HOUGHTON, Mich. - No. 11 Minnesota State scored a pair of power play goals to skate away with a 4-2 win over the Michigan Tech hockey team in WCHA action Saturday (Nov. 22). The Mavericks (7-3-2, 5-3-2) finished 2-3 on the power play and Tech (2-9-1, 1-8-1) was 0-3.

"We made some mistakes, and they capitalized," said head coach Jamie Russell. "We had a few two-on-one chances and couldn't convert."

MSU jumped out to a 2-0 lead by the first intermission thanks to goals by junior forward Trevor Bruess and sophomore Rylan Galiardi.

Bruess' goal came at 3:44 off assists by junior forward Geoff Irwin and sophomore defenseman Ben Youds.

Sophomore defenseman Kurt Davis connected with Galiardi on a long pass from his own defensive end for the Mavericks' second goal. Senior goalie Mike Zacharias also assisted on the power play goal at 15:19.

Sophomore forward Jordan Baker scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season at 7:40 of the second period. Freshman forward Brett Olson recorded his third point of the weekend with an assist on the goal. Fellow freshman forward Alex MacLeod also assisted on the goal.

After a goal by MSU junior defenseman Nick Canzanello, senior forward Alex Gagne pulled the Huskies back within a goal when his shot deflected off two Maverick defensemen and into the net. It was his third goal of the season. Junior defender Drew Dobson recorded his team-best ninth assist of the season and senior defenseman Geoff Kinrade tallied his third.

Mankato put the game away when junior forward Trevor Bruess scored his second goal of the night on the power play at 11:48 of the third period. Youds and Davis each picked up their second assists of the evening on the goal.

Zacharias (7-3-2), who has played every game for the Mavericks this season, made 26 saves and gave up both goals.

Freshman Josh Robinson (1-2-0), who made his first regular season start at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena, made 21 saves on 25 shots.

Tech will play a non-conference series next weekend (Nov. 28-29) at Bemidji State.