Friday, March 7, 2008

Mavericks clinch home ice

Minnesota State clinched an upper-division WCHA finish for the first time since 2002-03 with a 5-2 victory over Michigan Tech Friday at the Alltel Center.

Michigan Tech 0-1-1--2
Minnesota State 1-4-0--5

FIRST PERIOD
Scoring: 1. MSU-Bruess 8 (Kilburg 8, Davis 11) shg 8:30
Penalties: Gwilliam, MTU (hooking) 1:04; Kalinski, MSU (kneeing) 4:36; Youds, MSU (slashing) 6:34; Bunger, MTU (slashing) 14:03; Malekoff, MTU (hooking) 16:00; Kalinski, MSU (hooking) 16:17; Bunger, MTU (high-sticking) 19:50
SECOND PERIOD
Scoring: 2. MSU-Hanson 9 (Bruess 19, Davis 12) 3:58; 3. MTU-Gwilliam 5 (Kinrade 11, Rouleau 15) ppg 10:21; 4. MSU-Berge 18 (Kalinski 7, Harrison 13) 12:44; 5. MSU-Berge 19 (Youds 10, Kalinski 7) ppg 15:07; 6. MSU-Sackrison 5 (Wiley 7, Irwin 10) 15:45
Penalties: Gunderson, MSU (holding) 9:16; VanWagner, MTU (hooking) 17:20
THIRD PERIOD
Scoring: 7. MTU-Malekoff 1 (unassisted) 14:59
Penalties: Bruess, MSU (high sticking) 5:14; Harrison, MSU (hooking) 9:51
SUMMARIES
Shots on goal: MTU 12-10-11--33; MSU 10-18-13--41. Penalties: MTU 6 for 12 minutes; MSU 6 for 12 minutes. Power-play opportunities: MTU 1 for 6; MSU 1 for 6. Goalie saves: MTU-Teslak 9-14-x--23 (5 GA), Nolan x-x-13--13; MSU-Zacharias 12-9-10--31 (2 GA)
Referee: Brian Thul. Assistant referees: Jarod Moen, Jerome Krieger.
Attendance: 4,201

Tonight's lines

MINNESOTA STATE (17-13-4, 11-11-4)
Kalinski-Harrison-Berge
Hanson-Bruess-Mouillierat
Irwin-Sackrison-Wiley
Gaulrapp-Gunderson-Stewart

Davis-Kilburg
Youds-Friesen
Boe-Canzanello

Zacharias
Tormey
Lee

MICHIGAN TECH (12-17-5, 8-14-4)
Rouleau-Gagne-Shelast
Foote-Kattelus-Gwilliam
Kitti-Angelow-Bunger
Lord-Royer-Kivisto

Kinrade-Cousens
Malekoff-Dobson
Vlaisavljevich-VanWagner

Teslak
Nolan

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