{"id":171833330,"date":"2018-01-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/2018\/01\/19\/alaska-vs-michigan-tech\/"},"modified":"2018-01-19T23:36:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T05:36:39","slug":"alaska-vs-michigan-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/recaps\/2018\/01\/19\/alaska-vs-michigan-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Huskies look sharp in win over Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUGHTON, Mich. – In a game between a team coming off a bye week, the Michigan Tech Huskies, playing against a team that played last weekend, the Alaska Nanooks, Friday\u2019s<\/span><\/span> night contest appeared to be more of a role reversal than anything else as the Huskies looked more like a team that had played last weekend. Outshooting the Nanooks 15-4 in the first period, the Huskies rode that advantage to a 5-2 victory at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena.<\/p>\n

While it was far from a perfect performance for head coach Joe Shawhan\u2019s Huskies, there were several positives in the contest, especially from the defensive corps. Mitch Meek struck twice and Mark Auk added one of his own on the power play in the third as the Huskies got three goals and five points from their blue line in the win.<\/p>\n

To make the feat even more impressive, the Huskies lost their leading scorer on the blue line, assistant captain Mitch Reinke, to a major penalty and a game misconduct late in the first period.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost a tremendous defenseman tonight<\/span><\/span> in the first period,\u201d said Shawhan. \u201cWe got some great play out of those guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meek broke the ice for the Huskies just 7:05<\/span><\/span> into the contest when he was the receiver of a faceoff win by Alex Smith. Meek backed along the blue line, found a shooting lane and then beat Anton Martinsson with a wrist shot.<\/p>\n

Meek never saw the puck cross the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just kind of shot it,\u201d said Meek. \u201cI saw he went down. I tried to shoot it high there, but I am lucky it went in.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Meek, the goal was his first since the second game of the season when he struck in the first period against Union.<\/p>\n

Meek added his second of the night to break a 1-1 deadlock just 2:10<\/span><\/span> into the third. Seeing a breakdown in the Nanooks\u2019 defense in the slot, Meek jumped up and called for a pass from winger Greyson Reitmeier, who found him with a pass on the tape. Meek turned and beat Martinsson with another wrist shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like, whenever we play these guys, whatever breakdowns we make are in our net,\u201d said Nanooks head coach Lance West. \u201cTwo point shots made it all the way through to our net. That can\u2019t happen. That made the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meek added an assist on Auk\u2019s goal at the 14:25<\/span><\/span> mark of the third when he feed the puck across the blue line to Auk, who wired a shot past Martinsson.<\/p>\n

Despite having three freshmen in the lineup amongst the five remaining defenders for the final 40 minutes of play, Auk did not feel any added pressure to lead his compatriots.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel you should always try to be a leader in your own way,\u201d said Auk. \u201cSo, that shouldn\u2019t fall far away from your game at any point in time. (I just try) to keep doing the same things.\u201d<\/p>\n

One Huskies forward had a strong night. Houghton native Raymond Brice picked up an assist on Meek\u2019s second goal of the night and added a goal 10:12<\/span><\/span> later.<\/p>\n

Thomas Beretta added a late goal as Martinsson was making his way to the bench for an extra skater.<\/p>\n

Tyler Cline and Chad Staley both found the net for the Nanooks in the contest.<\/p>\n

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