Luca Frascone was the hero for the Stillwater boys hockey team in its season opener Thursday night. The senior alternate captain scored 1 minute and 15 seconds into overtime to complete a comeback and defeat Centennial 3-2 on the road.

“Great first win for the boys,” Frascone said. “We’re a young team and we got all the nerves out right away.”

Centennial’s Gavin Cunningham scored first in the second period to give the Cougars the 1-0 lead. Stillwater answered in the third with goals from Tyson Miller and Tate Batchelor, but Cunningham scored again to force overtime. That’s when Frascone threw in the game-winner.

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“We just wanted to win. Everyone wanted it,” Frascone said.

Frascone is one of just four returning members from last year’s Class 2A state runner-up team, as Stillwater graduated 16 of 20 skaters from that squad. The Ponies’ priority this winter is to return to the state tournament.

“Our JV team last year was a really good group, and so a lot of those guys are stepping in,” head coach Greg Zanon said. “We got a couple kids from bantams that are stepping in really nicely.”