Lindsey LeGree tallied scores for UWS (9-5-2, 5-2-2) -- before the goalies took over.
Kunzelman made 32 saves, 13 in the third period and overtime. Campbell stopped 30 shots for the Falcons (9-4-2, 7-2-1), which entered the weekend in first place in the NCHA. The teams meet again at 2 p.m. today.
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