Maybe it's premature to start thinking of Colorado College as a team of destiny, but the time certainly is getting close.

The Tigers, left for dead by many less than a week ago a 5-3 playoff loss in Denver, are surging with life in this already wonderful post-season on the heels of a stunning 4-3 overtime victory Thursday night over the University of North Dakota in the quarterfinals of the 2013 WCHA Final Five.

Sophomore defenseman Peter Stoykewych's low wrist shot from the right point found its way through traffic and caromed off the skate of a UND defender past startled goaltender Clarke Saunders 4:52 into the sudden-death session. And, while officials took a couple minutes to look at the replay, there never was any reason to doubt that the tally would stand.    

Next obstacle standing in the way of CC's quest for its first-ever Broadmoor Trophy is No. 1-ranked and hometown favorite University of Minnesota in Friday's 7:07 p.m. semifinal at the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., where a crowd of 17,038 witnessed Thursday's upset.

Senior goaltender Joe Howe stood on his head again, kicking out 29 of the 32 shots he faced. Third-seeded, No. 6-ranked and three-time defending Final Five champion UND spent a good part of the contest buzzing in Colorado College's zone, but Howe and his teammates held their ground except for a pair of goals by freshman Drake Caggiula and one by senior Danny Kristo.

CC won the battle of special teams, a scourge for much of this season, with senior Rylan Schwartz scoring on an early power play before setting up Alexander Krushelnyski for a shorthanded goal that tied the contest at 2-2 midway through the second period.  

Freshman winger Hunter Fejes also struck at 3:42 of the third stanza, giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead that held up until Cagiula pulled North Dakota even again on a rebound for for the second time with 7:15 left in regulation. But UND, now 21-12-7 for the season and bound for the NCAA tournament regardless of the defeat, went 0-for-6 on the power play while allowing  Krushelnyski's third and the team's eighth shorthander of the campaign.  

Freshman left wing Peter Maric and junior center Jeff Collett earned assists on the game winner by Stoykewych, after Collett won a faceoff in the North Dakota zone, to help Colorado College climb to within one victory of .500 for the season at 17-18-5 overall.