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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The MSOE men's Hockey team opened the 2026-27 season on the road against the UW-Eau Claire Blugolds, as the Raiders survived a frenzied third period and overtime in a 3-3 battle, before tallying the loan goal of the shootout.

FINAL SCORE

MSOE RAIDERS  – 3
UW-Eau Claire Blugolds – 3

HOW IT HAPPENED

• MSOE (0-0-1, 0-0-0 NCHA) and UWEC (0-0-1) played a scoreless first period to open the season, with the Raiders outshooting the Blugolds across the first 20 minutes of play.  With dead even shooting totals in the second, the Blugolds would be the ones to find the back of the net first, just past the midway point of the contest as the Red and White fell behind 1-0, a deficit that would hold through the second intermission.
• In the third period, the Raiders offense caught fire, with freshmen Nick Sinani sparking the flame at the with 7:30 remaining in the game, tying the game up for MSOE.  Not even one minute later, Nick Comfort would feed a pass to Alex Thundercloud, who buried the Raiders second goal of the game in the back of the net, giving the Red and White their first lead of the game with 6:35 left to play.  Dryden Tomkow would put another freshmen bookend on the Raiders rally, giving MSOE a 3-1 lead, and capping off a run of three goals in four minutes and thirteen seconds of ice time.
• Despite the 3-1 lead, the Blugolds would cut the MSOE lead to just one goal at with just 87 seconds left in the game, after an MSOE penalty gave UWEC a man-up and an extra attacker with their goalie pulled. Eau Claire would tie the game up with 56 seconds to play, as the Raiders would head to overtime shorthanded after a high-sticking penalty.
• The Raiders would just survive the overtime period, as a tripping penalty kept the Raiders from generating more than a single shot during the extra frame.  After making it to the shootout, Philip Rondina would turn away the Blugolds all three times, with Sam Evert tallying the lone goal to give the Raiders a morale victory, but a tie in the standings.

MSOE STAT TRACKER
Shots – Rylan Jockims (5)
Goals – Three with one
Assists – Ethan Mann and Nick Comfort (1)
Saves – Philip Rondina (34)

WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will close out their series with the Spartans in Aurora, Illinois tomorrow, October 31^st for a Halloween conference clash.  Drop of the puck is scheduled for 3:00 P.M.

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