ST. PAUL, Minn. – Kyle Schmidt scored 3:22 into overtime to give Minnesota Duluth a 3-2 victory over Michigan in the NCAA Division I men’s hockey championship game Saturday night, the first national title for the Bulldogs.

Travis Oleksuk pulled Wolverines goalie Shawn Hunwick to the side and fed Schmidt from behind the net for a tap-in goal to hand Michigan Coach Red Berenson his first loss in a championship game.

Oleksuk and Max Tardy had second-period goals for Minnesota Duluth (26-10-6), which hadn’t played for the championship since losing in four overtimes to Bowling Green in 1984.

Ben Winnett and Jeff Rohrkemper scored for Michigan (29-11-4), which fell to 9-3 in title games. The Wolverines still have the NCAA record of nine, with two of those under Berenson.

The Bulldogs handed the Wolverines just their second loss all season when scoring the game’s first goal (22-2-3).

The Wolverines were denied the lead early in the first period when Chris Brown’s point-blank poke was waved off (the video review confirmed the official’s whistle came before the puck was pried loose from goalie Kenny Reiter), but they kept at it and scored 5:18 into the game when Winnett’s screened shot off the draw zipped past Reiter’s stick.

Winnett had only three goals during the regular season, but he scored in both games at the Frozen Four.

Oleksuk evened the score just 1:39 after the intermission when his rebound nicked the thigh pad of Mac Bennett, skipped over the Wolverines’ defenseman and into the corner out of Hunwick’s reach.

Then after Bennett was called for hooking, the second of five penalties on Michigan in the middle frame, Tardy scored the first goal of his college career to make it 2-1.