Minnesota State and No. 18 Rensselaer will square off again at 6 p.m. today in Troy, N.Y., following Friday's 1-0 Maverick victory. The Mavericks line chart is out, and there are a few changes from last night, due to injuries to Tyler Elbrecht and Max Gaede. Brett Stern and Johnny McInnis will play.
Also, as expected, it looks like Phil Cook will get the start in goal — despite Austin Lee's 36-save performance in the series opener. If Cook plays like Lee did last night, that should bode well for the Mavericks early in the season. The two goaltenders definitely have potential but is the consistency there?
Here are tonight's lines:
Dorr — Schiller — Hayes
Grant — Lehrke — McInnis
Burkemper — Zuck — Jokinen
LaFontaine — Leitner — Louwerse
Stern — Palmquist
Cooper — Heath
Nelson — Mosey
Cook
Lee
A few other tidbits from the opener: Lee's shutout was just the second season-opening shutout in MSU history. The first one came in 1985 when Ken Hilgert shut out Gustavus 11-0. ... Lehrke was called for two penalties. He committed just one as a freshman and that came in the Mavs' last game of the season. ... Chase Grant also had two of MSU's 11 penalties. ... According to the RPI game notes, the Mavericks blocked 17 shots; freshman D Zach Palmquist was credited with four blocks.
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