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Early Power Play Goals
Too Much for Pointers
Box Score
Three power play goals in the
first 12 minutes of the game were too much for the UW-Stevens Point men's hockey
team despite a late rally in a 5-4 loss to UW-Stout on Saturday at Willett
Arena.
The Blue Devils scored on their
first three power play chances and added another power play score before holding
off a furious two-man advantage for the Pointer in the final minute for the
victory. UW-Stout is ranked fifth in the country and improved to 16-1-2 overall
and 7-0-1 in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. UW-Stevens Point
dropped its fourth straight game and fell to 5-12-2 overall and 1-6-1 in the
league.
UW-Stout had an early
five-on-three power play and scored on both chances with Andrew Stearns scoring
at the 5:16 mark and Andy Wiesner getting a goal at the 6:29 mark. Luke
Schroeder finished the trifecta at the 11:53 mark to put UW-Stout ahead 3-0.
The Blue Devils had a fourth power
play later in the first period, but this time the Pointers did the scoring with
Nick Zebro taking a perfect feed from Matt Stendahl for a shorthanded breakaway
goal at the 16:35 mark. UW-Stout, however, bounced back and went ahead 4-1 on an
even-strength goal by Scott Motz with 41 seconds left in the first period.
Russel Law scored a power play
goal off a pass from Adam Setten for the Pointers in the second period and
UW-Stout went ahead 5-2 at the 4:49 mark of the third period on a power play
score from Nick Klaren.
The Pointers' comeback started
with 10:05 left in the game as Rolf Ulvin scored off passes from Sean Fish and
Pat Lee. Late in the period, UW-Stout committed back-to-back penalties, giving
the Pointers a two-man advantage with 1:35 remaining. UW-Stevens Point pulled
the goalie for a six-on-three advantage and scored 21 seconds later when Nate
Sorenson launched a long-range shot with assists from Fish and Lee.
The Pointers still had a power
play and pulled the goalie for the final 54 seconds, but were unable to get the
tying score. UW-Stevens Point outshot the Blue Devils 15-4 in the final period
and 34-24 for the game. Mike Stone made 30 saves for UW-Stout. |
