The North Star College Cup championship trophy now has a new home -- and perhaps a permanent one at that -- at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Kyle Osterberg saw to that.

The senior left winger scored six minutes into sudden death overtime to give the No. 2 Bulldogs a 2-1 title game triumph over St. Cloud State University in the fourth, and final (at least for now), North Star College Cup at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center. 

"It's always a great feeling, especially when it's your last year playing, " said Osterberg, who now has a team-leading three career overtime scores. "Me and the other six seniors have put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into the program and to bring something back -- even just a small cup like this -- is pretty special."

As was the case on Friday night in their 3-2 semifinal-round victory against the University of Minnesota, the Bulldogs spotted the opposition a 1-0 first-period lead before mounting a rally. Senior left winger Alex Iafallo started the comeback 42 seconds into the third period when he took a feed from sophomore right winger Adam Johnson down low and banged in his 12th goal of the season (and second score of the weekend.). The two National Collegiate Hockey Conference rivals eventually went into the 20-minute sudden overtime deadlocked at 1-1, setting the stage of Osterberg's heroics. Sophomore defenseman Neal Pionk blasted a shot from the left point which was stopped by St. Cloud State goaltender Jeff Smith only to have Osterberg pounce on the rebound and pot his 11th goal of the year.

Smith's counterpart, Hunter Miska (16-4-2), finished with 30 saves en route to being selected the North Star College Cup's Most Valuable Player.

"My team played a major role in helping me win this honor," said Miska, who backstopped the Bulldogs to their first regular season tournament title since the 2001-02 season. "I know I sound like a broken record, but they did an unbelievable job defensively by blocking guys out and allowing me to see the puck well and make saves."

UMD, which moved to 17-5-4 overall on the year, has now won five straight games -- its longest win streak since last March. That run began with a 4-3 overtime victory over Huskies two weeks ago in Duluth.

"The five times we've played St. Cloud State this year have all been one-goal games," said UMD head coach Scott Sandelin. "They started better than us tonight -- I didn't like our first period at all. Hunter kept us in the game again just as he always does."

The Bulldogs will return to AMSOIL Arena -- and NCHC warfare -- next Friday to launch a two-game series with the University of Nebraska-Omaha.