• MINNESOTA DULUTH 6, WISCONSIN 5 (OT): In a game of comebacks, the last goal belonged to the top-ranked hockey team in the nation. Travis Oleksuk scored with 11 seconds left in overtime to lift the No. 1-ranked Bulldogs to a victory over the Badgers in a WCHA game in Madison, Wis.
With time running down, Oleksuk skated in front of the net where he took a pass and slipped the puck under Wisconsin goalie Ben Bennett for his NCAA-leading fifth game-winning goal of the season. After a lengthy review, the goal was allowed to stand.
The Bulldogs (10-1-2, 7-1-1 WCHA) came from three goals down in the first period to go up 5-3 in the second. The Badgers (6-5-2, 3-4-2) then scored two in a row to tie it 5-5 on Tyler Barnes' goal with 44 seconds left in the third.
Barnes had two goals, while Jordy Murray chipped in a goal and an assist. Murray's goal at 13:24 of the second pulled Wisconsin within one, and the goalies dominated until Barnes' late score.
Each team used two goalies. Minnesota Duluth's Aaron Crandall and Kenny Reiter combined for 23 saves. Crandall made two stop in overtime. Wisconsin's Scott Gudmandson and Bennett made 24 saves.
Mike Seidel had two goals for the Bulldogs, who outshot the Badgers 30-28.
Wisconsin's Craig Smith had a goal and an assist.
• NORTH DAKOTA 6, NEBRASKA-OMAHA 5: Matt Frattin, Chay Genoway and Danny Kristo scored third-period goals as the Fighting Sioux rallied to beat the Mavericks in Omaha, Neb.
Nebraska-Omaha (8-2-1, 5-1-1 WCHA) took a 2-0 first-period lead on goals by Rich Purslow and Joey Martin. But Frattin scored a short-handed goal at 1:38 of the second period, and Jake Marto tied it 2-2 at 6:38. The teams traded goals before Terry Broadhurst put the Mavericks up 4-3 at 18:32 of the second.
Frattin responded at 7:10 of the third, and Genoway and Kristo put the Sioux (8-4-1, 7-2-0) ahead for good with goals 34 seconds apart.
• DENVER 3, BEMIDJI STATE 1: Matt Donovan and Jason Zucker each had a goal and an assist as the Pioneers (7-4-2, 6-2-1 WCHA) beat the Beavers (2-6-1, 2-6-1) in Denver.
Bemidji State went up 1-0 on Sam Rendle's goal midway through the first period. But the Pioneers responded on Donovan's goal late in the first, Zucker's goal in the second and Luke Salazar's empty-netter with 27 seconds left.
• ALASKA ANCHORAGE 3, ST. CLOUD STATE 2 (OT): Mitch Bruijsten scored at 3:34 of overtime as the host Seawolves edged the Huskies. St. Cloud State overcame a 2-0 deficit on goals by Jared Festler and Tony Mosey.
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