HOUGHTON, Mich. – Augustana hockey tied with Michigan Tech for a second straight night in the Saturday evening ranked showdown inside John MacInnes Student Ice Arena, 2-2, while the Huskies took the extra point in the shootout.
The result moves the No. 8/9 Vikings to 7-0-3 so far this season with a 2-0-2 record in CCHA play while the No. 14/15 Huskies move to 6-2-2 and 1-1-2.
Augustana put early shots on Owen Bartoszkiewicz through
Hayden Hennen,
Jacob Fletcher,
Cole Burtch and
Owen Bohn before play shifted when the Vikings were assessed a five-minute boarding penalty at 5:42. Michigan Tech generated repeated looks on the power play, but
Mathis Langevin turned aside multiple attempts and Augustana returned to full strength at 10:42.
After the Huskies continued to create shots through the middle of the period, the Vikings pushed back with chances from
Owen Baumgartner,
Heath Nelson,
Siamion Marshchanok and
Maxwell Chakrabarti. Augustana added a late run of attempts in the closing minutes, but Bartoszkiewicz kept the game scoreless, and Langevin stopped Reid Andresen with two seconds left as the first period finished without a goal.
Augustana generated the early shot volume and went on the power play at 12:36, but Michigan Tech killed the holding penalty after blocking Baumgartner's attempt. AU continued to push midway through the second period, with Baumgartner hitting the pipe at 8:10, but MTU scored first at 7:02 when Lauri Raiman finished at even strength from Tyler Miller and Tristan Delisle for a 1-0 lead. Michigan Tech took three more penalties in the final five minutes, and Augustana used the last chance to tie it at 1-1 when
Brett Meerman scored a power-play goal with 1:03 left from Baumgartner and
Leonid Bulgakov.
Langevin handled early Michigan Tech looks before Augustana went to the penalty kill on a cross-checking penalty at 13:23. The Huskies converted the power play at 12:16 when Tyler Miller scored off assists from Luke Shipley and Max Koskipirtti, putting Augustana behind 2-1. The Vikings answered at 9:34, as
Hunter Bischoff scored at even strength from Meerman and
Easton Young to tie it 2-2, and the score stayed there through the end of the third period.
Overtime chances came early for AU from Meerman and Baumgartner, while MTU's Matthew Van Blaricom hit the pipe at 3:56. Chakrabarti put another attempt on net before the home team was called for cross-checking at 1:41, giving Augustana a power play for the rest of the session. Bulgakov and Meerman had multiple attempts blocked during the advantage, and Baumgartner's final shot was saved by Bartoszkiewicz as overtime ended without a goal.
Augustana's shootout began with
Jacob Jastrzebski missing before Max Koskipirtti converted Michigan Tech's first attempt against Langevin, and Bartoszkiewicz stopped Meerman on Augustana's next chance. Teydon Trembecky missed for Michigan Tech, but Isaac Gordon later converted against Langevin, leaving the game score listed at 2-2 after the shootout segment.
Game Moments
- The faceoff dot was split at an even 50% each with 24 wins a piece
- Langevin totaled 33 saves on 35 shots
- Augustana registered 38 shots on goal compared to Michigan Tech's 35
- Bartoszkiewicz turned away 36 of 38 shots for the Huskies
- Saturday's result marks the third tie of the season for the Vikings
- It also marks the second straight and third-ever tie against the Huskies who have won all three shootouts
Goals
- Michigan Tech broke the stalemate and struck first off a goal from Raiman with assist from Miller and Delisle at 12:58 in the second period
- A power play opportunity near the end of the period saw Meerman tie things up at 18:57 as Baumgartner and Bulgakov assisted
- Miller scored a power play goal in response at 7:44 in the third period courtesy of Shipley and Koskipirtti
- Bischoff netted the equalizer at 10:26 off dishes from Meerman and Young
UP NEXT
Augustana hockey will return to home ice next weekend as the Vikings are set to host Ferris State on Friday, Nov. 13 and Saturday, Nov. 14.
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