Box Score Highlights

Colorado College and No. 6 Western Michigan officially skated to a 3-3 draw Friday night, but it felt like a victory for the Tigers when freshman Alex Berardinelli scored with less than a second left in the second overtime period. The goal gave CC the extra point in the NCHC standings and some much needed momentum entering Saturday's home finale.
 
With five seconds left in the 3x3 overtime period, Berardinelli stole the puck in his own end, streaked down the right side and placed a wrister from the top of the right circle past WMU goalie Ben Blacker that sent the 5,682 fans at The Broadmoor World Arena into a frenzy.
 
"That was a huge goal by Alex," head coach Mike Haviland said. "It was great for our fans to see a game like that and an ending like that."
 
The Tigers (7-20-4, 3-14-4-1 NCHC) started the game strong, putting 16 shots on Blacker in the first 20 minutes, and senior Matt Hansen put CC ahead 1-0 at the 9:03 mark with a one-timer from the slot during a 5-on-3 advantage. Sophomore Mason Bergh and freshman Kristian Blumenschein assisted on the play.
 
The Broncos (18-8-5, 11-8-2-1) stormed back to even the game on a goal by Sheldon Dries with 1:39 left in the first, then took the lead just 2:04 into the second thanks to a power-play goal by Griffen Molino.
 
Sophomore Trevor Gooch evened the score at 2-2 with 2:51 left in the middle frame when he took a pass from behind the net by sophomore Westin Michaud and hit the net behind Blacker. Senior Sam Rothstein then made a great individual play just 1:38 later to give CC a 3-2 lead. After Hansen dumped the puck behind the WMU net, Rothstein stole it from Blacker, moved in front and snapped a shot over Blacker's shoulder.
 
"I like how we responded the entire game," Haviland said. "Trevor and Westin have really put a string of good games together."
 
Hugh McGing scored 1:14 into the third period to make it a 3-3 game, and Blacker made no less than three saves on point-blank shots later in the period to preserve the tie and send the game to overtime.
 
The Tigers had 40 shots on goal, the second-most in a game this season, including a season-high six by Gooch, while Berardinelli tied his career-high with five shots. Freshman goalie Alex Leclerc made 27 saves for CC and Blacker finished the game with 37.
 
The two teams will battle Saturday night beginning at 6 p.m. CC's six seniors, Rothstein, Hansen, Luc Gerdes, Christian Heil, Derek Shatzer and student assistant coach Zach Aman, will be honored in a pre-game ceremony.