The teams were tied after 60 minutes, but the St. Cloud Norsemen came away with a narrow win over the Rochester Junior Americans in overtime on Wednesday.
The final score was 4-3.
St. Cloud’s Tim Lantoso scored the winning goal.
After a scoreless first period, the Northmen took the lead early in the second when Kyle Miller scored the first goal off an assist from Vinnie Hart.
Late in the game, Carter Lundy scored a goal with assists from Tyler Guyer and Payton Mitomuagneau to make the score 2-0.
The Junior Americans cut the score to 2-1 within the first minute when Andrew Gibbons beat the goalkeeper on an assist from Alex Zakrzewski.
Demitri DiFlorio scored an assist from Owen King five minutes later to tie the game at 2-2.
Owen King also gave the team the lead late in the third period with a goal assisted by Nikita Ushakov.
The Northmen tied the score at 3-3 with 1 minute, 7 seconds left in the third period on a goal by Carter Lundy, assisted by Kyle Miller and Payton Mitomuagneaua.
The Northmen took the lead with 31 minutes left in the third period on a goal by Tim Lantoso assisted by Payton Mitomua.
Next match:
The Junior Americans’ next home game will be Thursday night at 11:00 a.m. CST when they host the Watertown Shamrocks at NSC Rink 4. That same day, the Norsemen will host the Nordiques at 12:15 p.m. CST at NSC Rink 3.
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