{"id":19227,"date":"2014-03-29T23:59:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T04:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/?p=19227"},"modified":"2020-08-24T22:03:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T03:03:58","slug":"st-cloud-state-gets-overtime-goal-from-dowd-to-beat-notre-dame-in-midwest-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/recaps\/2014\/03\/29\/st-cloud-state-gets-overtime-goal-from-dowd-to-beat-notre-dame-in-midwest-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Cloud State gets overtime goal from Dowd to beat Notre Dame in Midwest Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Notre Dame goalie Steven Summerhays can’t stop Nic Dowd’s overtime shot in St. Cloud State’s 4-3 win (photo: Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ST. PAUL, Minn.<\/b> — Notre Dame outplayed St. Cloud State for the better part of regulation.<\/p>\n

But then overtime happened and the Huskies looked like a new team.<\/p>\n

[scg_html_w2014]St. Cloud State advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament with 4-3 overtime victory on Saturday, capped off with a game-winning goal from captain Nic Dowd.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t a pretty three periods,” St. Cloud State coach Bob Motzko said. “We just could not get going.”<\/p>\n

The Huskies got 16 shots on goal in overtime, which lasted 17:21 before Dowd ended the game.<\/p>\n

That was four more shots on goal than the team attempted in all of regulation.<\/p>\n

“It’s not like coach came in and said anything different in between periods,” Dowd said. “Nothing really changed. … I just think we played with a little bit of urgency in that overtime.”<\/p>\n

Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson said his team did a “better job valuing the puck,” during regulation than in overtime.<\/p>\n

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The Irish had a golden opportunity to end the game when freshman Vince Hinostroza had a breakaway attempt in overtime, but Huskies goaltender Ryan Faragher made a game-saving stop.<\/p>\n

“That breakaway save in overtime — it doesn’t get any better than that,” Dowd said. “It gives us new life and a couple minutes later, we’re able to tuck one in.”<\/p>\n

The teams traded goals throughout the game, and though the Huskies were outplayed for most of it, Faragher never let his team get behind.<\/p>\n

Freshman forward Ryan Papa gave St. Cloud State an early lead with a goal 6:54 into the first period.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Kalle Kossila fed Papa a pass across the crease and Papa, waiting at the doorstep, converted.<\/p>\n

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But the Irish responded quickly with a goal from senior forward Bryan Rust.<\/p>\n

St. Cloud State’s second and third goals came within the last minute of the first and second periods.<\/p>\n

“We were in front of the game,” Motzko said. “We never fell behind in the game and that is so critical in one-and-done tournaments to not play from behind.”<\/p>\n

After tying the game 2-2 in the second, Notre Dame knotted things again 3-3 at the 9:35 mark in the third period with a goal from Thomas DiPauli, setting the stage for St. Cloud State to storm back in overtime.<\/p>\n

[youtube_sc url=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZcW6QkC1YPw]<\/p>\n

Motzko said his team didn’t get frustrated on the bench, which could have contributed to its success in overtime.<\/p>\n

The Huskies had been off for the past two weeks after getting swept by Miami in the first round of the NCHC playoffs.<\/p>\n

Now, after a long game Saturday, they have a quick turnaround before taking on Minnesota on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Huskies lost to Minnesota 4-1 in late January in the North Star College Cup in the only matchup of the season between the teams.<\/p>\n

The winner of Sunday’s matchup will head to the Frozen Four.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been off for two weeks so we should be fresh,” Motzko said. “It was a tough game tonight, but we didn’t really play real hard for three periods so we might have something left in our tank.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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