Augustana University Athletics

OMAHA, Neb. – Augustana hockey completed the weekend sweep over Omaha with a 3-2 win in overtime Saturday night in Baxter Arena. Maxwell Chakrabarti netted the game-winning goal with his first of the season. 

Augustana pressured early, drawing a Spencer Sova slashing penalty at 18:49 and creating power-play chances from Owen Baumgartner and Leonid Bulgakov before Omaha killed the opportunity. A second Augustana power play at 11:16 also came up empty, and Mathis Langevin answered during Omaha's advantage later in the period with saves on Vincent Desjardins, Luke Woodworth and Maxime Pellerin. Omaha broke through at 2:47 when Parker Berge scored at even strength off assists from Marc Lajoie and Cameron Briere, and Augustana generated several late attempts before ending the first period down 1-0.

After Augustana created several early looks, Omaha made it 2-0 at 18:01 when Vincent Desjardins scored at even strength off a Ryan McCleary assist. Augustana went on the power play at 17:38 and put multiple chances at William Lacelle, then later broke through at 10:27 when Bulgakov scored at even strength on a Landon Fandel-to-Easton Young pass to make it 2-1. The rest of the second period featured matching roughing penalties at 6:40 and 3:40, with Langevin turning away late Omaha chances before the period ended with Omaha ahead 2-1.

Augustana spent the opening minutes killing a Samo Meritähti cross-checking penalty, with Langevin stopping Omaha looks from Vincent Desjardins and Trevor Wong before the power play ended at 17:25. Augustana generated chances through the middle of the third, including multiple saves by William Lacelle on Baumgartner and Ryan Whiterabbit. Still, Omaha got another power play on Cole Burtch's holding penalty and came up empty. After Gavin Hodnett hit the pipe at 3:13, Baumgartner put a shot on goal and Bulgakov scored at 2:48, assisted by Baumgartner and Will Howard, to tie the game at 2-2. Omaha pressed in the final minute, but Langevin saved back-to-back Trevor Wong shots and a Myles Hilman attempt, and Augustana reached the end of the third tied 2-2.

Maxwell Chakrabarti created Augustana's first chance of overtime at 4:21, and Omaha answered with a Marcus Broberg attempt at 4:12. Omaha added chances from Parker Berge and Myles Hilman, with Jacob Fletcher blocking Hilman's shot at 2:08. Augustana finished it at 1:03 when Chakrabarti scored at even strength off assists from Jacob Jastrzebski and Hunter Bischoff, giving Augustana a 3-2 win.

Game Moments

• Leonid Bulgakov scored two goals with four shots and a +2 rating
• Maxwell Chakrabarti scored the game-winning goal in overtime with three shots
• Mathis Langevin made 28 saves, allowing two goals
• Owen Baumgartner recorded one assist, five shots, and one blocked shot
• Nace Langus went four-for-four on the faceoff and added three blocked shots

Goals

• Parker Berge, even strength, 17:13 first period; assists from Marc Lajoie and Cameron Briere.
• Vincent Desjardins, even strength, 01:59 second period; assist from Ryan McCleary.
• Leonid Bulgakov, even strength, 09:33 second period; assists from Landon Fandel and Easton Young.
• Leonid Bulgakov, even strength, 17:12 third period; assists from Owen Baumgartner and Will Howard.
• Maxwell Chakrabarti, even strength, 03:57 first overtime; assists from Jacob Jastrzebski and Hunter Bischoff.

Up Next
The Vikings travel to Columbus, Ohio, to face Ohio State for a two-game series. Puck drop is slated for Friday at 5:30 cst.