Blue Devils Secure Shootout Win Over St. Olaf

The Basics
Score: UW-Stout 3, St. Olaf College 3
Record: Blue Devils (9-6-2), Oles (7-6-2)
Location: St. Olaf Ice Arena- Northfield, Minn.
 
It took a shootout to separate the Oles and Blue Devils on Saturday night, and it was UW-Stout coming away with the shootout victory, completing an unbeaten weekend against the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference.
 
St. Olaf struck first when the Oles tipped in a shot at 9:09 of the opening period. UW-Stout struck back with a power-play goal from Nicholas Stevens at 16:56, assisted by Sam Kroon and Kullan Daikawa. UW-Stout took the lead with an even-strength goal from Daikawa assisted by Max Techel and Tristan Therrien at 18:50 to carry a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.

In the second period, the Blue Devils capitalized on a turnover in the St. Olaf defensive zone with an unassisted goal by Noah Tyrrell 6:44 in to extend the lead to 3-1. The Oles got the goal back on a right-circle shot 16 seconds into a power play less than two minutes later to make it a 3-2 game after two periods.

St. Olaf outshot UW-Stout by a 12-4 margin in shots on goal in the third and were able to break through and tie the game at the 6:52 mark.

The Oles got a power play midway through the third period, but could never get set up before Tyler Masternak came up with a big save on a 2-on-1 rush with less than eight minutes remaining. The Blue Devils were unsuccessful on a power play drawn with 1:43 to go, which carried over with 17 seconds of 4-on-3 power-play time for the Blue Devils in overtime.

Stout took the only two shots on goal of the extra session, which were saved by the St. Olaf goaltender to get the game to a shootout. In the shootout, Nicholas Stevens scored on the first attempt for UW-Stout, Masternak would save the first Ole attempt, both shooters would come up scoreless in round two, Then the Blue Devils claimed the shootout when Tristan Therrien scored and Masternak made a pad save in the fourth round.

Malin finished the night with 19 saves for St. Olaf, while Masternak had 21 for UW-Stout. Both teams were 1-for-3 on the power play on the night. 


UP NEXT
The Blue Devils will be in action again Friday, as they return home to host a WIAC conference series against UW-Stevens Point. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Fanetti Community Center.