APPLETON, Wis. -- The Lawrence University men's hockey team retained the Battle of Highway 41 trophy Saturday despite dropping a 4-3 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association decision to Marian University at the Appleton Ice Center.
    Since the teams split the two-game series, it went to a shootout to determine who would get the traveling trophy. Lawrence won the shootout 2-0 to retain control of the trophy.
    The Vikings trailed 3-0 in the game Saturday after a hat trick by Marian's Daunte Fortner. Lawrence started to claw back when Carter Cloutier scored on the power play off a pass from Tiziano Pauchard at the 13:50 mark of the second. 
    Marian (7-12-0, 4-8-0 NCHA) pushed the lead back to 4-1 with a goal early in the third period, but the Sabres took some penalties late and the Vikings cashed in.
    After Nolan Flint was whistled for cross checking, Lawrence (4-12-2, 3-8-1) converted on the ensuing power play. Cloutier scored his second power-play goal of the night with 4:38 remaining to trim the lead to 4-2. Miles McCue and Josh Danis both picked up assists on the tally.
    Marian's Caden Carlson was then called for tripping with 3:35 left to put the Vikings back on the power play. 
    Lawrence also pulled goaltender Nolan Mahaffey for an extra attacker on the power play, and McCue scored with 2:27 left to trim the lead to 4-3. McCue jumped on a deflection of Cloutier's shot for Lawrence's third power-play goal of the night. 
    The Vikings finished 3-for-5 on the power play, and Marian was 1-for-3.
    Lawrence again pulled Mahaffey for an extra attacker in the final two minutes but couldn't get the equalizer. 
    The shootout to determine possession of the trophy started with Marian's Fortner shooting the puck wide of the net. McCue then beat Marian goaltender Tyler Fromolz by going top shelf for a 1-0 lead. 
    Marian's Dayne Tews was denied with a save from Mahaffey in the second round. Jack Michels then won it for Lawrence when he went through the five-hole against Fromolz for an insurmountable 2-0 advantage.
    Mahaffey finished with 31 saves for the Vikings, and Fromolz had 27.