COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Colorado College’s Alexander Krushelnyski scored on a penalty shot late in overtime to lift the Tigers to a 4-3 Western Collegiate Hockey Association win over Denver on Friday.
Krushelnyski, who finished with two goals for the eighth-ranked Tigers (8-4-0, 6-4-0), beat Juho Olkinuora with a backhander at 3:46 of overtime. Olkinuora had two of his 28 saves in overtime for the 10th-ranked Pioneers (6-5-3, 4-3-3).
Krushelnyski was taken down on a breakaway by David Makowski, resulting in a rare OT penalty shot.
Joe Marciano and Scott Winkler had goals for the Tigers.
Denver had forced overtime on Beau Bennett’s goal at 14:08 of the third.
Jason Zucker had two goals and an assist for the Pioneers, who got 30 saves from Joe Howe.
