With 2:06 left in the first period, Scott McCulloch scored a short-handed goal to give CC a 1-0 lead. The Tigers, who didn’t muster a shot until more than 12 minutes elapsed in the first period, held just a 10-8 edge heading into the second.

CC played possibly its best period of the season thus far, launching 18 shots to Michigan Tech’s five, but couldn’t muster a goal on three power-play opportunities. On its first power play of the second, McCulloch missed wide-open shot in the slot, right wing Stephen Schultz duffed a back-door chance and Huskies goaltender Rob Nolan gloved a slap shot from defenseman Gabe Guentzel.

Thankfully for the Tigers, the defensive corps turned in a shut-down effort in the second, allowing just one power play (as compared with four in the first period) with 52 seconds left in the period. CC only allowed three power plays in the final 40 minutes and continued their perfect penalty killing (21 of 21). In the majority of cases, CC was able to stop the Huskies’ rush at the top of the face-off circles.

The Tigers put another goal on the board when left wing Bill Sweatt burned two Michigan Tech players on a wrap-around attempt. The puck sat in the crease for a couple of seconds until center Chad Rau could get there to tap it in and extend his scoring streak to three games.

Colorado College
21 Sweatt — 14 Rau — 22 Walsky
26 McCulloch — 19 Vlassopoulos — 28 Schultz
5 DeBoer — 17 Johnson — 25 Testwuide
23 Hall — 9 McMillin — 16 Civitarese

11 Connelly — 15 Prosser
7 Fredheim — 4 Gannon
10 Guentzel — 24 Lowery

30 Bachman
31 O’Connell
1 O’Brien

Michigan Tech
22 Baker — 18 Gagne — 9 Gwilliam
27 St. Louis — 15 Kattelus — 14 Macleod
28 Kitti — 16 Olson — 17 Reddick
11 Soley — 13 Angelow — 21 Bunger

12 Kinrade — 8 Vanwagner
26 Cousens — 24 Kivisto
20 Vlaisavljevich — 5 Dobson

37 Nolan
30 Robinson

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Michigan Tech 0 0 0 0

Colorado College 1 0 1 2

First period – 1. CC, McCulloch (unassisted), 17:54, sh. Penalties – McMillin, CC (hooking), 1:26; Guentzel, CC (tripping), 4:32; Schultz, CC (interference), 9:13; Gwilliam, MTU (interference), 9:17; Dobson, MTU (hooking), 14:10; Connelly, CC (holding), 16:01; Kattelus, MTU (interference), 18:17.

Second – none. Penalties – Vanwagner, MTU (interference), 9:44; Vanwagner, MTU (holding), 14:48; Fredheim, CC (hooking), 19:08

Third – 2. CC, Rau (Sweatt, Prosser), 9:48. Penalties – McCulloch, CC (slashing), :16; Cousens, MTU (interference), 3:37; Gwilliam, MTU (holding), 12:33; Vanwagner, MTU (roughing), 13:06; Sweatt, CC (holding), 13:06; Gannon, CC (holding), 17:11.

Shots on goal – MTU 8-5-6-19. CC 10-18-10-38. Power-play Opportunities – MTU 0 of 7, CC 0 of 7. Goalies – MTU, Nolan 9-18-9 (38 shots, 36 saves), 0-2. CC, Bachman 8-5-6 (16 shots, 16 saves. A – 6,430. T – 2:13. Referees – Brad Albers, Craig Welker. Linesmen – Bob Keltie, Butch Mousseaux.

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