Demonstrating remarkable resiliency to go along with textbook special-teams play, Colorado College continued its early run of success on Saturday.
The Tigers rallied from a two-goal deficit for the second time in two weeks, exploding for four goals less than seven minutes apart early in the third period, and remained undefeated (3-0-1) in WCHA play with an 8-5 victory over Michigan Tech at the World Arena.
First-place CC, which scored three power-play goals in its 4-1 triumph over the Huskies a night earlier, pumped home five more in this wild one while completing the sweep and improving to 4-1-1 overall for the season.
In addition, sophomore forward
Nick Dineen struck for a shorthanded tally that snapped a 4-4 deadlock and put his team ahead to stay at 5:24 of the final frame.
Matt Overman's empty netter with 4.4 seconds left also was a shorthanded effort, as the Tigers killed 10 of 11 MTU power plays.
Sophomore defenseman
Gabe Guentzel emerged as the game's offensive hero, collecting four points with a goal and three assists. Junior forward Tyler Johson scored twice during the second period, keeping Colorado College in contention while Tech was busy lighting the lamp four times itself within a span of 5:08 to build shortlived cushions of 3-1 and 4-2. Johnson also added an assist on Guentzel's power-play blast from the right point that evened the game at 4-4 just 1:58 into the third stanze.
Senior left wing
Bill Sweatt capped a seven-point weekend with three assists.
Also scoring a goal apiece for the Tigers, who led 1-0 after 20 minutes of play, were
Addison DeBoer,
Rylan Schwartz and
Stephen Schultz. Schwartz, a freshman, notched his second consecutive game winner as a dozen different CC players recorded at least one point.
Malcolm Gwilliam had two goals and an assist for Michigan Tech, which finished with a 37-36 edge in shots on goal.