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Michigan Tech ties No. 8 Augustana twice at MacInnes, and the Huskies take both shootouts
HOUGHTON — No. 14 Michigan Tech and No. 8 Augustana played to 2-2 ties on back-to-back nights at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena, and the Huskies came away with both shootouts, earning the extra Central Collegiate Hockey Association point each time.
Tech is 6-2-2 overall and 1-1-2 in the CCHA after the weekend, according to the university’s athletic site. Augustana left Houghton still undefeated at 7-0-3 overall and 2-0-2 in conference play.
“It was a great weekend of college hockey. We made each other better,” Tech coach Bill Muckalt said after Saturday’s game. “They gave us all they could handle, and I loved our character, our heart, and our resolve.”
Friday: two comebacks, then a shootout
On Friday, the Huskies had to come back twice. Joey DelGreco scored for the Vikings 9:23 into the game, from Owen Baumgartner and Easton Young, the athletic site said. Tech tied it with 0.9 seconds left in the first period: after goaltender Owen Bartoszkiewicz gloved a 2-on-1 at the other end, Max Koskipirtti shot on a rush and Teydon Trembecky tapped in the rebound, his fourth goal of the season.
Neither team scored in the second. Augustana started the third on the power play and went back ahead 22 seconds in, on a goal by Baumgartner. Tech answered on a 3-on-1, Trembecky dropping the puck to Luke Shipley, who scored his third of the season. Tyler Miller had the second assist. Bartoszkiewicz later killed a late penalty and the overtime, when Augustana outshot Tech 4-1.
Koskipirtti and Trembecky scored in the shootout. Brett Meerman scored for the Vikings before Bartoszkiewicz stopped the last two shooters. Shots finished even at 26, and both Bartoszkiewicz and Augustana’s Mathis Langevin made 24 saves, Tech said. Muckalt, in the university’s Friday recap, said it was a good, back-and-forth game but that the Huskies still needed to clean up their penalties and manage the puck better.
Saturday: Raiman’s first game, and another extra point
Saturday followed the same script, 2-2 after overtime, with Tech again taking the shootout. The athletic site said Tech never trailed. Lauri Raiman, in the lineup for the first time this season, opened the scoring 12:58 into the second period, finishing a play from Tyler Miller and Carson Latimer for his sixth career goal.
After three straight Tech penalties, Augustana tied it with 1:03 left in the second when Brett Meerman’s shot deflected in, with assists from Owen Baumgartner and Leonid Bulgakov. Miller put Tech back ahead at 7:44 of the third on the power play, scoring on his own rebound, from Luke Shipley and Koskipirtti. Hunter Bischoff tied it again at 10:26, another deflection, from Meerman and Easton Young.
Augustana outshot Tech 6-0 in overtime and had a late power play, but Bartoszkiewicz kept the puck out. In the shootout, Koskipirtti scored for the second straight night, Bartoszkiewicz stopped Jacob Jastrzebski and Meerman, and Isaac Gordon scored as well. Tech reported 3,507 fans on Marketplace Foods Kids Day. Shots favored Augustana 38-35. Bartoszkiewicz made 36 saves; Langevin made 33. Tech was 1 for 2 on the power play and 4 for 5 on the penalty kill.
The Huskies stay home next weekend for a CCHA series against Lake Superior State.
Sources:
Michigan Tech Athletics, “#14 Huskies and #8 Vikings tie Friday,” Nov. 6, 2026, https://michigantechhuskies.com/news/2026/11/6/mens-ice-hockey-14-huskies-and-8-vikings-tie-friday.aspx
Michigan Tech Athletics, “#14 Tech and #8 Augustana tie again, Huskies win shootout,” Nov. 7, 2026, https://michigantechhuskies.com/news/2026/11/7/mens-ice-hockey-14-tech-and-8-augustana-tie-again-huskies-win-shootout.aspx
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