DENVER—Drew Shore snapped a 1-1 tie in the third period to help Denver beat St. Cloud State 3-2 Saturday to lock up the second seed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs.
With the win, the Pioneers (21-10-5, 17-8-3) finished one point ahead of Nebraska-Omaha, behind only top-ranked North Dakota.
Jarrod Mermis opened the scoring for Denver midway through the first period. St. Cloud State’s Kevin Gravel tied it with 47 seconds left in the second.
Shore broke the tie and Kyle Ostrow added a short-handed insurance goal early in the third.
Ben Hanowski pulled the Huskies with3-2 with less than three minutes to play.
Sam Brittain had 33 saves for Denver and Huskies goalie Mike Lee had 30 stops.
St. Cloud St. beat Denver 3-2 on Friday.
