HAMILTON, N.Y. (10/16/09) – Kurtis Bartliff (Clinton, Ont.) notched his first collegiate goal as Colgate and 15th-ranked Nebraska Omaha battled to a 1-1 tie, Friday night in men's hockey action at Starr Rink.

With the tie, the Raiders have now gone into overtime in nine of their last 10 games dating back to last year.  The end result also extends Colgate's streak to 14 consecutive games determined by one goal or less.  The last time Colgate wasn't in a game of this type was a 4-2 loss at St. Lawrence on January 31, 2009.

The Mavericks, now 2-0-1 overall, drew first blood in the tight affair on a three on two.  Dan Swanson dropped the puck off to Joey Martin, who sent a wrist shot over the blocker of Colgate goalie Alex Evin (Castlegar, B.C.) for his first of the year at 8:47 of the opening period.

The Raiders knotted the game at 4:29 of the second as David McIntyre (Pefferlaw, Ont.) sent a puck from behind the goal line across the crease in front to Bartliff, who banged a shot from the left post in behind John Faulkner.

Both teams had golden opportunities on the power play down the stretch, but couldn't capitalize.  Colgate successfully killed off a Maverick power play with 2:23 left in the third period, while UNO returned the favor in the closing 1:22 of overtime.

The Raiders outshot the Mavericks 28-24 on the evening.  Evin turned aside 23 of 24 shots in the outing, while Faulkner saved 27.

Both teams were shutout on the power play.  Colgate went scoreless in six attempts, while UNO failed to score in five tries.  By shutting down the opposition on the power play, the Raiders' penalty kill has successfully killed off the first 15 of the season and the last 17 dating back to game three of the opening round of the ECAC Hockey Tournament against Quinnipiac.

Colgate and Nebraska Omaha will conclude the two game series Saturday evening.  Opening face off is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start.

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