MINOT, N.D. (Newsdakota.com) – As the cliche goes, they say third time’s a charm. That was the case for Dickinson as the Midgets and Blue Jays played a third overtime game this season, but this time Dickinson came out on top 4-3.
Cody Shepard’s goal 1:17 into the second overtime lifted Dickinson into Friday’s semifinal against top seed Bismarck.
Ryan Bren got the scoring going with his 11th of the season 4:19 into the game.  Dickinson would not score again for another 2-plus periods.
Jace Thompson had the natural hat trick for the Blue Jays with three straight goals. The first came 1:17 into the second period to tie the game at one. The second came at 6:43 of the second period on a power play goal. That goal gave him the team lead with 15 goals on the season. His third goal came 1:08 into the final period to give his team a 3-1 lead.
But Dickinson would tie the game up at three with two goals 1:18 apart midway through the final period. Joseph Pavlek scored the equalizer at the 9:49 mark of the final period.
After an eight minute overtime. The two teams, who have already played two overtime games against one another this year, went to the 17 minute extra session. And that’s where Cody Shepard ended things.
 

It was Shepard’s team leading 14th goal of the season. And it gave Dickinson a 4-3 win. After losing the first two meetings this season on overtime goals, the third time was the charm for the Midgets.
Blue Jay head coach Matt Stockert says this team has done better than some would have predicted.
 

 
Dickinson improves to 14-8 on the season and will face Bismarck Friday at 5pm in the semifinals. Jamestown falls to 7-13-1 overall and will face Bottineau/Rugby Friday in a loser out game at 11am
Coach Stockert says this game was not a true picture of who this team really is.
 

 
Gametime is 11am Friday and the pregame is at 10:45 on 103.1 The Raven and newsdakota.com.
 
Results from the West Region Tournament
Bismarck 10, Bottineau/Rugby 2
Dickinson 7, Jamestown 1 2OT
Bismarck Century 7, Williston 1
Minot 5, Mandan 1
Friday’s Schedule
11:00am  Jamestown vs. Bottineau/Rugby
1:15pm    Williston vs. Mandan
5:00pm   Bismarck vs. Dickinson
7:15pm    Minot vs. Bismarck Century