ST. CLOUD, Minn. - No. 15 St. Cloud State scored three power play goals to earn a 4-2 Western Collegiate Hockey Association win over Michigan Tech Friday (Jan. 8) at the National Hockey Center.
“We asked the players before the game to concentrate on three things: work hard, compete and play with discipline,” said head coach
Jamie Russell. “I will be honest. I thought we did that.”
SCSU opened the game with a power play goal by Drew LeBlanc at 8:14 of the first period.
Tech was whistled for a five-minute major at the start of the second period, but was able to get a quality scoring chance by junior
Jordan Baker from
Eric Kattelus short handed early in the penalty.
SCSU sophomore Travis Novak scored the second power play goal of the evening at 5:36 of the second period. Junior Nick Oslund extended the St. Cloud lead to 3-0 with his fourth goal of the season nine seconds after Tech’s major penalty expired.
Sophomore
Josh Robinson was replaced by freshman
Kevin Genoe after making 20 saves on 23 shots.
Tech dodged a bullet after Genoe skated to the blue line to corral a loose puck but a St. Cloud player was able to get a stick on it and send a shot that hit the pipe with 2:30 remaining in the second period.
Senior
Malcolm Gwilliam opened the scoring in the third period with his eighth goal of the season at 1:19 of the third period. His shot near the post was deflected by a defender’s stick over SCSU junior goalie Dan Dunn. Junior
Bennett Royer recorded his first assist of the season on the goal, while freshman
Carl Nielsen picked up his second.
Junior Tony Mosey recorded the final power play goal for SCSU at 9:04, but junior
Jordan Baker added a power play goal of his own at 19:44 to complete the scoring.
Genoe finished with 11 saves on 12 shots for Tech and Dunn finished with 21 saves on 23 shots for St. Cloud.
Tech (3-17-0, 2-13-0) and St. Cloud (11-7-3, 8-5-2) will wrap-up the season series tomorrow (Jan. 9) at 5:07 pm.
Photo Credit: Michigan Tech
