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St. Cloud 3, Alaska-Anchorage 2

ANCHORAGE – Aaron Marvin scored a pair of goals to lead St. Cloud State to a hard-fought  3-2 win over Alaska Anchorage Saturday night in a WCHA encounter at the Sullivan Arena, giving the Huskies a sweep of the weekend series. St. Cloud improves to 8-6-2 overall and 7-4-1 in WCHA play while UAA is now 6-12-0 overall and 4-10-0 in the WCHA.

The loss was a particularly bitter pill to swallow for the Seawolves which outshot the Huskies 29-24 and owned a lion’s share of the scoring chances despite a 6-3 St. Cloud advantage in power play opportunities.

The two teams played to a 1-1 draw after the first. Kevin Clarkbanged in his own rebound on the power play just 2:34 into the game to stake the Seawolves to a 1-0 lead. Tommy Grant and Alex Gellert assisted on the marker.

But St. Cloud responded to tie things at 1-1 at 15:47 of period. Just 16 seconds following a UAA kill of Lee Baldwin‘s roughing penalty, St. Cloud’s  Nick Oslund scored on an assist from Oliver Lauridsen and Taylor Johnson.

St. Cloud scored its second shorthanded goal in as many nights just 25 seconds into the second period to take a 2-1 lead. Marvin was credited with the shortie, assisted by Jody Christian.

The Huskies’ made it 3-1 at 9:13 of the second as St. Cloud’s Marvin banged away at a puck in the crease, finally sliding it past UAA netminder Bryce Christiansen. Ryan Lasch assisted on the goal.

After killing off a penalty to open the third period, UAA crept to within one at 3-2 on a goal by Craig Parkinson at 18:35 of the final frame. Lee Baldwin was credited with an assist. But despite a commanding 12-4 shots on goals advantage over the final 20 minutes, UAA was not able to get the equalizer.

Christiansen (3-6-0) had 21 saves for UAA while St. Cloud’s Mike Lee (4-4-2) got the win in goal with a 27-save effort.

No. 12 Minnesota-Duluth 3, No. 3 North Dakota 2

However, just seconds before the goal, the puck appeared to have deflected off of a stick behind the net and ricochet into the protective netting above the glass, which would stop the play. But no whistle came, play continued and the Bulldogs tied the score to send the game to overtime, despite heavy protest from the Sioux.

On the first rush of overtime, Connolly, stationed just inside the Sioux blueline at the right point, hit a streaking Fontaine in the slot and UMD’s leading goal-scorer had an easy re-direct past Eidsness for the winner.

“I’m not going to make an excuse for it,” said UND sophomore winger Jason Gregoire (Winnipeg, Manitoba). “We gave up two goals in the third period. We have to be better in the third period. We can’t give up two-goal leads like that.”

The Sioux were indeed in the driver’s seat with a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes on goals by junior forward Brad Malone(Miramichi, New Brunswick) and sophomore forward Brett Hextall (Manhattan Beach, Calif.).

No. 15 Wisconsin 6, Michigan Tech 0

MADISON, Wis. – Michigan Tech could not overcome a 3-0 first period deficit as it fell 6-0 to No. 16 Wisconsin Saturday (Dec. 5) at the Kohl Center. The Badgers scored four of their six goals on the power play.

Brendan Smith, Michael Davies and Derek Stepan each tallied three points on the night. Scott Gundmandson (4-2-1) made 15 saves in his first shutout of the season for the Badgers. Freshman Kevin Genoe (2-7-0) made 34 saves on 40 shots for the Huskies.

Michigan Tech will host Minnesota next weekend (Dec. 11-12) in a pair of WCHA games.

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