ERIE, Pa. - Five different players scored for Michigan Tech to
record its second sweep of the season defeating Mercyhurst 5-1 in a
non-conference road match-up.
"I have a lot of respect for Mercyhurst. A lot of guys got rewarded
for doing the little things," said head coach Jamie
Russell.
Senior Tyler Shelast scored his 11th goal of the season,
and second of the weekend, with his game-opening goal at 10:02 of
the first period. Senior Peter Rouleau won the face-off before
Shelast's shot snuck inside the post.
The Lakers tied the game near the end of the period as senior Ben
Cottreau scored at 18:43 of the first period. Cottreau used a great
individual effort to pick up his seventh goal of the season. He was
assisted on the even strength goal by a pair of juniors, Brett
Robinson and Kirk Medernach.
After killing off a five-minute major penalty for checking from
behind, the Huskies rebounded by scoring a pair of goals in the
second period.
"We did a great job tonight. Our penalty kill was huge," said
Russell.
Senior captain Jimmy Kerr scored his seventh goal of the season
after collecting his own rebound that deflected off senior Tyler
Shelast. Sophomore Drew Dobson also picked up an assist on the
goal at 16:22.
Rouleau tallied his first goal of the game and fourth point on the
weekend as he scored the Huskies' first shorthanded goal of the
season at 19:46. Rouleau created a turnover at center before
collecting the puck and skating in alone on Mercyhurst goalie Matt
Lundin.
"Pete has great vision as a player and he sees the ice so well. We
weren't clicking at the beginning of the year but it was just a
matter of time before we starting clicking," said Shelast on his
fellow line mate.
Junior Derek Kitti opened the third period with his
first goal of the season at 7:43. He was the third Husky to take a
shot on the loose puck in front of the net. He was assisted by
sophomore Ryan Bunger and junior Ryan
Angelow.
"I got the third crack at it. I expected to get one sooner or
later," said Kitti.
Angelow then followed up by scoring the final Tech goal at 14:18.
He was assisted by junior Malcolm
Gwilliam and freshman Deron
Cousens on the power play goal.
Junior Rob Nolan (5-5-0) made 22 saves and allowed one
goal in his fifth straight start in net for Tech.
Junior Matt Lundin (4-6-1) made 24 saves and gave up all five goals
for Mercyhurst.
Tech (9-9-2) scored twice on the power play (2-7) while holding
Mercyhurst (5-13-2) scoreless on the man advantage (0-5).
Michigan Tech will return to WCHA play Jan. 11th and 12th when it
faces North Dakota on the road.
