Potter, a Calgary Flames draft pick, netted the game-winning goal off a Bennett Schimek feed, lifting ASU (7-8-1) to its first sweep of the season with a 4-3 win over Ohio State (5-9-0). Potter and Cruz Lucius had pitched the decisive play to coach Greg Powers during the overtime timeout.

“I know I can beat anyone off the ice, so we just drew up a spot pass to Schimek, and I'm going to beat my guy off the ice, and it worked out like we thought it would,” Potter said.

Saturday marked ASU’s third straight win, with Potter contributing to each: scoring the winner against Denver on Nov. 22, assisting Lucius on the OT winner Friday and scoring again in Saturday’s thriller.

“He was possessed. He just didn't feel like he was gonna let us lose the game. He's just maturing beyond my wildest imagination right before our eyes,” Powers said. “I'm really proud of him because he was taking a lot of flak for not scoring through the first 10 games, and now he's scoring and scoring big goals for us. He's really coming along nicely, and I think he's gonna make Calgary look really smart.”

It was all Ohio State for the first 45 minutes as the Buckeyes built a 3-0 lead with under 15 minutes remaining and the Mullett Arena crowd deflating. Freshman winger Jack Beck got the Sun Devils on the board with a rebound goal off a Lucius shot.

Three minutes later, sophomore defenseman Joel Kjellberg scored his first career goal, one-timing a slot shot off a feed from Potter. Freshman forward Samuel Alfano then tied it by batting the puck in the air, looping it over freshman goalie Sam Hillebrandt’s mask to send Mullett into a frenzy.

“The last fifteen minutes, if that's not relentless hockey, I don't know what is,” Powers said. “First to the pucks, winning battles, winning races, driving to the net, getting pucks to the net, it was everything that we want to be.”

Powers recognized the ASU crowd for not leaving after Ohio State’s control of the first 45 minutes.

“I want to thank our fans because they didn't leave,” Powers said. “They could have easily got up and started heading for the exits down three in the third period, but they all stayed and powered us through that and gave us the juice we needed to come back and win this game.”

That energy carried onto the ice as freshman defenseman Justin Kipkie earned the game’s second star by assisting on ASU’s final two regulation goals. Senior goaltender Connor Hasley anchored the defense in the last 20 minutes, finishing with 28 saves to claim his third straight win.

“Two nights in a row, he has let in two, and I don't think they were bad goals at all, but he has been able to lock it down in the third and in overtime for us until we found a way to come back and win,” Powers said.

Potter’s overtime winner was his fourth goal in the past five games, continuing his hot streak through late November. The Minnesota native credited his teammates for the surge.

“It’s really just the whole team clicking, we're coming together,” Potter said. “It's always good to get one under your belt, and then it's just the confidence, and it keeps rolling from there.”

ASU has faced a gauntlet of NCHC matchups and decorated nonconference opponents, but Powers isn’t making excuses for his young, inexperienced roster.

“Talking about how youthful we are and how many new guys there are that're behind us. That can't be a crutch. We've proven that this group is good enough,” Powers said. “We've beaten North Dakota on the road. We've beaten Denver at home. We just swept a Big Ten team. There's no excuse.”

The schedule doesn’t get easier, with the Sun Devils traveling to face Minnesota Duluth, which sits one point behind the NCHC leaders. ASU’s final 15 minutes Saturday offered a glimpse of the team’s full potential.

“We have to find a way to play like we did in those last 15 minutes moving forward for the rest of the season,” Powers said. “If we do, we're going to play postseason hockey and probably go pretty deep because this team is really good when it wants to be.”