> St. Cloud State moves into first place
> Associated Press
>
> DENVER -- Goalie Brian Leitza made 27 saves and Jason
> Stewart scored the game winner as St. Cloud State defeated
> Denver 6-2 in a Western Collegiate Hockley Association
> game Sunday.
>
> The win put the Huskies alone atop the WCHA. Including
> Saturday's 3-2 win over Denver, St. Cloud State improved
> its conference record to 8-1-1. Wisconsin is in second place
> at 7-1-0.
>
> It was Denver's sixth straight loss.
>
> The Huskies took a 3-0 lead on goals by Matt Noga, Ryan
> Frisch and Stewart's game winner at 17:26 of the second
> period before Denver (3-9-0, 2-6) scored on Mike Dairon's
> goal at 2:26 of the third period.
>
> Josh DeWolf's goal at 8:12 increased the gap to 4-1 before
> Denver's Paul Veres' power play goal at 9:32 narrowed the
> score to 4-2.
>
> The Huskies (9-3-2, 8-1-2) locked up the game on empty
> net goals by Jason Goulet and Geno Parrish in the final three
> minutes.
>
>
> Michigan State 3, Minnesota 2
>
> Mike Ford got Michigan State on the board at 11:29 of the
> opening period and the Spartans never trailed as they beat
> Minnesota 3-2 in a College Hockey Showcase game in East
> Lansing, Mich.
>
> Wyatt Smith scored both goals for the Gophers (4-10), who
> extended their winless streak to seven games, breaking a
> team record for one season set in January 1972.
>
> Chad Alban stopped 21 shots for Michigan State (13-1-2).
> Kevin O'Keefe and Mike York also scored for Michigan
> State.
>
> Steve DeBus had 25 saves for Minnesota, which had won
> its last seven games with the Spartans dating back to the
> 1987 NCAA semifinals.
>
> Minnesota lost to Michigan 4-3 in Ann Arbor on Friday
> night in the Gophers' first game in the Showcase, an annual
> tournament featuring two WCHA and two CCHA schools.
> Michigan State beat Wisconsin 2-0 Friday.
>
>
>
> Michigan 2, Wisconsin 1
>
> Josh Langfeld scored the winning goal on a power play in
> the second period as Michigan beat Wisconsin in the other
> Showcase game Sunday.
>
> Michigan (11-3-1) scored first on a power play goal by Bill
> Muckalt with an assist from Mark Kosick at 5:43 in the first
> period. Wisconsin's Craig Anderson came back with a
> power play goal at 16:32 of the first period off a pass by Joe
> Bianchi.
>
> Langfeld's goal at 3:55 in the second period, with help from
> Kosick and Mike Van Ryn, provided the winning margin.
>
> Marty Turco had 25 saves for the Wolverines. Mike Valley
> had 27 saves for Wisconsin (7-3)
 
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