DULUTH, Minn. — University of Denver goalie Marc Cheverie made 28 saves and Kyle Ostrow scored the game-winning goal as the Pioneers beat Minnesota-Duluth 3-2 on Friday in Western Collegiate Hockey Association play.
Cheverie won for the ninth time in 11 starts this season for WCHA-leading DU (11-4-2, 9-2-2). The Pioneers lead the conference with 20 points.
Cheverie’s 9-1-1 mark is the best in the WCHA.
Jesse Martin and Joe Colborne gave the Pioneers a 2-1 lead after two periods. Ostrow’s goal at 7:20 of the third enabled Denver to withstand Mike Connolly’s goal at 10:25.
Drew Akins also scored for the Bulldogs (10-6-1, 7-5-1).
UMD goalie Brady Hjelle made 21 saves.
Colorado College 4, St. Cloud State 4 (OT)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Tyler Johnson, Bill Sweatt, Tim Hall and Mike Testwuide scored for the Tigers (10-4-3, 7-3-3 WCHA), who allowed the Huskies (8-6-3, 7-4-2) to come back from a 4-2 third-period deficit and force the extra five minutes. Garrett Roe scored early in the third period, and Brian Volpei got a short-handed tally with 9:35 left to knot the score.
Mercyhurst 3, Air Force 3 (OT)
AIR FORCE ACADEMY — The Falcons dominated but had to rally to gain a point from the pesky Lakers.
Air Force (8-5-3, 8-1-4 AHA) outshot Mercyhurst 52-29 and had a 2-0 lead on second-period goals by Tim Kirby and Matt Fairchild. But the Lakers (8-9-2, 8-5-2) cut the deficit to one on a second-period goal by Mike Gurtler, then took the lead on goals in the third by Derek Elliott and Scott Pitt. Air Force’s Jeff Hajner tied the game with 11 minutes left off a pass from Scott Kozlak.
Air Force was 0-for-4 on the power play while Mercyhurst was 0-for-5. Falcons goalie Andrew Volkenning stopped 26-of-29 shots, practically a night off compared to Lakers’ goalie Ryan Zapolski, who stopped 49-of-52.
Denver Post staff & wire services
