Friday, December 24, 2004

NMU falls in Dodge Holiday Classic finals

Northern Michigan skated to a 0-0 tie against Harvard in the opening game of the Dodge Holiday Classic Wednesday night in Minneapolis and then won in a sudden-death shootout on a goal by sophomore Darin Olver.

Senior goaltender Tuomas Tarkki made 33 saves for the Wildcats (9-5-4) while Harvard's Dov Grumet-Morris stopped 37.

Officially, the game is recorded as a tie per NCAA rules.

Luck ran out Thursday night as No. 1 Minnesota won the tournament for the sixth year in a row with a 4-1 win over the Wildcats. Olver's second-period power-play goal was all Northern Michigan could muster against Minnesota goaltender Kellen Briggs.

Tarkki made 37 saves in defeat.

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