The 3,395 fans at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena went home buzzing Saturday night.

Team USA went home stunned.

The RoughRiders, facing near-certain defeat, pulled their goaltender late in the game and scored twice in 34 seconds to tie the contest 3-3 and force overtime.

The RoughRiders ultimately prevailed, 4-3, in a Shootout and moved into second place in the Eastern Conference standings with the improbable victory.

Dylan Steman scored for Cedar Rapids in the Shootout and Danny Tirone stopped three straight shots by Team USA for the win.

Andrew Poturalski pulled the RoughRiders within 3-2 when he scored at the 18:45 mark of the third period with Tirone on the bench in favor of an extra skater. Tirone was still on the bench when Corey Petrash scored to make it 3-3 at the 19:19 mark, with just 41 seconds left in regulation.

Tirone returned to the ice at that point and shut the door.

Team USA outshot the RoughRiders, 46-21, but Tirone stopped 43 of those attempts.

Team USA bolted to a 2-0 lead in the second period on two goals by Dylan Larkin. Clark Kuster pulled Cedar Rapids within 2-1, but Team USA scored again to make it 3-1.

The RoughRiders jumped ahead of Dubuque into second place in the Eastern Conference with a 31-19-3 record and 65 points. The Fighting Saints have a 30-18-4 mark for 64 points in the chase for the playoffs and home-ice advantage.

Team USA      0  2  1  0  0 - 3

Cedar Rapids  0  0  3  0  1 - 4

USA - Dylan Larkin (Noah Hanifin)

USA - Larkin (power play) (Louis Belpedio, Hanifin)

CR - Clark Kuster (Mark Auk)

USA - Belpedio (power play) (Hanifin)

CR - Andrew Poturalski (extra attacker) (Frederik Tiffels)

CR - Corey Petrash (extra attacker) (Auk)