Drew Evans
8:11
2nd Period | 10:50: Wildcats back to full strength. Scoreless game with shots at 14-all.
8:14
2nd Period | 9:33: Midway through the game and it's still goose eggs for both teams. Shots are 15-14, BG.
8:17
2nd Period | 9:13: Griffin Loughran is one of those players that every team needs and that every opposing fan, player, and coach hate. Plays with an edge, agitates, but has good offensive skills. Plays much bigger than his 5'7" frame.
8:20
2nd Period | 7:48: Johnson takes a bit shot high and that draws a penalty. Sorensen is the guilty party to give BG another power play.
8:23
2nd Period | 5:45: NMU back to full strength but BG made it interesting. They finally started getting good movement on that chance.
8:24
2nd Period | 4:40: Final media timeout of the second period. This one is trending towards a 1-0 game as we're still scoreless. Shots are 22-15, BG.
8:27
2nd Period | 4:23: Slattery for NMU's night is done after a bad looking check from behind that Letourneau was the unfortunate recipient of. He's immediately kicked out and BG is getting a looooong power play here.
8:29
2nd Period | 3:42: Wipe out two minutes of that power play as Barber heads off for a hooking. Offensive zone penalties on the power play drive coaches up the wall.
8:30
2nd Period | 2:56: Linkenheld gets sprung for a breakaway but his backhand chance is smothered by Kent. Hell of a save there.
8:31
2nd Period | 2:19: Sorenson now off for a holding penalty. They'll skate four on three for 39 seconds, then BG gets a five-on-three chance.
8:33
2nd Period | 1:38: BGSU GOAL - What a move by Rauhauser to get around a Wildcat, then finds Schneider who pots the one-timer. 1-0 BGSU.
8:36
END OF 2nd PERIOD: BG will head to the locker room leading 1-0 over NMU thanks to the power-play goal. NMU will have 37 seconds of penalty time to kill to begin the third period. Shots are 30-15, Falcons.
8:40
8:46
Second period shot chart attached. Much better period for BG with their scoring chances. 
8:52
START OF 3rd PERIOD: Final period has begun. BG has 37 more seconds of power-play time. They lead NMU 1-0.
8:53
3rd Period | 19:21: NMU back to full strength.
8:57
3rd Period | 17:20: Daly heads off for holding. NMU power play upcoming.
8:59
3rd Period | 15:15: BG kills it successfully and still leads NMU 1-0.
9:00
3rd Period | 14:36: BG thought they might have scored a goal but it's immediately waved off for Kruse being in the crease.
9:02
3rd Period | 14:06: Craighead and Dougherty get into it after the whistle to send both to their penalty boxes. Four-on-four coming up.
9:04
3rd Period | 13:41: NMU GOAL - Barber off for holding. NMU nets the rebound to tie the game at 1-1
9:07
3rd Period | 11:54: Things beginning to get a little chippy as both penalty boxes are now empty. BG and NMU are tied at 1-1.
9:10
3rd Period | 9:41: Midway through the third period with the score tied 1-1. Shots are 34-21 in favor of BG, but NMU has the shot lead this period (6-4).
9:12
3rd Period | 9:31: Beaulieu slashes Rauhauser's stick and that draws a penalty. Falcons going on their sixth power play (1/5).
9:14
3rd Period | 8:29: Loughran now off for a high-sticking penalty and Potulny has some disagreements. Five-on-three power play regardless.
9:16
3rd Period | 7:41: BGSU GOAL - Kruse beats Kent with a snapshot over his shoulder. Not entirely sure he even saw the puck thanks to a screen.
9:17
3rd Period | 7:41: Potulny just got a bench minor for refusing to send skaters out after the goal. Never seen that before, but BG is getting another five-on-three power play here.
9:19
3rd Period | 6:48: BGSU GOAL - Rauhauser makes it 3-1. His shot catches Kent's glove but it still trickles in regardless.
9:19
3rd Period | 6:43: Kruse is called for a trip off the face-off. They'll skate four-on-four for 1:02 before an abbreviated power play for NMU. Kent has been pulled for an extra-attacker.
9:21
3rd Period | 5:28: Rauhauser forcibly throws off a Wildcat and that gives NMU a five-on-three power play.
9:23
3rd Period | 5:13: That's three Falcons in the box now as Cullen is called for a slash. BG playing with fire now.
9:26
3rd Period | 3:22: Rauhauser and Kruse are now out of the box and Loughran has been ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. Said something he probably shouldn't have. They'll skate four-on-four for 33 seconds before a BG power play.
9:28
Correction: team strength didn’t change. NMU still on the power play.
3rd Period | 3:22: Rauhauser and Kruse are now out of the box and Loughran has been ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. Said something he probably shouldn't have. They'll skate four-on-four for 33 seconds before a BG power play.
9:30
3rd Period | 2:16: Penalty boxes finally empty with face-off to Kent's left. BG leads 3-1.
9:33
3rd Period | 1:04: NMU GOAL - Bang-bang goal by Nardi there as he finishes a pass from behind the net. No chance for Dop on that one.
9:34
3rd Period | :39.2: NMU GOAL - Wildcats throw it on net from the corner and it crosses up Dop. Back a 3-3 tie pending a requested review by Eigner for possible offside.
9:36
Good goal. Nothing really lost for Eigner there since they’ll get the timeout replaced in overtime.
3rd Period | :39.2: NMU GOAL - Wildcats throw it on net from the corner and it crosses up Dop. Back a 3-3 tie pending a requested review by Eigner for possible offside.
9:37
END OF 3rd PERIOD: Going to overtime after a pretty crazy third period. Falcons and Wildcats tied at 3-3.
9:40
START OF OT PERIOD: Overtime is underway.
9:45
OT PERIOD | 2:07: Potulny burns his timeout after an icing call.
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