The comeback kids from the University of Minnesota Duluth appeared to be on their way to another come-from-behind victory Friday night -- but that was before Gordie Green entered the picture.

With the No 2-ranked Bulldogs clinging to a 3-2 lead, the Miami University freshman winger forced overtime by scoring with 3:25 remaining in regulation. Nothing was settled in that five-minute session,  but the RedHawks picked up the National Collegiate Hockey Conference point by prevailing in the 3-on-3 overtime. The 3-3 tie did extend UMD's unbeaten streak to 11 games (9-0-3), its longest such run since the 2011-12 season, as the Bulldogs closed the books on their 2016-17 regular season home schedule.

UMD, which has rallied for four wins (and five ties) in the 12 games that it has trailed at the second intermission this winter, struck first on senior center Dominic Toninato's 11th goal of the season at 9:08 of the first period.  The RedHawks, who have haven't won in their last eight trips to AMSOIL Arena (0-6-1) took its first lead of the weekend with a pair of second-period scores and carried that 2-1 advantage into the break. Sophomore center Adam Johnson, who scored once in UMD's 4-3 win over Miami on Friday, blasted in a shot from the far boards on the power play to draw the Bulldogs even 5:03 into the third. Three minutes later, sophomore right winger Parker Mackay took a centering feed from junior center Jared Thomas and stuffed the puck past Miami netminder Ryan Larkin to put UMD up 3-2.

Toninato, who hiked his personal scoring streak to a career-high six games, also picked up an assist and was one of two Bulldogs (sophomore defenseman Neal Pionk was the other) to turn in a two-point evening.

"A win on Senior Night would have been an extra bonus," said Toninato. "We obviously wanted the points going forward, but most importantly is we want to keep getting better."

The Bulldogs (20-5-7 overall; 14-4-4-3 NCHC) outshot Miami 32-23 on the night and held the Redhawks scoreless on all three of their power play attempts. UMD went 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

"It was a good, hard-fought series," said UMD head coach Sandelin. "Miami is a team that can test out the whole rink. I thought we were a little too loose defensively  and gave them too much space tonight. You look at their goals -- they were getting pucks to the net and got a couple of deflections. We need to block more shots on top, but those things are all correctable."

UMD will be at Western Michigan University next Friday and Saturday for its regular season finales.