MINNEAPOLIS -- In a rematch of last season's NCAA Division III national semifinal game, the No. 4-ranked Augsburg University men's hockey team played a 2-2, overtime tie with top-ranked and defending national champion Adrian University, with the Auggies claiming a 1-0 postgame shootout victory.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 2, Adrian (Mich.) 2 (OT, Augsburg wins shootout 1-0 in 3 rounds)
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 0-0-1 overall, Adrian 2-0-1 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The teams ended regulation and a five-minute, 3-on-3 overtime tied at 2-2. In the three-round postgame shootout, Augsburg's Gavin Holland (SR, Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) scored the lone goal, with Augsburg goalie Samuel Vyletelka (SO, Zilina, Slovakia/Grammar School of St. Francis of Assisi) stopping all three Adrian shots he faced.
• Despite playing a shootout -- newly allowed this year in NCAA nonconference games -- the game officially is recorded as a 2-2, overtime tie.
• Down a pair of skaters on a 5-on-3 power play, Augsburg struck first 1:19 into the second period, as Fritz Belisle (SR, Red Wing, Minn./Red Wing HS) stole the puck along the boards in the neutral zone, and sprinted for a shorthanded goal, the first shorthanded marker of his collegiate career.
• Adrian scored twice in a 3:19 span midway through the second period to take a 2-1 lead, which stood until an Augsburg power play with 5:14 left to play, as Austin Dollimer (SR, Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount HS) scored in front of the net on a rebound off his own shot, assisted by Holland and Nick Woodward (SR, Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque HS).
• Vyletelka came into the game after starting goalkeeper Jack Robbel (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Shattuck-St. Mary's HS) was injured on a charge by an Adrian attacker. Robbel had 28 saves in 43 minutes, while Vyletelka stopped all 13 shots he faced in the third period and overtime.
• Adrian outshot Augsburg by a 43-36 margin, including a 29-11 advantage in the first two periods. Augsbug outshot Adrian by a 22-9 margin in the third period.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Thursday's game was a rematch of last season's NCAA Division III national semifinal in Lake Placid, N.Y., which Adrian won 5-1 en route to its first national championship.
• The tie snapped a 33-game winning streak by Adrian, dating to the second game of last season.

FOR THE FOES
• Matus Spodniak scored from Sam Ruffin and Jaden Shields at the 6:17 mark of the second period for the Bulldogs, and Ryan Pitoscia scored from John Kaljian and Chase Spencer at the 9:36 mark.
• Adrian goalie Dershahn Stewart had 34 saves.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Wisconsin-Stout in a nonconference game on Saturday (11/5) at 7 p.m. in Menomonie, Wis.