Reggie Lutz one-timed a shot from the top of the right faceoff circle at 2:33 of overtime to give the Ice Dogs a 3-2 win at the Big Dipper Ice Arena and 2-0 lead in the Midwest Division Finals.

“I told (Jakob) Stridsberg if he had a chance, just put it right in my sweet spot,” Lutz said after the win that gave the Ice Dogs a 2-0 lead in the North American Hockey League series.

“That’s exactly what he did,” Lutz continued. “We had guys going to the net so I just had to put it on net.”

Minnesota’s Casey Gilling was called for a cross-check 52 seconds into the extra period to put the Ice Dogs up a man.

Alex Toscano gave the Ice Dogs the two-man advantage for 33 seconds when he was called for tripping at 2:19.

After Toscano’s penalty, Ice Dogs head coach Trevor Stewart called timeout.

“Coach was just drawing up a few plays we could run,” Lutz said of the timeout. “Just focus on getting pucks to the net, try and find me or (Todd Burgess).”

The Ice Dogs had two power-play chances during a scoreless first period and had one chance in each the second and third periods.

“We got a little frustrated on the 5-on-4, couldn’t really get anything going there,” Lutz said. “That 5-on-3 was huge there.”

Isak Bergland sent the game to overtime when he scored with 4:27 left in the third period.

Bergland’s goal came 52 seconds after Stridsberg had given the Ice Dogs a 2-1 lead.

Saturday’s game was the second straight overtime game in the series. The Ice Dogs won Game 1 2-1 in overtime on Friday night at the Big Dipper.

“We knew they were a good team. They grinded out a win in Janesville,” Lutz said. “We knew they were going to be a tough team to play against. It has been so far but its been a really fun series.”

Game 3 is scheduled for Friday in Cloquet, Minnesota. If needed, Game 4 will be played in Minnesota on Saturday and Game 5, also if needed, will be played May 8 there.

The last four playoff games for the Wilderness, the defending Robertson Cup champions, have all gone to overtime.

After a scoreless first period, Adam Anderson scored his first goal of the playoffs at 17:10 of the middle frame.

Anderson took a pass from Cayden Cahill before driving to the net and slipping a backhand shot through the legs of Luke Kania.

“Cayden kind of beat his guy outside and threw it middle,” Anderson said. “We kind of draw that up all the time, middle guy drives. He put it right on my tape and I put it home.”

Anderson scored once in 55 regular season games before netting his first of the postseason in his sixth playoff game.

“It’s a big relief but it’s good to have an impact on the team,” Anderson said. “To get that first goal, I know they answered back right away, I felt it was a big momentum shift for us right away there.”

That lead would last just 22 seconds before the Wilderness answered. Casey Gilling, with an assist from Alex Toscano, knotted the game at one at 17:32 of the second period.

Gavin Nieto made 32 saves in net for the Ice Dogs while Kania stopped 31 shots for the Wilderness.

Other division finals

The Aston Rebels pulled out a 4-3 overtime victory against the Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Tomahawks in Aston, Pennsylvania, taking a 2-0 lead in the East Division final series.

In Bismarck, North Dakota, the Bismarck Bobcats went up 2-0 in the Central Division final round after winning 4-1 against the Austin (Minnesota) Bruins on Saturday.

The Wichita Falls Wildcats lead the South Division finals at 2-0 after they edged the Topeka (Kansas) RoadRunners 5-4 in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Contact sports reporter Tim O’Donnell at 459-7583. Follow him on Twitter: @FDNMSportsGuy.