Hahn helps Falcons secure OT tie at UW-Stout

MENOMONIE, Wis. – Dante Hahn found the back of the net with just 18 seconds left in regulation to send the non-conference game between Concordia Wisconsin and UW-Stout into overtime before it eventually ended in a 4-4 tie. The Falcons eight victories before the holiday break are tied for the most in program history.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Concordia Wisconsin 4, UW-Stout 4 (OT)
Location: Fanetti Community Center (Menomonie, Wis.)
Records: Concordia Wisconsin 8-3-2, UW-Stout 5-7-2

HOW IT HAPPENED
- It was a back-and-forth matchup with three scoring ties through 33 minutes of hockey. UW-Stout's Austin Jackson lit the lamp with three-and-a-half minutes to play before the third period until Dante Hahn sent his Falcons teammates into euphoria with a game-tying goal with 18 seconds before regulation ended.
- Concordia Wisconsin was able to fire off four shots, compared to UW-Stout's two in the overtime period but goaltending held strong until the game ended in a tie.
- Freshman Braydon Barker (Red Deer, Alberta) changed the scoreboard first with a goal just over five minutes into the non-conference tilt, with assists coming from freshman Nick Guerra (Victoria, British Columbia) and junior Taylor Gauld (Whitby, Ontario).
- The Blue Devils didn't take long to respond and tie the game at 1-1, with a marker less than a minute later.
- Guerra notched his second power-play goal of the second midway through the opening period to put the visitors back in front. Freshman Nick Guiney (Victoria, British Columbia) and Gauld assisted on the goal.
- UW-Stout put the scoreboard back to even with a goal three minutes and 49 seconds into the second period.
- Sophomore Jim Pearson (Ashton, Ontario) scored his third goal of the season to put Concordia Wisconsin back in front, 3-2, less than nine minutes into the second 20 minutes of action. Hahn and sophomore Josh Adkins (Victoria, British Columbia) passed the puck around before finding Pearson.
- The Blue Devils scored back-to-back goals within 3:27 of each other to go in front for the first time in the matchup, 4-3.
- Hahn added his heroics with the game-tying marker with 18 seconds to play in regulation. Barker and Gauld assisted on the goal that helped send the game into an extra period.
- Junior Nick Malvin (Ham Lake, Minn.) recorded 21 saves in 64:49 of action to earn the tie and move his record to 6-3-2 this season.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The game-tying goal for Hahn is the first of his career.
- Gauld's three-assist game is the most in a contest in his career.
- Concordia Wisconsin is now 4-1-2 in non-conference games this season.

THE OPPOSITION
Mathias Ahman had two goals and two assists to lead the Blue Devils offense. Tom Schmidt and Austin Jackson also scored.
- Connor Chambers and Kyle Sylvester had three and two assists each, respectively.
- Tommi Ahigren made 25 saves in goal.

NEXT ON THE SCHEDULE
- Concordia Wisconsin will have a break until January 5-6 when it returns home for a weekend series against Marian and Lawrence inside the Ozaukee Ice Center.