MINNEAPOLIS -- Eric Brenk (SR, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) scored a penalty shot goal at the 1:14 mark of overtime, giving the Augsburg University men's hockey team a 2-1 home victory over Saint Mary's University in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game on Friday night.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 2, Saint Mary's 1 (OT)
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-1-0 overall (3-0-0 MIAC), Saint Mary's 0-6-1 overall (0-2-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Trailing 1-0 after two periods, Augsburg tied the game 92 seconds into the third period, as Alex Rodriguez (SR, Miami, Fla./Shattuck-St. Mary's (Minn.) HS) stuffed home a shot for his team-leading eighth goal of the season, assisted by Patrick O'Connor (FY, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) and Luke Dietsch (SR, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS).
• Augsburg outshot Saint Mary's by a 24-21 margin in the game, but also had five shot attempts draw iron, hitting the Cardinal pipes.
• Seventy-four seconds into overtime, Brenk was tripped on a breakaway attempt, drawing a penalty shot, which he converted for his first penalty-shot goal of his college career. Brenk now has two goals on the season.
• Nick Schmit (SR, Fargo, N.D./Fargo North HS) stopped 20 of the 21 shots he faced to pick up his second win of the season in goal.
• Chandler Madry (SR, Bakersfield, Calif./Faribanks (Alaska) BEST HS) and Tommy Carey (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) had four shots on-goal each for the Auggies, while Brenk had three shots on-goal.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Rodriguez now has eight goals on the season, standing second among MIAC players in overall goals. His 11 points are tied for third-most among MIAC players.
• Augsburg has outscored its opponents by a 24-13 margin. Augsburg's 24 goals scored are tops among MIAC teams, while its 13 goals allowed are fewest in the MIAC.

FOR THE FOES
• Ryan Stoynich scored his first collegiate goal at the 13:25 mark of the second period, assisted by Ryan Charko.
• Nick Nast had 22 saves in goal for the Cardinals.

UP NEXT
• The teams complete the MIAC series on Saturday (11/17) at 7 p.m. in Winona, Minn.