“We put ourselves in a bad situation in the first period, not ready to play,” said Fergus Falls Head Coach Tim Lill.  “I am proud of the determination in the third to not quit.  Greeny to DB to Johnson in OT, best hockey play I’ve seen in quite a while.”

The Otters fell behind 2:25 into the game when Kylie Smith scored from Tatum O’Neal.  Fergus Falls evened the score on a Hannah Bye goal from Aubree Nelson and Greenagel at 5:01.  St. Cloud regained the lead at 12:24 when Lauren Juncewski scored from Maggie O’Hara.  Fergus Falls made it 2-2 at 13:48 on Vanessa Vaughn’s goal from Brook Zierden and McKenzie Sjolie.

St. Cloud scored a pair of second period goals to take a 4-2 lead.  Juncewski scored from O’Hara and Teagan Ruprecht scored from Molly Burkstrand and Jayden Layne.

The third period belonged to the Otters.  Sjolie’s power play goal from Vaughn and Greenagel cut the lead to 4-3 at 11:16.  Then, with 1:01 left in regulation, Hannah Johnson scored from Debrito and Averie Tonneson, tying the game and forcing OT.

Ana Jyrkas stopped 34 of the 38 shots she faced, including all 11 third period shots and the only overtime shot by the Crush.

Fergus Falls (6-4-1) will host Willmar on Thursday night.