19^th-ranked Colorado College rallied from a 4-1 deficit and scored five goals in the third period to defeat No. 11 Arizona State, 5-4, Saturday evening at Mullett Arena.
 
Noah Laba scored twice and Max Burkholder added a goal and two assists as the Tigers improved to 12-11-1 overall and 6-7-1 in the NCHC, good for a sixth-place tie with Minnesota Duluth, just one point behind Denver and North Dakota.
 
The Tigers scored five goals in a period for the first time since Oct. 13, 2023, a 7-3 victory over Union, and the first time in the third period since an 8-2 win over Western Michigan on Feb, 23, 2019.
 
Ryan Kirwan put the Sun Devils on the board with a power-play goal 4:28 into the contest. Kirwan took a pass from Noah Beck and sent a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle past CC goaltender Carsen Musser, who made his second career start and earned his first career victory.
 
ASU (14-9-1, 9-5-0 NCHC) doubled the lead when Kirwan scored his second of the game just 1:53 into the second period. Charlie Schoen sent a cross-ice pass to Kirwan, who beat Musser from the top of the left circle.
 
The Tigers put 16 shots on net in the second period, including seven during three power-play opportunities, but ASU goalie Gibson Homer (36 saves) stopped them all.
 
Laba cut the deficit to one just 20 seconds into the third period when he took a pass from Owen Beckner at the ASU blue line, raced down the right boards, around the net and placed a wraparound past Homer.
 
Schoen put the Sun Devils back up by two at the 1:43 mark of the final frame. Artem Shlaine found Schoen all alone just to the left of Musser for his second assist of the contest and fourth of the weekend.
 
Schoen made it 4-1 at the 6:17 mark, but Laba responded with his second of the game just seven seconds later after taking a centering pass from Burkholder.
 
Chase McLane made it 4-3 at the 7:14 mark, putting home a rebound after Homer saved a shot from Ty Gallagher, Burkholder collected his second assist of the contest on the play, then evened the game with a blast from the point after a scrum in front of the net at the 11:26 mark of the final frame.
 
Drew Montgomery scored the game winner at the 14:37 mark, taking a beautiful pass from behind the net from Gavin Lindberg and beating Homer for the fifth goal of the frame.
 
The Tigers, who held on with Homer on the bench for the final 1:36 of the contest, outshot ASU, 41-36, and put 32 shots on net in the final two periods. Just like Friday night, the Sun Devils were 1-for-2 on the power play and CC was 0-for 4.
 
Colorado College returns to action with a weekend series against NCHC leader and No. 3/4 Western Michigan, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, at Ed Robson Arena.