The St. Cloud State Huskies finished a weekend sweep of the Northern
Michigan Wildcats with a 2-1 victory on home ice.  Defense was evidently
the name of the game; both teams had 8 power plays but failed to score
on any of them.
 
The Huskies took a 2-0 lead in the first.  NMU's Steve Carpenter got his
first goal of the season in the third period, but it ended at 2-1.
 
Rick Comley, Wildcat head coach, was quoted as saying "We didn't play
well the first two periods.  We need to learn how to compete every night
out.  It was a chaotic game, with a lot of power plays.  Our defense as
a whole played better, and (goalie Corwin) Saurdiff kept us in the game
at times.  He had a good game.
 
The eight power plays killed by the Wildcats extended their streak to 26
straight over the past four games.
 
Scoring
 
First period
 
1.  SCS, Kelly Hultgren (2) (Knipscheer), 10:24
 
2.  SCS, Dan Reimann (2) (Moser, Hagen), 12:39
 
Second period
 
none
 
Third period
 
3.  NMU, Steve Carpenter (2) (Karlander, Green), 8:45
 
Penalties: NMU, 11-25; SCS, 11-22
 
Goalie saves: NMU, 21 (Saurdiff) (9-7-5); SCS 18 (Grant Sjerven) (5-3-9)
 
Power play opportunities: NMU 0/8; SCS 0/8
 
The Huskies are now 4-4 overall and in the WCHA; the Wildcats are 1-7-2
overall and 1-5-2 in the league.
 
Sigh!!!
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