Luke Hughes' goal in the last second of overtime gave No. 5 Michigan a 4-3 victory over No. 15 Michigan State on Saturday night in Big Ten men's hockey in East Lansing, Mich.
Michigan beats Michigan State on Luke Hughes' last-second goal in overtime
The Wolverines' win kept the Gophers from clinching a Big Ten regular-season title.
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Dylan Duke and Frank Nazar III scored goals 54 seconds apart in the middle of the second period to put Michigan up 3-2.
Michigan took a 1-0 lead on T.J. Hughes' goal in the first, but the Spartans got the next two goals to take a 2-1 lead and tied it at 3-all on Michael Underwood's goal with 4:55 left in the third.
With the win, Michigan (20-9-1, 12-8) denied the Gophers a chance to clinch the conference regular-season title.
Notre Dame 2, No. 7 Ohio State 2 (Irish win SO): Nick Leivermann (Eden Prairie) scored the tying goal for the visiting Irish (14-14-4, 10-4-3) in the second period on a power play and also got a goal in a shootout they won 3-2. Ryan Bischel (Benilde-St. Margaret's) made 50 saves for Notre Dame.
CCHA
Bemidji State 6, Ferris State 2: Lleyton Roed had a goal and an assist as the visiting Beavers (12-13-5, 10-9-3) broke a four-game losing streak.
St. Thomas 4, Northern Michigan 2: Ryan O'Neill's goal with 2:04 left in the third period for the host Tommies (9-19-2, 8-12-2) broke a 2-all tie.
NCHC
No. 4 Denver 5, North Dakota 2: The host Pioneers (23-7, 14-4) led 3-0 after two periods on three power-play goals.
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