The BYU IceCats suffered a disappointing overtime loss to Weber State Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, at the Peaks Ice Arena.

The IceCats lost a four-goal lead and gave up six goals in the third period, as WSU came from behind to force sudden-death overtime.

"We refused to do what it takes to win," BYU head coach Ed Gantt said. "No lead is safe."

The Wildcats had the first scoring opportunity of the contest with a penalty shot awarded with 9:57 remaining in the first period. BYU goalie Scott Johnson saved the shot and kept the game 0-0. Both teams would head to the locker room scoreless after the first 20 minutes of play.

The IceCats didn't take long to ignite their offense and scored twice within the first five minutes of the second period. The IceCats extended their lead by scoring two more goals in the final three minutes of the period.

"We're definitely one of the best teams for 40 minutes," Gantt said. "Unfortunately, the reality of hockey is you play 60 minutes."

And unfortunately for the IceCats, the last twenty minutes of play was not some of their best hockey.

The Wildcats started off their scoring seven minutes into the third period. BYU's Jason Giffiths answered back 15 seconds later to restore the four goal lead.

Weber would score again in little over a minute later on a power play goal. Once again, the IceCats answered the goal with one of their own in under 60 seconds.

From that point on, Weber took control of the scoring chances and scored four goals in the final 10 minutes of play to level the score at six and force overtime.

"There's no reason a team should score six goals," Gantt said. "We owned this game and let them take it away from us."

For the third time in as many games, BYU and Weber took the game to overtime. Assistant coach Doug Kimball noticed a pattern in all three contests.

"Every time it's been 3-0, the team comes from behind to win the game," coach said.

The physical play of the game was also similar to the previous meetings as well, Gantt said.

With the playoffs on the horizon for the IceCats, Gantt sees his team's mental errors as their potential downfall in the not-too-distanct future.

Copyright Brigham Young University 31 Jan 2006