Saturday, February 20, 2016

A good night for the Mavericks

Minnesota State is idle this weekend, but it had a good night in the WCHA on Friday.

It's closest rivals in the league standings, Michigan Tech and Bowling Green, both lost and remained four points behind the Mavericks. That ensures MSU will have at least a two-point advantage going into the final two weeks of the regular season. It could be more than that, of course, depending on what happens tonight.

Michigan Tech went to Bemidji State and lost 3-0, snapping a 10-game unbeaten streak against the Beavers. Goalie Michael Bitzer had a 29-save shutout for the home team, and Brendan Harms scored twice.

Bowling Green went to Alaska and suffered a crushing, 2-1 loss when Taylor Munson scored a short-handed goal with 8.8 seconds remaining in regulation. It was the Nanooks' first win at home since Nov. 6.

Elsewhere in the WCHA, Lake Superior State beat Alaska Anchorage 3-2 in Anchorage, Northern Michigan topped visiting Alabama Huntsville 3-0 and Ferris State fell nonconference foe Michigan 5-2.

Here's how the league standings look:

WCHA Men - 2015-2016 Standings
                            Conference Only            Overall
                       Pts  GP  W  L  T Win%  GF- GA
 1 Minnesota State      33  24 13- 4- 7 .688  71- 45   15-10- 7
 2 Bowling Green        29  23 12- 6- 5 .630  57- 46   16-11- 6
   Michigan Tech        29  23 13- 7- 3 .630  65- 45   16- 8- 5
 4 Ferris State         28  24 12- 8- 4 .583  63- 56   14-11- 6
 5 Northern Michigan    26  23 11- 8- 4 .565  58- 54   14-11- 6
 6 Bemidji State        22  23  9-10- 4 .478  55- 48   14-12- 5
 7 Lake Superior State  20  23  8-11- 4 .435  38- 58   11-18- 4
 8 Alaska               16  23  6-13- 4 .348  51- 70   8-17- 4
   Alaska Anchorage     16  23  7-14- 2 .348  53- 71   10-16- 3
10 Alabama Huntsville   13  23  4-14- 5 .283  50- 68   6-18- 5

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