Trey Bradley scored twice and Chris Wilkie, Mason Bergh and Bryan Yoon each collected a pair of assists for Colorado College Saturday as the Tigers and third-ranked Denver skated to a 4-4 tie at Magness Arena.
 
Despite holding a 7-0 shot advantage in the first overtime, the Tigers couldn't capitalize and each team received a point in the NCHC standings. Early in the 3-on-3 overtime frame, the Tigers had to kill a penalty, but did successfully and the game went to shootout. Brett Stapley, who scored twice in regulation, beat CC goalie Alex Leclerc, while DU goalie Filip Larsson stopped Alex Berardinelli and Denver collected the extra point.
 
The Pioneers (14-4-3, 6-4-1-1 NCHC) came out flying to start the game, collecting 10 of the game's first 11 shots on goal. Leclerc was sharp early, but Stapley opened the scoring 5:48 into the game. He took a pass from Les Lancaster and backhanded a shot to the net that Leclerc stopped, but Stapley put home the rebound.
 
The Tigers (8-12-3, 2-7-2-0 NCHC) tied things up when Bradley scored a power-play goal at the 8:43 mark. Grant Cruikshank took a shot from the right circle that was blocked in front and went right to Bradley who beat Larsson from the slot for his eighth goal of the season.
 
Later in the period, Lancaster was assessed a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for a hit on Westin Michaud, and Michaud helped the Pioneers pay for it. During the five-minute power play, Michaud found Trevor Gooch in front of the net and Gooch scored his eighth of the season to give CC a 2-1 lead at the 10:56 mark.
 
The second period started much like the first, with Denver dominating the play and the Pioneers evened the game at 2-2 just 33 seconds in when Tyler Ward took a pass from across the crease from Liam Finlay and scored into an open net from the right side of Leclerc.
 
However, just like the first period, the Tigers clawed back and scored twice to take a 4-2 lead. Bradley scored his second of the game after circling the net a couple of time, then placing a shot from behind the net of Larsson's pads for a 3-2 lead at the 13:41 mark.
 
After DU's Michael Davies was called for hooking at the time of Bradley's goal, Wilkie fired a shot from the top of the left circle that Christiano Versich tipped past Larsson to give the Tigers a two-goal lead and their third power-play goal of the game.
 
CC's two goals came on just three shots during the middle period.
 
The Pioneers cut the lead to one at the 9:10 mark of the third period when Jarid Lukosevicius deflected a shot by Emilio Petterson past Leclerc, then Stapley tied the game with his second goal of the game with 6:39 remaining in regulation.
 
"I liked the way we played tonight. We weathered the storm in the beginning," head coach Mike Haviland said. "We have played three straight overtime games on the road and played well enough to win each one. I thought we were the better team in overtime tonight."  
 
Denver outshot CC, 32-28, but the Tigers dominated the special teams, going 3-for-4 on the power play and killing both penalties during the first 65 minutes. The last time CC scored three power-play goals was Jan. 26, 2018 in a 6-3 victory over Miami at home.
 
Leclerc finished the game with 28 saves, while Larsson had 24.
 
Given Friday night's postponement at the Broadmoor World Arena, CC will play its eighth and ninth consecutive games on the road next weekend, Jan. 25-26, at Miami University.