It was announced last week that the North Star College Cup would be discontinued because of a lack of fan interest. Saturday, Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State gave the spectators at Xcel Energy Center something to remember it by.

Kyle Osterberg scored six minutes into overtime, giving UMD a 2-1 victory over the Huskies in the championship game. The second-ranked Bulldogs (17-5-4) hoisted the Minnesota red oak trophy for the first time, becoming the fourth school to win the four-year-old tournament. Alex Iafallo also scored for UMD, which rallied from a 1-0 deficit vs. St. Cloud State (12-13-1).

UMD's Hunter Miska stopped 31 of 32 shots and was named the tournament's MVP. The freshman from Stacy, Minn., had 68 saves on 71 shots in wins over SCSU and the Gophers (3-2).

"Our guys talked about it being the last [North Star Cup], let's try and win," Bulldogs coach Scott Sandelin said. "I'm sure all the teams here said the same thing.

"It's good to be in those situations, to experience winning a championship. It's not the one everyone's going after, but it still means something, because it's against in-state teams."

The North Star Cup was begun in 2014 as a way to preserve the rivalries among Minnesota's five Division I teams after three dispersed from the WCHA to two different conferences. But it never caught on with fans, and the schools decided to end it after this weekend's games.

Attendance for Saturday's games was announced as 11,098. The announced attendance for Friday's two games was 12,167. The total of 23,265 was the lowest yet, just below last year's 23,584.

The Gophers won the tournament in its first year, Bemidji State in 2015 and SCSU last year.

In Saturday's title game, St. Cloud State scored first on Will Borgen's goal with 1:43 left in the first period. Iafallo scored 42 seconds into the third to pull the Bulldogs even. UMD outshot St. Cloud State 8-3 in overtime.

The victory was the fifth in a row for UMD, which finished nonconference play 6-1-3.

"We came here to win a couple of hockey games, and we did that," Sandelin said. "This was a great way to end the nonconference [schedule], beating two very good teams."