Noah Laba scored the game-winning goal 35 seconds into overtime to lead Colorado College past No. 1-ranked North Dakota, 3-2, Friday night at Engelstad Arena, giving the Tigers their first victory over a top-ranked team in nearly seven years.
 
The Tigers, who trailed 2-0 midway through the second period, won their first game against a top-ranked team since Jan. 7, 2017, and snapped a 15-game winless streak against the Fighting Hawks.
 
Early in the 3-on-3 overtime period, Laba gathered the puck behind his own net, skated down the left side, cut in front of the net and beat UND goaltender Ludvig Persson for his second game-winning goal of the season and his career. Chase Foley collected his career-high second assist of the game on the play.
 
North Dakota (12-4-1, 5-2-0 NCHC) took a 1-0 lead as Dylan James opened the scoring 7:28 into the contest. He found a loose puck at his own blue line, skated down the right side and placed a wrist shot from the right circle just inside the far post that eluded CC goalie Kaidan Mbereko.
 
The Fighting Hawks doubled the lead at the 8:13 mark of the second period when Louis Jamernik V took a cross-ice pass from James and beat Mbereko from the bottom of the right circle.
 
The Tigers (8-6-1, 3-4-0) roared back with a pair of goals later in the middle frame to even things up. Jack Millar scored his second goal of the season with a shot from the right point at 13:40 of the second period, assisted by Nicklas Andrews and Evan Werner.
 
CC then tied it up with 21.3 seconds left in the period thanks to a power-play goal from Max Burkholder. Burkholder took a pass from Foley and cleanly beat Persson from the left circle, collecting the Tigers' first extra-man goal since No. 10 at Miami.
 
Neither team scored in the third period and the Tigers were not even credited with a shot on goal in the frame, setting up the second overtime game for CC in the last three games.
 
Mbereko was outstanding, making 32 saves, including 23 in the final two periods. North Dakota outshot the Tigers, 34-23, with Tyler Coffey, who returned to the lineup after missing the last nine games, putting a season-high six shots on target.
 
Persson, who is now 0-5-2 in his career against the Tigers, made 20 saves for UND.
 
The teams will wrap up the weekend series on Saturday, Dec. 9, beginning at 5 pm (MT).