Box Score The University of Minnesota Duluth and Western Michigan University skated to a 1-1 overtime tie Saturday night, but after the two clubs failed to score in the 3-on-3 overtime, it  was the host Broncos who snatched the extra National Collegiate Hockey Conference point by prevailing 1-0 in the shootout. The two clubs failed to score in both the five-minute overtime and the 3-on-3 overtime.

Western Michigan, which rallied for a 2-1 triumph in Friday's series opener, struck just 46 seconds after the opening faceoff and took that 1-0 lead into the first intermission despite being outshot 11-5. The No. 4 Bulldogs drew even at 13:09 of the second period when freshmen center Noah Cates took a pass from All-American sophomore defenseman Scott Perunovich, and scored on a hard wrister from the high slot while UMD was on a 4-on-3 power play.

The Bulldogs, who suited up only 11 forwards  as seniors Peter Krieger and Parker Mackay and sophomore Nick Swaney were all sidelined with injuries, attempted 78 total shots on the night (compared to 40 for Western Michigan), but 29 of those were blocked.

UMD (10-4-2 overall and 4-3-1-0 in the NCHC) hiked its season penalty kill efficiency mark to a NCAA-best .919 as Western Michigan went 0-for-5 with the man advantage. The Bulldogs have now killed off 22 straight power plays and haven't allowed a man advantage goal in their last five games.

Junior netminder Hunter Shepard finished with 22 saves while his Western Michigan counterpart, Trevor Gorsuch, was credited with 38 stops. Perunovich, sophomore winger Kobe Roth and Cole Koepke were all denied by Gorsuch in their NCHC shootouts debuts.

UMD, which last tied a NCHC game on Feb. 24, 2017, won't return to the ice until Dec. 28 when it will face Minnesota State University-Mankato in the opening round of the Desert Hockey Classic in Glendale, Ariz.