After taking Friday night’s game on the chin, the St. Cloud State Huskies found success on their power play twice en route to a 3-1 win over the Michigan Tech Huskies, spoiling Michigan Tech’s chances for the sweep on Saturday night at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena.<\/p>\n
“We were on our toes tonight,” said St. Cloud coach Bob Motzko. “We were really happy with the way we played tonight.”<\/p>\n
Both teams skated evenly in the opening minutes of the game; neither team could get much of an advantage.<\/p>\n
With Michigan Tech (2-4-0 overall, 1-3-0 WCHA) sophomore winger Alex MacLeod off for hooking, St. Cloud got on the board with a rebound goal from junior Tony Mosey at 11:03. Mosey was in good position to get the loose puck and score his third goal of the year after sophomore Sam Zabakowicz fired the initial shot.<\/p>\n
“They took some penalties on us because we had our feet moving,” said Motzko. “We’re not the biggest team, so we gotta use our speed and get to the goaltender.”<\/p>\n
Junior Garrett Roe also assisted on the goal, giving him 100 career points at St. Cloud. <\/p>\n
St. Cloud netted a second power-play goal late in the first period at 19:29 when junior Nick Oslund wristed a shot past Michigan Tech netminder Kevin Genoe. The goal, Oslund’s first of the season, was set up by a great pass from sophomore Drew LaBlanc.<\/p>\n
“I thought that [Drew] was going to wrap [the puck] behind the net,” said Oslund. “The puck came into the slot and I just shot real quick and caught the goalie off guard.”<\/p>\n
With a power play to start the second period, St. Cloud (3-3-2 overall, 2-1-1 WCHA) controlled the play while getting scoring chances from sophomore Jared Festler and Oslund in close to Genoe, who was starting for back-to-back games for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n
“We discussed penalties after the weekend at Colorado College,” said Michigan Tech coach Jamie Russell. “I felt discipline got the better of us.”<\/p>\n
Captain Malcolm Gwilliam cut the St. Cloud lead in half with his fifth goal of the campaign just 2:21 into the second period. The senior’s goal was set up by a shot from freshman defenseman Steven Seigo’s shot from the point, which careened off the backboards out to Gwilliam. <\/p>\n
“We had some good traffic in front with Alex going to net,” said Gwilliam. “I just happened to be there when the puck bounced off the boards.”<\/p>\n
On St. Cloud’s second power play of the period, Gwilliam had a golden opportunity to even the game after taking a loose puck from center ice in alone on St. Cloud goaltender Dan Dunn. Dunn was equal to the task, making one of his nine second period saves.<\/p>\n
Michigan Tech was finally awarded a power play late in the period after Oslund was whistled for interference. During the ensuing power play, Olson redirected a shot from the point that Dunn stopped; however he had trouble locking down the rebound. Fortunately, there were no Michigan Tech forwards who could reach the loose puck.<\/p>\n
Just over four minutes into the third period, Olson fed MacLeod for a shot that Dunn handled well. Dunn finished the game with 17 stops.<\/p>\n
St. Cloud junior Brian Volpei extended the lead to two at 4:59. Volpei was in the right place at the right time to tip in a shot from Roe past a sprawling Genoe. <\/p>\n
“We did a better job tonight,” said Motzko. “There were a lot of rebounds that we weren’t in a good position to fight for.”<\/p>\n
From that point forward, both teams struggled to stay out of the box. Seigo got the worst of it, taking a five-minute major for checking from behind. St. Cloud could only manage two shots on goal during the advantage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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