ASHLAND, Wis. — Freshman Owen Schmidt had a game as the Finlandia University men’s hockey team (0-2-1) battled to a 2-2 tie with Northland (0-1-1), Tuesday night at the Bay Area Civic Center.

Finlandia got on the board first as Schmidt blasted the puck into the net with just 1:18 gone into the game. Northland got several strong saves from Viktor Wennberg to keep it at 1-0 as the period ended.

The Lumberjacks scored at the 3:18 mark in the second period to tie the game up.  With 4:51 to go, Schmidt took advantage of two good passes to get his second goal of the night.  That made it 2-1, Lions.

Northland countered just 1:32 later to tie it back up. In the third period, FinnU had several strong scoring chances that were denied by Wennberg. With under a minute to go, Schmidt was robbed of a hat trick by a great save.

Although it does not affect the overall records, Northland and Finlandia participated in a shootout after the overtime period.  The Lions converted two of their four shots (sophomore Max Messier, freshman Matteo Ybarra). The Lumberjacks made their first shot; then sophomore Dakota Meyer stopped the other three.

Sophomores PJ Donnelly and Alex Walsh finished with two assists each. Junior Cooper Hoheisel and sophomore Nick Solema had 12 faceoff wins a piece. Meyer finished with 29 saves.

Up next

Finlandia is off until Friday, Nov. 11, when they open the NCHA season at No. 14 Aurora. The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.