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Fast Start Leads
Pointers to Win Over Foresters
Box Score
UW-Stevens Point got off to a fast start and snapped a
six-game losing streak by rolling past Lake Forest 6-2 in a Northern Collegiate
Hockey Association contest on Friday at Willett Arena.
The Pointers outshot the Foresters 47-19 for the game,
including 19-8 in the first period in racing to a two-goal lead for the victory.
Matt Stendahl had two goals and Nick Zebro and Brett Beckfeld each had two
assists in the win as the Pointers improved to 6-14-2 overall and 2-8-1 in the
NCHA. Lake Forest was undefeated in its last seven meetings with the Pointers,
but fell to 3-17-2 overall and 0-9-2 in the league.
Dan Francis got the Pointers out to an early lead,
rifling a long power play goal over the shoulder of Foresters� goalie Scott
Campbell just 4:46 into the game. Zebro and Tom Upton each had assists and it
marked the first time in the past five games the Pointers have scored first as
they improved to 5-2 this season when tallying the game�s first goal.
Stendahl put the Pointers ahead 2-0 with a goal at the
14:55 mark of the period off a pass from Zebro. Lake Forest countered on a goal
from Tyler Canal at the 8:30 mark of the second period to pull within 2-1.
However, UW-Stevens Point answered on its sixth power play opportunity of the
period as Rolf Ulvin scored with assists from Beckfeld and Sean Fish.
Stendahl scored off an assist from Ross Johnson at the
6:43 mark of the third period and Johnson put the Pointers ahead 5-1 on a
shorthanded goal at the 9:09 mark off a pass from Beckfeld. It marked the fourth
straight game and fifth time in six games the Pointers have scored shorthanded.
Lake Forest�s Peter Morrison followed with a power
play goal 29 seconds later, but Josh Calleja finished the scoring for the
Pointers on a goal with 33 seconds left in the game.
Marcus Paulson picked up the win and made 17 saves for
the Pointers, while Campbell stopped 41 shots for the Foresters. |
