A Rylan Galiardi power-play goal cut the Mavericks' deficit to one goal but that's all the closer they would get in their third consecutive loss and third straight loss at home.
More later.
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Denver took advantage of some defensive miscues to jump out to a 3-0 lead, getting two goals by Jesse Martin and another by Joe Colborne. Anthony Maiani had two assists, and J.P. Testwuide had three. The Mavericks finally got on the board on a Tyler Thompson goal with 1:33 left in the period.
There wasn't much goalie Mike Zacharias could do on any of the goals. The first two were 2-on-1 plays and the Pioneers wisely made the extra pass for the easy tip-in. On the third, during a 4x4 situation, Martin was all alone at the doorstep and put the puck between Zacharias' legs. Shots were 14-8 in favor of DU.
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No score after one. MSU definitely has more jump than it did last week, especially Trevor Bruess. The Mavericks did a nice job killing off a couple of early penalties and struggled on its own power play, especially during 1:29 of 5x3 time when they were passing up shots, gave up a short-handed breakaway and went offsides. Shots on goal are 8-6 in MSU's favor.
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Greetings from the Alltel Center, where the Mavericks are looking to snap a two-game home losing streak. Minnesota State has won its last three home games against Denver.
Here are tonight's lines (updated with starters):
MINNESOTA STATE
Sackrison-Bruess-Louwerse
Mouillierat-Irwin-Berge
Gaulrapp-Harrison-Thompson
Mueller-Galiardi-Schiller
Davis-Kilburg
Boe-Youds
Friesen-Cooper
Zacharias
Tormey
Lee
DENVER
Rakhshani-Bozak-Salazar
Colborne-Ruegsegger-Ostrow
Maiani-Martin-Vossberg
Glasser-Gifford-Jackson
Mullen-Lee
Testwuide-Brookwell
Ryder-Nutini
Cheverie
Paulgaard
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