SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – For the seventh time this season, Augustana hockey found itself heading into overtime and it was
Owen Baumgartner who scored on the power play to secure the fourth overtime win for the Vikings as AU collected a 4-3 win over Ferris State on Friday evening inside Midco Arena.
The Vikings generated early chances from
Leonid Bulgakov,
Maxwell Chakrabarti,
Brett Meerman and
Easton Young, while Ferris State threatened during the opening stretch when Akseli Pulkkanen hit the pipe at 6:11. Penalties from the visitors at 9:10 and 9:49 gave the Vikings extended power-play time, and
Joey DelGreco had three attempts saved by Alan Lendak before the advantage expired.
Augustana's breakthrough came at 12:45, when Meerman scored at even strength from Chakrabarti and DelGreco for a 1-0 lead, and the Vikings carried that score to the first intermission after a late Ferris State cross-checking penalty at 20:00.
During and after a carryover power play early in the second period, the Vikings pressed, with Bulgakov hitting the pipe at 19:04 and Lendak making several saves as the home side continued to put pucks on net. Ferris State drew a power play midway through the period, and after the Vikings blocked two attempts, Nathan Mackie scored at 10:40 off assists from Jack Mesic and Gavin Garland to make it 1-1.
The teams traded special-teams stretches later in the frame, with
Mathis Langevin stopping Bulldog chances before the Vikings went to the power play and
Cole Burtch hit the pipe at 6:03. The Vikings kept generating late looks, but Lendak turned away chances from
Owen Baumgartner,
Jacob Jastrzebski,
Will Howard and
Landon Fandel as the game remained tied 1-1 at the end of the second period.
Ferris State struck 24 seconds into the third period, with Mackie scoring off assists from Jack Mesic and Owen Mehlenbacher to put the Vikings down 2-1. The Vikings answered at 17:07 when DelGreco scored at even strength from Meerman and Chakrabarti, tying the game at 2-2. Augustana pushed for another goal through the middle and late stages, including a late power play after the Bulldogs were called for high-sticking at 4:23, but Lendak stopped attempts from Bulgakov,
Heath Nelson,
Nace Langus and
Hunter Bischoff during the advantage. The Vikings continued to generate chances after the penalty expired, while Langevin handled a late shot at 1:00, and the third period ended with the game still tied 2-2.
After the Vikings won the opening faceoff of overtime, Ferris State was called for tripping at 3:15 to put the Vikings on the power play. Baumgartner finished the advantage at 2:37, scoring off assists from Meerman and Bulgakov. The sudden-death power-play goal ended the overtime and gave the Vikings a 3-2 win over Ferris State.
Game Moments
- Augustana controlled the faceoff dot by winning 53% of all total faceoffs
- Langevin totaled 15 saves on 17 shots
- The Vikings registered 36 shots on goal compared to the Bulldogs' 39
- Ferris State's Lendak turned away 36 of AU's 39 shots
- Three different Vikings collected multi-point performances
Goals
- Meerman kicked off the scoring with his even-strength goal at 12:45 in the first period off assists from Chakrabarti and DelGreco
- Ferris State tied things up with a goal at 9:20 in the second period from Mackie, assisted by Mesic and Garland
- The Bulldogs took the lead 24 seconds into the third period off another Mackie goal with assistance from Mesic and Mehlenbacher
- A third period goal from DelGreco at 2:53 came after dish from Meerman and Charabarti to tie the score at 2-2
- With dimes from Meerman and Bulgakov, Baumgartner struck during the power play at 2:23 in overtime to give AU the 3-2 win
UP NEXT
Augustana will conclude its home series against the Bulldogs with a 6:07 p.m. puck drop on Saturday evening inside Midco Arena.
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