Mooney nets overtime winner for Gophers

LJ Mooney scored 17 seconds into overtime giving the 18th-ranked Golden Gophers men’s hockey team a 4-3 victory over Penn State during the Big Ten Conference series finale inside 3M Arena at Mariucci Saturday night. Tanner Ludtke had a career-high three points and Christian Humphreys added a pair of goals in the home win.

Minnesota (3-3-2 overall, 1-0-1 B1G, 3 points) showed its resiliency after never leading at any point during the contest against the Nittany Lions (2-5-1 overall, 0-1-1 B1G, 3 points) until the winning goal as the teams played into an extra session for a second-straight night.

After Friday’s game featured just one goal for each side, the first period alone doubled that total on Saturday as it was 2-2 through the opening 20 minutes. The home side got caught deep in the attacking zone and was punished by a quick counter as the visitors took a 1-0 lead just 81 seconds into the game via a 2-on-1...