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| Dallas Tucker scored first goal of the season (photo by Jim Lindquist) |
Red Wing came back from two one-goal deficits in the final frame to earn a 3-3 draw with Farmington in Friday's night's Missota Conference encounter at Prairie Island Arena.
The tie closed the books on the 2012 portion of the the Tiger schedule and left them with a 4-5-1 mark heading into the new year.
"We played well and we played hard," Tiger coach Keith Revels said. "We have lost or tied six times, and in four of those we outshot our opponent.
"We have to be better at capitalizing on opportunities that we work hard to get and limiting the golden opportunities to opponents so they have to work harder to put a goal on the board."
Tanner Grubb (from Kevin Olund) gave the visitors the lead with the only score of the first period and Grady Hauswirth's unassisted goal early in the second stretched the lead to 2-0. But Red Wing countered less than a minute later to make it a one-goal contest with a period to play.
The Wingers knotted the count early in the final period before Dallas Tucker's first goal of the season
on an assist from Jack Erickson put the visitors back on top with 10 minutes to play.
Red Wing's Nick Sammon notched the game-tying goal with just under five minutes to play in regulation.
Farmington finished the night with a 34-24 advantage in shots on goal and had four chances in the eight-minute overtime session but could not get the puck by Winger goalie Preston Blaney.
"We have never had much luck in that building," Revels said, "only one win since it opened a decade or so ago."
Austin Krause handled the goalkeeping chores for the Tigers, recording 21 saves.
Farmington , 0-1-1 in Missota Conference play, returns to action next Thursday when it entertains league favorite Holy Angels at Schmitz-Maki Arena.
