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CC hockey: Tigers waste strong work by netminder
Comments 0 | Recommend 0Daniel Naslund’s rebound goal 1 minute into overtime squelched a brief Colorado College celebration as Alaska-Anchorage defeated the Tigers 3-2 on Saturday night at the World Arena.
The Tigers got the game to overtime when Stephen Schultz banged home a loose puck with 33.1 seconds remaining.
“That was a positive,” Tigers coach Scott Owens said. “We were able to get that, and then we think that’s enough momentum to carry us through.”
But Naslund won it for the Seawolves when he pounded Tommy Grant’s rebound into the Tigers net.
Tigers goalie Joe Howe was the reason the game was tied heading to overtime.
He made a point-blank save on Anchorage’s Craig Parkinson in the second. Howe also got working quickly, keeping the game scoreless as the Seawolves outshot the Tigers 7-1 in the first 3:16 of the game and 35-28 overall.
“There’s no bonus points for getting to overtime,” Owens said. “It shows up as if we lost 5-1. But (Howe) continues to play great, and he probably deserved a little better fate tonight.”
CC went a full period without taking a shot, taking one with 9:40 to play in the second period and not getting another until 9:35 had elapsed in the third.
The Tigers also failed to score on a two-man advantage that lasted 1:44 late in the third.
“We had a tough go,” Owens said. “We had trouble getting it up to the forwards; the forwards weren’t moving real well. We had trouble getting it into the net.”
The Seawolves’ first two goals both came in odd fashions.
Anchorage scored 1:23 into the third period after two Tigers collided and turned the puck over in their own zone. Sean Wiles capitalized to put the Seawolves ahead 2-1.
Wiles pulled the Seawolves even at 1 when his harmless-looking shot deflected off Tigers forward Nick Dineen’s stick and past Howe with 32.8 seconds remaining in the second.
“You just hate to give up goals in the last minute anytime, but especially at home with a one-nothing lead,” Owens said.
Nate Prosser’s power-play goal gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead.
