HOUGHTON, Mich. - The Michigan Tech hockey team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to skate to a 3-3 tie against No. 17 North Dakota in front of a crowd of 2,784 at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena Friday (Jan. 16). The Huskies (5-17-3, 1-13-3) are unbeaten against the Fighting Sioux (13-10-2, 8-5-2) this season after defeating them 2-1 at the Great Lakes Invitational on Dec. 28th.

North Dakota scored a pair of power play goals in the first period when the Huskies were whistled for four straight penalties.

Freshman Jason Gregoire opened the scoring for UND at 15:57 when he tapped in a pass by senior Ryan Martens.

Sophomore Jake Marto extended the lead for North Dakota to two at 19:01 after putting away a rebound on a shot by Jason Gregoire.

The Huskies used a pair of odd-man rushes to tie the game.

Sophomore Deron Cousens chipped a pass to senior Alex Gagne who kept the puck on a two-on-one and fired a shot pass freshman Brad Eidsness for his fifth goal of the season.

Freshman Brett Olson also used a two-on-one opportunity to score his fifth goal of the season at 8:37. Sophomore Bennett Royer and senior Geoff Kinrade recorded assists on the goal.

Senior Joe Finley gave North Dakota a 3-2 lead at 2:34 of the third period but freshman Peter Rohn scored the game-tying goal on the power play for Tech at 4:07. Sophomore Jordan Baker recorded his team-leading 15th point of the season on the play and Cousens picked up his second assist of the game.

North Dakota finished 2-8 on the man-advantage and Tech was 1-4 despite the fact that none of its power plays lasted the full two minutes.

Senior Rob Nolan (2-12-2) finished with 41 saves on the night, including 18 in the third period for the Huskies.

At the other end, Eidsness (13-7-2) made 19 saves.

The two teams will wrap-up their only WCHA series of the season tomorrow (Jan. 17) at 7:07 p.m.