BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Michigan Tech and Bowling Green skated to a 2-2 tie on Saturday at the Slater Family Ice Arena. The Falcons earned the extra CCHA point with a shootout win after overtime.
 
"I'm very proud of our guys. We played a pretty good game throughout," Tech coach Joe Shawhan said. "They got some opportunistic goals with one on a bad bounce. Every point we can get adds up big time in the league standings. It would be a lot of fun to play a seven-game series between these two good hockey teams."
 
The Huskies scored twice in a span of 22 seconds in the third period to battle back from a two-goal deficit. Stiven Sardarian drew the Huskies to within one when he carried the puck all the way around the offensive zone and fired in his seventh of the season 6:52 into the third. Rylan Brown and Max Koskipirtti assisted.
 
Isaac Gordon quickly tied it at 7:14 with his first of the season. Elias Jansson swooped in behind a Bowling Green player who was carrying the puck and stole it away. He patiently made a move to create a 2-on-1 and then slid it over to Gordon for a quick wrister and a tie game.
 
Kasper Vaharautio drew a 5:00 major penalty with 6:43 left in the third, but the Huskies couldn't find the back of the net as Cole Morris—who came in relief after the two Tech goals—stood tall.
 
Both teams had three shots on goal in the 3-on-3 overtime. Jack Works had a late chance that got under the goaltender but didn't cross the line.
 
In the shootout, Brody Waters and Brett Pfoh scored on their attempts for the home team. Rylan Brown and Stiven Sardarian had their chances saved.
 
BGSU (5-5-2, 2-2-2 CCHA) scored a pair of power play goals in the second period to take the lead. Dalton Norris scored the first goal of the weekend for the Falcons at 4:16 of the second.
 
Maxwell Martin added to the lead when he popped in a loose puck after a dump-in hit the Zamboni door and caromed out front.
 
Tech dominated the game in shots 57-33. It was the second time in the last three games that the Huskies generated over 50 shots in Ohio. Christian Stover made the start for the Falcons and had 43 saves before leaving in the third with an injury. Cole Moore had 12 saves in the 17:46 of action. Derek Mullahy stopped 31 shots for the Huskies.
 
The Huskies were 0-for-4 on the power play and 2-for-4 on the penalty kill.
 
Tech is now 7-4-1 overall and 5-2-1 in the CCHA and returns home next weekend for the final time in 2024, hosting St. Thomas at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena.