Box Score BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Alaska Nanooks notched their first overtime victory of the season on Saturday, beating the Bemidji State Beavers 2-1 at the Sanford Center. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association win improves the Nanooks to 5-15-2 overall and 5-10-1-1 in the WCHA, while the Beavers drop to 10-11-3 and 8-7-1-1 in league play.
 
The victory puts Alaska in seventh place in the WCHA, with 17 points in 16 conference games. BSU is in sixth place, with 25 points in 16 league contests.
 
Sophomore forward Justin Young scored through traffic just 52 seconds into overtime, giving the Nanooks their second road victory of the season. James LaDouce and Steven Jandric assisted on the winner.
 
Nanooks junior goalie Anton Martinsson had blanked the Beavers until 17:51 of the third period, when BSU forward Justin Baudry fired in a power-play goal to tie the game at 1-1. The Nanooks opened the scoring at 7:44 of the first period off senior forward Ryker Leer's goal from an assist by Troy Van Tetering.
 
Martinsson finished the game with 29 stops and a .967 save percentage. His BSU counterpart, Zach Driscoll, made 25 saves.
 
The Nanooks finished the game 0-for-3 on the power play, while BSU went 1-for-3 with the advantage. BSU forward Owen Sillinger was whistled for a hit from behind at 12:56 of the second period, receiving a major penalty and game misconduct. Nanooks defenseman Nikolas Koberstein missed the game while serving a one-game suspension for a major penalty and game misconduct late in Friday's game against BSU.
 
The Alaska Nanooks hockey team will return home next weekend for a Jan. 18-19 series against Bowling Green State University. Puck-drop is scheduled at 7:07 p.m. for both games.
 
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