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Minnesota Hockey: Second period penalties cost Gophers in 5-4 overtime loss to North Dakota

MINNEAPOLIS — Three minutes and 54 seconds.

That’s all it took for North Dakota to score four goals and turn the No. 1 ranked Minnesota Gophers hockey team’s 2-0 lead into a 4-2 lead for themselves.

It was an unexpected turn of events after the Gophers held their two goal lead through the first half of the game. It turns out that having the lead for the first half the game wasn’t the recipe for success this weekend. North Dakota led 1-0 Friday night until the Gophers scored with just over a minute left in the second period and eventually won 3-2 in overtime.