Michigan Tech erased a 4-2 lead with a pair of goals less than a minute apart late in the third period, but Minnesota State’s Rob Rankin provided the game-winning marker with 1:44 left in regulation to give the Mavericks a 5-4 triumph Friday night at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena.<\/p>\n
Taggart Desmet and Lars Helminen each poured in two-point efforts, while Rob Nolan stopped 34-of-39 shots between the pipes for the Huskies.<\/p>\n
Tech lit up the scoreboard just :10 into the contest, as Desmet took a pass from Helminen and beat MSU netminder Dan Tormey on a breakaway. Desmet’s tally was his fifth of the year. Helminen notched the 10th assist of his sophomore campaign.<\/p>\n
The Mavericks responded with three consecutive goals, all in the opening frame. Steve Wagner added a power-play marker at 2:53 to even the score at 1-1. Christian Toll then put the visitors ahead with a shorthanded goal at the 5:07 mark and David Backes netted the third goal, one of two for him on the night, with a man advantage at 18:59.<\/p>\n
Helminen cut the score to 3-2 at the 2:12 mark of the second stanza with his first lamplighter of the season and 11th point overall. Teammate Nick Anderson made a sharp pass from the neutral zone that Helminen corralled in the high slot, and then he beat Tormey top-shelf on the glove side. Anderson’s assist was his third.<\/p>\n
Backes struck again for the Mavericks at 18:04, this time with an even-strength goal.<\/p>\n
The final period proved to be an opportunistic one for the home team, as MTU found the back of the net twice in seven shot attempts. Ryan Angelow used a pinpoint blast from the left circle to beat Tormey on the glove side at the 11:19 mark. Angelow’s goal was his second of the year and was assisted by Tyler Shelast.<\/p>\n
Chris Conner compiled the Huskies’ second breakaway goal of the contest, and his team-leading 11th marker of the year at 12:11. Desmet spotted Conner just inside the MSU blue line with a long lead pass that allowed Conner to skate in all alone and sneak the puck past Tormey five-hole.<\/p>\n
Michigan Tech nearly regained the lead with just under 5:00 to play when Conner tried to convert another breakaway chance for the Huskies, but was denied by Tormey right in front of the net.<\/p>\n
Rankin’s tally at 19:16 came off a screened shot taken from just inside the left side of the Tech blue line.<\/p>\n
Tormey turned away 20 of the 24 shots he faced in earning the fourth win of his freshman campaign.<\/p>\n
MSU topped MTU 39-24 in shots for the game.<\/p>\n
Tech was 0-for-4 on the power play, compared to a 2-for-4 clip by the Mavericks.<\/p>\n
Michigan Tech is now 3-15-1 overall and 2-10-1 in WCHA competition. Minnesota State holds a 5-10-3 overall record and a 3-7-3 mark in league games. The two teams will play the series finale Saturday night at the MacInnes Arena. The puck drops at 7:07 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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