MINOT, ND – The Minot State men's hockey team has lost to Drury University 5-4 in their first of two games in a home game series this weekend. 

Drury University opened the scoring with a goal 53 seconds into the first period to make it 1-0. No more scoring occurred during the period, leaving the Beavers at a 1-0 disadvantage into the second period. 

Drury opened the second period with another goal at the halfway point of the period to make it a 2-0 game. 

Minot State responded roughly five minutes later with a power play goal from Ty Plaisier, assisted by Slade Stanick and Christian Kadolph. No more scoring occurred in the second period, leaving the Beavers trailing 2-1 into the final period. 

Coming into the third period, Cooper Kasprick scored an unassisted goal in the first three minutes of the period to tie it up 2-2. 

Drury responded roughly five minutes later to make it a 3-2 game, however Walker Jerome responded less than a minute later to make it a tie game once again. Trenton Curtis and Sean Williams recorded assists on the goal. 

With 5 minutes, 24 seconds left, Drury responded with a power play goal to make it 4-3. 

With 44 seconds left in the third period, Walker Jerome scored, assisted by Matthew Yakubowski and Trenton Curtis, tying the game up 4-4.  

No more scoring occurred in the final period, sending the Beavers and the Panthers into overtime. 

2 minutes and 38 seconds into the first overtime period, Drury scored to win the game 5-4. 

Goaltender Will Dyke made 27 saves on 32 shots for a .844 save percentage. 

The Beavers return to the ice tomorrow night to face Drury one more time in a Halloween showdown, with puck drop scheduled for 7:30 pm. All attendees wearing a costume receive free admission.