BURLINGTON, Vt. — University of Denver goaltender Sam Brittain and his counterpart, Rob Madore of Vermont, both made 28 saves on 29 shots Saturday night as Denver and Vermont skated to a 1-1 tie in an nonconference game.
Madore was busier in overtime, making four saves for the Catamounts (0-1-1), who lost 5-3 to the Pioneers (1-0-1) on Friday.
Brittain faced and stopped just one shot in overtime.
Drew Shore scored his third goal of the weekend at 3:06 of the second period to stake Denver to a 1-0 lead. It stayed that way until 18:06 of the second period when Dan Lawson scored the equalizer for Vermont.
Vermont outshot Denver 13-5 in the third period.
Both teams struggled on the power play, going 0-for-3 each.
Denver 0 1 0 0 — 1
Vermont 0 1 0 0 — 1
First period — none. Penalties — Donovan, Den (hooking), 4:16; Medvec, Ver (holding), 9:50; Nutini. Den (holding), 17:40.
Second period — 1, Den, Shore 1 (Zucker), 3:06. 1, Ver, Lawson 1 (Nilsson-Roos, Brickley), 18:06. Penalties — Burrows, Ver (tripping), 10:41; Martin, Den (roughing), 18:51; Makowski, Den (hitting from behind), 18:51; Bruneteau, Ver (roughing), 18:51; Medvec, Ver (interference), 19:44.
Third period — none.
Overtime — none.
Shots on goal — Denver 10-10-5-4 — 29. Vermont 5-10-13-1 — 42.
Power-play opportunities — Denver 0-of-3; Vermont 0-of-3. Goalies — Denver, Brittain 0-0-1 (29 shots-28 saves). Vermont, Madore 0-1-1 (29-28).
Attendance — 4,007 (sellout). T — 2:15.
Referees — Tim Benedetto, Tim Low.
Assistant referees — Andrew Weber, Bob Bernard.
