The men’s hockey team flew out to Oxford, Ohio to take on the Miami RedHawks in NCHC regular season play.

The RedHawks proved up to the test as they pulled the Huskies into overtime during both games. These were the third and fourth times that these teams tied in a row. The first two were in the NCHC playoffs last March.

Friday’s game was tied 4-4 at the end of regulation. They two teams made it through a whole 4-on-4 overtime and a 3-on-3 overtime still scoreless. NCHC rules dictate that the game will go to a shootout that is sudden death in this occurrence.

The RedHawks opened with Casey Gilling who was stone walled by senior Jeff Smith. The Huskies turned to their skilled sophomore Blake Lizotte who was able to end the shootout right there and give the Huskies the extra point.

Saturday’s game followed a similar path to the end but with less on the offensive end for both teams.

The two teams went into the third tied 1-1. The Huskies sophomore Easton Brodzinski broke that tie from a scrum just outside of the crease opened up just enough for his shot to slide through.

The RedHawks answered the Huskies goal with one their own by Scott Corbett. The puck hit the far post and dropped right behind sophomore David Hrenak. Hrenak tried to jump on it but Corbett was crashing the net hard and poked it in to tie it 2-2.

Another tie after regulation and the 4-on-4 overtime period led to the end of a long couple of games in the 3-on-3 overtime period. The game ended when Alec Mahalak broke past the Huskies defense on a 2-on-1 where he hit Josh Melnick on the back door for the redirection into the net and an extra NCHC point.

The Huskies drop to 11-1-2 and the RedHawks improved to 9-6-3 on the season. The Huskies still hold the top spot in the NCHC but they are now the #2 team in the country. Massachusetts over took them for the top spot earning 26 first place votes to St. Clouds 22.