STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Lawrence Cornellier (Machesney Park, IL/Harlem) scored 47 seconds into overtime to complete a two-goal, third-period comeback for the No. 3 UW-Stevens Point men's hockey team in a 3-2 win against UW-Stout on Saturday night at K.B. Willett Arena.
 
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UW-Stout (8-12-1, 3-5-0 WIAC) scored a pair of second-period goals to take a 2-0 lead into the final 20 minutes but UW-Stevens Point (17-4-0, 8-1-0 WIAC) forced the game to overtime on goals by Joe Kalisz (Davison, MI/Davison) and Eliot Grauer (Mukilteo, WA/Kamiak).
 
Just 47 seconds into the extra session, Cornellier latched onto a long pass that came off the boards and poked the puck past UW-Stout goaltender Chase Hollander to give UWSP its fifth-straight win. The win also completed a three-game regular-season sweep of the Blue Devils.
 
Kevin Gibson (Grosse Pointe, MI/North) and Kyle Sharkey (Moore, OK/Insight School of Kansas) were credited assists on Cornellier's winner. The goal was the seventh of the season for the sophomore. The overtime win was the second of the season, as the Pointers also topped Saint Mary's by a 3-2 margin back on Nov. 15.
 
Kalisz picked up his eighth point in the last four games by cutting the UW-Stout lead to 2-1 just 1:23 into the third period. Drew Graves (Allen Park, MI/Allen Park ) and Kyle Brodie (Denver, CO/Northglenn) set up Kalisz's team-high 15th goal of the season.
 
The Pointers had to wait until 2:01 remaining in regulation to find the tying goal, as Grauer stuck home a rebound in front of the net on the power play to make it 2-2. Gibson and Alex Brooks (Grand Rapids, MI) assisted Grauer's goal and Brooks' assist gives him at least one assist in six consecutive games.
 
UW-Stevens Point outshot UW-Stout 47-19 in the game but Hollander made 44 saves, including several on clear-cut scoring chances, for the Blue Devils. Brandon Jaeger (Champlin, MN/Champlin Park) turned aside 17 shots in picking up win number 17 on the season.
 
UWSP plays at No. 10/13 UW-Eau Claire next weekend, Feb. 13-14, with first place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) at stake. The Pointers (7-1-0) lead the Blugolds (6-2-0) by two points with two weekends of play remaining. Both games are at 7 p.m. at Hobbs Ice Center.