HOUGHTON, Mich. - Senior Malcolm Gwilliam scored two
goals and added one assist to lead Michigan Tech to a 4-1 win over
Minnesota State Friday (Jan. 29) at the John MacInnes Student Ice
Arena. The Huskies improve to 4-20-1 overall and 3-16-0 in the WCHA
and the Mavericks fall to 11-15-2, 5-13-1.
"I thought we did a good job all the way around tonight," said head
coach Jamie Russell. "We did a
good job in our end and I thought that a couple of times we gave up
a few odd man rushes in the secondary because our third guy was up
on the offensive zone and trying to bite off a little too much and
their defense was just on and they got a couple of opportunities
that way."
Junior Jordan Baker had the best
scoring chance of the first period. He created a turnover near the
blue line and then skated in and sent a shot on the Maverick goal
that was saved by sophomore goalie Austin Lee.
Baker would find his way onto the scoresheet less than 90 seconds
into the second period when he sent a pass to senior Drew
Dobson for the tap in goal at 1:26. Junior Eric
Kattelus also picked up an assist on Dobson's fourth goal of
the season.
Gwilliam picked up his first of three points on an assist on
sophomore Brett Olson's team-leading
13th goal of the season. Senior John Kivisto also assisted
on the goal at 7:13 of the middle period.
Gwilliam closed the scoring in the second period after putting away
a loose puck in front of the net at 17:38. Junior Bennett
Royer recorded the lone assist on the goal.
Dobson recorded his second point of the evening after Gwilliam
scored on a rebound off of Dobson's shot. Kivisto also tallied his
second assist of the evening on the power play goal at 15:05.
Minnesota State spoiled the Tech shut out less than 30 seconds
later. Junior Rylan Galiardi capitalized on a poor Tech turnover in
its defensive end to score his sixth goal unassisted at 15:35.
Freshman Kevin
Genoe (3-13-1) made 30 saves on 31 shots in his third career
win.
Lee (7-10-0) made 24 saves in the Maverick loss.
The two teams will wrap-up their season series Saturday (Jan. 30)
at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena.
