MTU won a needed game last night to move them into a tie for
fifth palce in the WCHA. In all periods, St. Cloud game out
strong for about the first two minutes. After that MTU
adjusted to St. Cloud and took the game away. St Cloud started
the game with their full team for first time this season
as the players with injury have returned.
 
In the first period,  both teams scored on their first shot
on net. St. Cloud took the lead at 1:06 when Gasseau took
a pass from Lund. Gasseau was alone in front and beat
Caravaggio. MTU came right back at 2:06 when Liam
Garvey broke down the right side and passed off to Kyle
Peterson who back handed a shot on Leitza's glove side.
This took the wind from St. Cloud and MTU took the
momentum for the rest of the period.
 
In the 2nd period, St. Cloud again came out strong scoring
just 36 seconds into the period when Lievers punched a
shot to the right of Caravaggio on a powerplay. However,
MTU regained momentum when MTU's Pat Mikesch got
called for a 5 minute major checking from behind. St. Cloud's
Santare did something extremely stupid by getting up and
punching Pat Mikesch for which he received a 5 minute
major and a DQ. Had he kept his cool, St. Cloud may have
gotten the knock out blow against MTU as they were playing
well up to this point. However, Santare's penalty nullified
Pat Mikesch's and proved the game game turning point.  MTU
started to attack and it paid off. Hultgren in order to
thwart an MTU drive tossed the puck out of the rink for which
he received a 2 minute minor delay of game.  This lead to
MTU's Jeff Mikesch scoring at 10:06 on a powerplay. Several
shots were put on goal in quick succession, which were
duly blocked by Leitza. Jeff picked up a free rebound in front
and managed finally to get it by Leitza.  MTU's Mike
Figliomeni who hasn't seen much action this year chipped
a shot over Leitza after another pass from Garvey at 14:07.
At 16:50, Brent Peterson stole the puck in center ice and
went 1 on 1 with Leitza. Leitza managed to partially block
the shot, but the puck dribbled into the net. At 18:24, as
Andre Savage was breaking free on a charge down the slot,
an unidentified St. Cloud player grabbed his shirt and hauled
him to the ice. Savage received a rare penalty shot but
could not score on Leitza as the shot went high.
 
In the third, St. Cloud came out the gates hard, but like most
horses that charge out of the gate lost their stride. This
time MTU was able to close them down before they did any
damage. St. Cloud got a powerplay score at 11:59 when
Caravaggio after blocking a shot was on the ice. St. Cloud's
Liever put his second goal of the night over Caravaggio's
hapless body.  The period ended when Randy Stevens got an
empty netter at 19:45.
 
MTU is now 8-8-1 in the WCHA and 11-9-2 overall. What
is unigue about this season is that they are 6-2-2 on the
road.
 
MTU   1 3 1 - 5
SCSU 1 1 1 - 3
 
Goalie Saves:
 
MTU Caravaggio  6   4   6 - 16
SCSU Leitza       6  14 11 - 31
 
1st Period:
 
Scoring:
 
SCSU Gasseau (Lund) 1:06
MTU K. Peterson (Garvey) 2:06
 
Penalties:
 
     SCSU Holem slashing 10:01
     SCSU Markstrom slashing 12:41
     MTU  Meyers slashing 15:39
     MTU Wright hooking 19:46
 
2nd Period:
 
SCSU Lievers (Gagnon, Hultgren) 00:36 ppg
MTU J. Mikesch (Harris, Meyers) 10:06 ppg
MTU Figliomeni (Garvey, P. Mikesch) 14:07
MTU B. Peterson (unassisted) 16:50
 
Penalties:
 
     MTU P. Mikesch 5 min major checking from behind 7:04
     SCSU Santare 5 min major + DQ fighting 7:04
     SCSU Hultgren delay 8:14
     MTU Prokopetz roughing 12:54
     MTU K. Peterson roughing 12:54
     SCSU Reiman roughing 12:54
     SCSU Ryder roughing 12:54
     MTU Harris holding 16:38
     SCSU Paradise holding 16:38
     SCSU (player unknown) holding 18:24 (penalty shot)
 
3rd Period:
 
Scoring
 
SCSU Lievers (Johnson, Gagnon) 11:59 ppg
MTU Stevens (unassisted) 19:45 eng
 
Penalties:
 
    SCSU Lepler interference 4:34
    MTU Jensen cross check 11:22
    MTU Garvey interference 13:20
 
 
Stars:  3rd: SCSU Lievers
           2nd: MTU J. Mikesch
           1st: MTU B. Peterson