Saints, Mavericks Skate to Draw

Final	1	2	3	OT	Final
Neb.-Omaha (9-8-5, 5-7-2-1 CCHA)	1	1	0	0	2
St. Lawrence (9-7-3, 4-3-1 ECAC)	0	1	1	0	2

Scoring Summary
1st - 14:24	PP - Mark Bernier (Neb.-Omaha)
2nd - 10:14	FLANAGAN, Kyle (St. Lawrence)
2nd - 18:03	PP - Matt Ambroz (Neb.-Omaha)
3rd - 09:28	PP - KELLER, Derek (St. Lawrence)

Neb.-Omaha	St. Lawrence
G: 2 Players (#21, #27 - 1) A: Eddie DelGrosso - 2 Sh: 2 Players (#25, #27 - 5) Sv: John Faulkner - 29	G: 2 Players (#7, #16 - 1) A: Mike McKenzie - 2 Sh: Derek Keller - 5 Sv: Kain Tisi - 37

TEAM STATISTICS	Neb.-Omaha	St. Lawrence
Power Plays	2 for 6	1 for 4
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	4 (8)	6 (12)
Shots on Goal	39	31
Face Offs Won	33	38

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Senior goaltender Kain Tisi made 37 saves as St. Lawrence University and the University of Nebraska-Omaha skated to a 2-2 tie in game three of the 2010 Wells Fargo Denver Cup at the University of Denver Saturday evening.

The Saints battled back from a 2-1 deficit to tie the game midway through the third period and it stayed tied through the rest of regulation and a five minute overtime period. UNO won a shootout 1-0 for tournament positioning, but the game is officially a tie as the Saints went 1-0-1 for the weekend and will take a 9-7-3 overall mark into their final two non-league games of the season at Niagara next weekend.

"We knew Nebraska-Omaha was going to come out hard and fast after a disappointing night for them last night, and Kain kept us in there in the first period," said Saint coach Joe Marsh. "Both goaltenders played very well, and we came on quite a bit as the game went along. I thought it was a pretty good hockey game and a good effort by both clubs."

The Saints gained the tie at 9:28 of the third period on their first power play goal of the weekend...an admittedly strange goal. Kyle Flanagan and Mike McKenzie worked the puck down low in front of UNO goalie John Faulkner and Flanagan sent it back to the deep center slot where senior defenseman Derek Keller uncorked a hard shot along the ice. Faulkner got a stick on the shot, but the puck sailed high in the air, came down and hit the goalie in the back, bouncing into the net for the tying goal and Keller's sixth of the year.

It stayed 2-2 the rest of the way, although both teams had their chances to break the deadlock, only to be denied by solid goaltending.

The first period was a busy one for Tisi, who made 21 saves in the first 20 minutes as the Mavericks had a 22-5 edge in shots on goal, but came out of the period leading just 1-0 thanks to Tisi's heroics.

The lone goal of the period came on a power play as senior captain Mark Bernier scored his second of the year on a shot from the deep center slot which snuck inside the left post as Tisi was screened by traffic in front. It came at the 14:24 mark, midway through UNO's third power play of the first period.

St. Lawrence had a much better second period offensively, but came out of it still down a goal as a second Maverick power play goal late in the period made it 2-1 after two.

Flanagan tied the game with his fifth goal of the season, his first since the end of October, as he picked up a rebound of a shot by McKenzie on a three-on-two break and snapped it over a sprawled Faulkner at 10:14 with Jeremiah Cunningham also assisting on the play.

The Saints had several great chances in the period turned aside or just wide with Cunningham stymied by Faulkner in a one-on-one situation down low and Derek Keller stoned after a great setup pass by Mark Armstrong with five minutes to go in the period.

The Mavericks regained the lead when junior wing Matt Ambroz collected a rebound on a power play in the Saint crease and snapped a backhander under the crossbar in a scramble with 1:57 to go in the second.

"We were a little unlucky on the second power play goal in that the puck bounced right to their guy, but we were pretty fortunate on our power play goal, so I guess things evened out," said Marsh. "It was a very good weekend for us, but it is also pretty plain that we have to continue to work on our special teams before we get into league play."

The Mavericks' John Kemp was the only player to score in a three-round shootout as the Saints came up empty on bids by McKenzie, Flanagan and Cunningham.