EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The No. 9 UW-Stevens Point men's hockey team (8-3-0, 5-1-0) got an overtime winner from Andrew Poulias (Whitby, Ont.) to take a 2-1 victory at No. 8 UW-Eau Claire (8-3-1, 4-2-0) in Friday's weekend home-and-home opener.
 
Neither team scored in the first period as both squads fired 10 shots on net each.
 
The Blugolds got on the board first with a goal at 12:51 of the second period. UWSP fired 12 more shots on goal, to no avail, and had a 22-16 shot advantage through two periods.
 
At 2:27 of the third period, Brett Humberstone (Kingston, Ont.) scored to pull UWSP even at 1-1. Nico Chmelevski (Northville, Mich.) got an assist on the goal picking up his first collegiate point in his Pointers' debut.
 
Neither team could break the tie the remainder of regulation and each team got a point in the standings as the game headed to overtime.
 
At the 1:16 mark of overtime, Poulias took a feed from Fletcher Anderson (Thunder Bay, Ont./Sir William Churchill) to give the Pointers the win. The goal was Poulias' sixth of the season, tying him for the team lead and gives the senior a team-best 11 points on the year.
 
Proctor made 17 saves to earn the win. UWEC goaltender Max Gutjahr had 31 saves.
 
The Pointers and Blugolds close out the season series and the 2023 calendar year with a 7:00 p.m. faceoff at K.B. Willett Arena on Saturday (Dec. 9).