Luke Woodworth scored two goals Saturday to lead Omaha past No. 15 Colorado College, 5-4, at Ed Robson Arena.
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Sean Tschigerl and Maxie Pellerin each collected a goal and an assist and Dawson Cowan had 36 saves as the Mavericks improved to 4-2 overall and 2-0 in the NCHC.
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Owen Beckner and
Klavs Veinbergs each scored and added an assist and
Tomas Mrsic scored his first career goal for the Tigers, who fell to 5-3 and 0-2 in league play.
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Following a scoreless first period, Mrsic opened the scoring with his first career tally midway through the second period. Mrsic took a pass from
Fisher Scott and cleanly beat Cowan with a wrister from the right circle.
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Woodworth scored the first of his two goals to even the score at 1-1 at the 17:12 mark of the second period, then Pellerin put the Mavericks ahead 2-1 with a goal at the 18:53 ark of the middle frame.
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The teams combined for six goals in the third period, starting with Beckner's goal just 1:13 into the frame when he took a
Ryan Alexander centering pass from behind the net and scored from the slot to make it 2-2.
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Woodworth then notched his second of the contest at the 8:24 mark of the third period, but
Gavin Lindberg evened things up once again with his second of the season at the 15:11 mark.
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Omaha regained the lead just 35 seconds later when Tschigerl converted a 2-on-1 after taking a pass from Pellerin, then Jacob Guevin scored the game-winner with an empty net goal from deep in his own zone with 1:55 remaining.
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With Mbereko (25 saves) still on the bench, Veinbergs scored his team-high sixth goal of the season just 28 seconds later, but the Tigers could not get another to tie the game.
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Neither team converted on the power play Saturday night, with Omaha going 0-for-3 and CC 0-for-2.
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The Tigers, who outshot Omaha, 40-30, and put 91 shots on goal during the weekend, return to action next weekend, Nov. 7-8, against Arizona State in Tempe. Â
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