JULIAN NAPRAVNIK. FILTHY 😈 pic.twitter.com/ynJhChqnEb
— Minnesota State Hockey (@MavHockey) December 20, 2020
Freddy's three thoughts of the game ...
1. Different pace: Saturday's game wasn't quite as fast-paced as Friday's 5-4 game, which was no real surprise. The game's two goals came 18 seconds apart in the first period. Bemidji State struck first on a redirect by Lukas Sillinger, and MSU's Reggie Lutz answered right back, getting an assist from — you guessed it — Jake Jaremko. Sure, it was Dec. 19, but with only four games under their belts going in, you could tell the teams just weren't used to playing back-to-backs due to the crazy COVID schedule. That will change in the second half of the year. After some more nonconference games against conference foes were added, MSU won't have a weekend off from Jan. 2-3 through the end of the regular season.
2. New faces in new places: Minnesota State changed up its lineup a bit, including in goal where Ryan Edquist made is MSU debut, stopped 16 shots and kept his net clean during the shootout. Edquist, a Lakeville native, is a grad-transfer from Boston College where he played in 21 games over four years. The Mavericks had two other transfers in the lineup, including Todd Burgess (RPI), who has played in every game so far this season, and Sam Morton, who made his MSU debut. Morton, a junior from Colorado, played a season and a half at Union before retuning to junior hockey for the second half of last season.
3. New OT format: The NCAA this offseason approved 3-on-3 overtime to be immediately played after regulation. For several conferences, including the WCHA, there was a 5-on-5 OT followed by their own 3-on-3, then a shootout, for an extra point in the standings. Now, it's right to 3-on-3, just like the NHL and other professional levels. MSU and BSU were scoreless after the 5-minute OT, and since it was an nonconference game, there was no need to go to a shootout. However, the coaches must have agreed to play a shootout, and the Mavericks won in, thanks to a nasty Julian Napravnik goal and a perfect performance from Edquist
The Mavericks are now off until Jan. 2-3 when they go to Northern Michigan.
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