Cade Borchardt scored with 45 seconds left in regulation and Minnesota State Mankato won its sixth consecutive regular-season championship, beating Michigan Tech 3-2 on Saturday night.
No. 11 Michigan Tech entered the night with a one-point lead in the CCHA after winning Friday's game 2-0. The Huskies (22-9-4, 15-7-4 CCHA) looked like they would force overtime Saturday after Kyle Kukkonen scored shorthanded with 65 seconds left in the third period.
But Borchardt responded only 20 seconds later, giving the 12th-ranked Mavericks (21-12-1, 16-9-1) the MacNaughton Cup.
Lucas Sowder broke a scoreless tie with a second-period goal for Minnesota State, and David Silye made it 2-0 79 seconds into the third. Michigan Tech (22-9-4, 15-7-4) pulled within 2-1 on Tristan Ashbrook's goal less than two minutes later.
Keenan Rancier made 23 saves for the Mavericks. Blake Pietila stopped 33 shots for the Huskies.
Bemidji State 7, St. Thomas 2: Elias Rosen had a goal and three assists, Lleyton Roed and Will Zmolek each had two goals and an assist and as the Beavers (14-15-5, 12-11-3) routed the host Tommies (11-21-2, 10-14-2). Mack Byers and Ethan Gauer scored for St. Thomas.
Big Ten
No. 20 Notre Dame 2, No. 4 Michigan 1: Drew Bavaro's second goal of the game — and sixth of the season — at 1:30 of overtime gave the Irish (15-14-5, 10-10-4) a victory over the host Wolverines (20-11-3, 12-10-2). Ryan Bischel had 48 saves for Notre Dame, Erik Portillo 20 for Michigan.
Wisconsin 2, No. 10 Penn State 1: Kyle McClellan stopped 47 shots and Mathieu De St. Phalle scored early in the third period as the Badgers (13-21, 6-18) upset the Nittany Lions (20-13-1, 10-13-1) in State College, Pa. The Badgers were embarrassed 6-1 in the series opener and switched goalies for the second game. De St. Phalle's winning goal came at 6:19 of the final period. Carson Ceulemans had a power-play goal for the Badgers in the first period. Connor McMenamin scored Penn State's goal in the second. Liam Souliere made 20 saves in the loss.
