FRIDAY ROUNDUP: No. 6 Penn State skates No. 2 Michigan to 4-4 overtime tie

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Jack Ivankovic stops Aiden Fink in Friday’s 4-4 tie between No. 6 Penn State and No. 2 Michigan in Yost Ice Arena.

The Nittany Lions’ Jackson Smith scored late in the third period to send this game to overtime, but Michigan’s Jack Ivankovic backstopped the Wolverines to an extra shootout point following a 4-4 tie between No. 6 Penn State and No. 2 Michigan in Yost Ice Arena.

The highly anticipated match didn’t disappoint, as the teams exchanged goals – and jabs – throughout regulation. The Nittany Lions took a 1-0 lead 58 seconds into the game on Reese Laubach’s goal from JJ Weibusch and Matt DiMarsico and the game was tied 2-2 after one with the teams combining for three goals within a five-minute span midway through the first.

Nic Chin-DeGraves put the Nittany Lions ahead again at 8:20 in the second with Asher Barnett answering for the Wolverines less than three minutes later.

In a tightly contested third period that saw 14 of the game’s 37 penalty minutes, T.J. Hughes scored his 15th goal of the season to put the Wolverines ahead by one, but Penn State wasn’t done.

Smith’s goal from Weibusch and Gavin McKenna was his second of the night and 10th of the season, a new single-season record for Penn State defensemen.

Neither team registered a shot on goal in overtime. The Nittany Lions outshot the Wolverines 38-37. Josh Fleming had 24 saves for Penn State and Jack Ivankovic had 26 in the Michigan net.

The two points from the game move Michigan one spot ahead of No. 1 Michigan State in the Big Ten standings. The Spartans have a bye this weekend.

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No. 3 North Dakota 1, No. 20 Miami 0

Tyler Young scored North Dakota’s only goal and Jan Špunar needed only 12 saves for his fourth shutout of the season in the Fighting Hawks’ 1-0 home win over Miami.

The win helps the Fighting Hawks remain atop the NCHC standings with five regular-season games remaining, including a two-game set to end the season against third-place Western Michigan.

The goal was the third of the year for Young but his second game-winner.

The Fighting Hawks outshot the RedHawks 42-12. Matteo Drobac made 41 saves in the Miami net.

Arizona State at No. 4 Western Michigan

Western Michigan outshot Arizona State 46-27 and outscored the Sun Devils 6-2 to remain in the hunt for the regular-season NCHC crown.

Six different Broncos scored in the commanding win. Liam Valente scored his 17th of the season on the Western Michigan power play at 12;39 in the first to give the Broncos an early 3-0 lead. That goal held up as the game-winner.

Kyle Smolen had the two Arizona State goals, the first at 14:06 in the first to make it 3-1 after one and the second at 2:02 in the second period to draw the Sun Devils to within one.

Zaccharya Wisdom and Ty Henricks each had a goal and two assists for the Broncos. In the Western Michigan net, Hampton Slukynsky earned his 21st win of the season with 25 saves on 27 shots. For Omaha, Connor Hasley stopped 40-of-45.

Northeastern 4, No. 7 Providence

With the game tied 2-2 midway through the third period, Jacob Mathieu put Northeastern ahead on the power play and added an empty-net goal in the Huskies’ 4-2 road upset of Providence.

After John Mustard opened the scoring for the Friars at 8:59 in the first, Northeastern answered with goals by Giacomo Martino and Joe Connor for a 2-1 lead after one. Roger McQueen tied the game for the Friars at 7:27 in the second.

Martino finished the night with a goal and an assist, and both Tyler Fukakusa and Amine Hajibi had two-assist nights for the Huskies.

Lawton Zacher stopped 25-of-27 in his sixth win over a ranked opponent this season. For the Friars, Jack Parsons made seven saves on 10 shots.

No. 8 Denver 5, Omaha 2

Trailing 1-0 after the first period, Denver scored twice in the second period and three times in the third in a 5-2 road win over Omaha.

James Reeder led the Pioneers with two goals Kyle Chyzowski’s 11th goal of the season at 2:23 in the third was his first career game-winner.

Samuel Huo opened the scoring on the Omaha power play early in the first period. Reeder’s first goal at 15:53 in the second tied the game and Clarke Caswell made it 2-1 after two.

Reeder’s second of the night put the Pioneers up 4-1 midway through the third, and Ryan McCleary had Omaha’s second goal 15:53.

Denver goaltender Johnny Hicks had the win with 31 saves on 33 shots, but with less than a minute remaining in the game, Hicks appeared to be injured and was replaced by Paxton Geisel, who stopped two shots on goal in the 52 seconds that he played.

For Omaha, Simon Latkoczy had 34 saves on 38 shots.

No. 9 Cornell 1, RPI 1 (OT)

Cornell came from behind to erase a one-goal deficit and took an extra shootout point against Rensselaer on the road in this 1-1 ECAC conference tie.

Aiden Long scored at 7:20 in the third period to tie the game.

After a scoreless first, Mathieu Bourgault gave the Engineers a 1-0 lead at 9:33 in the second period.

Through 65 minutes, shots were tied at 32 apiece with Cornell’s Remington Keopple and Rensselaer’s Bruno Bruveris each making 31 saves.

No. 11 Connecticut 2, Maine 0

Joey Muldowney and Ethan Gardula scored in front of Tyler Muszelik’s 32-save shutout performance in Connecticut’s 2-0 road win over Maine.

Muldowney sniped in the game-winner right after a faceoff late in the first period.

Ryan Tattle had the primary assists on both goals.

The shutout was the second straight for Muszelik, who blanked Northeastern Feb. 6. In net for Maine, Mathis Rousseau stopped 18-of-20.

No. 12 Dartmouth 4, Yale 4 (OT)

With eight seconds to go in regulation, Yale’s Julian Frias scored his first of the season to tie this game and that is how it ended between the Bulldogs and the Big Green, 4-4 after 65 minutes.

Dartmouth took the extra shootout point, helping the Big Green remain in the hunt for the ECAC regular-season title.

In the second period, the Bulldogs overcame a two-goal deficit to tie it 3-3, but Matt Fusco put Dartmouth ahead 4-3 at 8:08 in the third.

Dartmouth’s Joshua Schenk led goal scorers with two, and Donovan Frias had three assists on the night for Yale, including on Rhys Bentham’s tying goal late in the third period as well as on his brother’s goal to send it to OT.

Shots were tied at 26 each. Emmett Croteau had 22 saves in the Dartmouth net and Noah Pak stopped 22 for Yale.

No. 13 Wisconsin 4, Ohio State 2

Gavin Morrissey scored twice – including the game-winner – Wisconsin’s 4-2 road win over Ohio State, the first for the Badgers in Value City Arena since 2020.

Grady Deering and Simon Tassy scored 18 seconds apart early in the first period to put the Badgers up 2-0 after one. Morrissey scored his first of the night at 5:01 in the second to give Wisconsin a 3-0 lead.

Davis Burnside scored twice for the Buckeyes, the first at 3:59 in the third to cut Wisconsin’s lead to two. Morrissey’s second came late in the third, and Burnside hit the empty net in the final minute of the game.

Daniel Hauser started in the Wisconsin net and earned the win with 12 saves through 26:22 when he left the game with an injury. Eli Pulver finished for the Badgers, stopping 14-of-16.

Sam Hillebrandt made 21 saves on 25 shots in the Ohio State net.

Merrimack 4, No. 14 Boston College 2

Down 2-1 late in the first period, Merrimack scored four unanswered for a 4-2 home win over Boston College, extending the Warriors’ unbeaten streak to six games.

It was Parker Lalonde’s 10th goal of the season, scored shorthanded at 4:54 in the second, that tied the score.

James Hagens and Dean Letourneau gave the Eagles the early lead and Caelan Fitzpatrick’s power-play goal late in the first made it 2-1 after one.

Nolan Flamand scored the game-winning goal at 10:01 in the third, followed nearly immediately by Justin Gill’s fourth goal for Merrimack at 10:42.

Max Lundgren saved 22-of-24 in the win. For Boston College, Louka Cloutier stopped 26-of-30.

No. 16 Minnesota State 1, Bemidji State 0

Jack Smith scored from Ean Somoza early in the third period and Minnesota State held on for a 1-0 home win over Bemidji State.

The Mavericks played down a man after Sawyer Scholl was called for spearing and given a game misconduct 26 seconds into the contest.

Alex Tracy made 20 saves in his third shutout of the season. Max Hildebrand stopped 21-of-22 for the Beavers.

No. 17 Michigan Tech 2, Lake Superior 2 (OT)

Jack Anderson scored two power-play goals less than a minute apart in the second period in Michigan Tech’s 2-2 road tie with Lake Superior, but it was Ryan Beck’s game-tying goal for the Lakers at 19:31 that stole the show.

With the Lakers trailing 2-1 after Anderson’s goals, Evan Bushy cut Michigan Tech’s lead to one at 14:11 in the second. After overtime ended tied, the Lakers took the extra shootout point.

Michigan Tech outshot Lake Superior 33-20. Rorke Applebee made 31 saves for the Lakers. Owen Bartoszkiewicz stopped 18 for the Huskies.