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Fish Lifts Pointers to
Comeback Win Over Saints
Box Score
Sean Fish started and ended a
comeback from a two-goal third period deficit for the UW-Stevens Point men's
hockey team in a 4-3 overtime victory over St. Scholastica on Friday at Willett
Arena.
Trailing 3-1 with less than eight
minutes left in the final period, Fish scored with assists from Russel Law and
Josh Calleja to pull the Pointers within a goal. Just 46 seconds later, Nick
Zebro scored off a pass from Dan Francis to tie the game.
In overtime, the Pointers
benefitted from a five-minute major penalty on the Saints and cashed when Fish
converted a rebound off a shot from Tom Upton for the game-winner with 1:05
remaining. The win snapped a four-game winless streak for the Pointers, who are
now 4-4-1 overall and 1-3-1 in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. St.
Scholastica is 6-3 overall and 1-2 in the NCHA.
Andy Cankar opened the game with
an unassisted goal just 3:02 into the first period to stake UW-Stevens Point to
an early lead. However, St. Scholastica bounced back with a first period goal
from Kris Boyce and second period scores from Joey Hughes and Kyle Luschinski to
take the two-goal advantage.
Marcus Paulson made 35 saves for
the Pointers and Tyler Johnson stopped 21 shots for the Saints, who held a 38-25
advantage in shots. UW-Stevens Point had all five of the game's shots during the
overtime period. |
