Minnesota Duluth was seeing the 44-year-old John Glas Fieldhouse for the final time Friday night.<\/p>\n
The building, a year younger than their home the DECC, is steeped in hockey history at the Division II and III level under Bemidji State coach Bob Peters, and has been part of the program\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s emergence in Division I under coach Tom Serratore.<\/p>\n
Next season, the Beavers will play in the brand new $44 million Bemidji Regional Events Center and move from College Hockey America to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, facing UMD in their second home series.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind seeing a new building. No. 14 Bemidji State stopped fourth ranked UMD 4-1 before a sellout crowd of 2,414 Friday night in a non-conference battle between in-state heavyweights.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153When we forecheck like we can, there aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a lot of teams that can stay with us,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Bemidji State right winger Ian Lowe, who had two goals. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our team starts with our goalie [Dan Bakala], and then we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll block as many shots as we can, and we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give the other team a lot of room.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
UMD (16-8-1, the WCHA leader) bused to the game Friday afternoon and was met with a hungry Bemidji State team (16-5-2) that had gone 2-3-1 the previous six games. Lowe scored with 8:56 left in the first period as the Beavers led in shots on goal 11-7.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs picked up the pace, especially in the second period, but left with a third straight loss at John Glas and saw their four-game win streak overall broken.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Maybe we had some bus legs early, but we can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use that as an excuse,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said center Jack Connolly, who had UMD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only goal. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The only period that we looked like ourselves was in the second, when it felt like we could\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve scored five or 10 goals. But one period really isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough to win any game.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
UMD trailed just 1-0 after two periods, but Bemidji State, the College Hockey America leader, scored three in the third. Bakala had a shutout until Connolly scored his 16th goal of the season, on a power play, with 4:26 to play.<\/p>\n
Bemidji State\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s two home losses this season have been to Minnesota State-Mankato and the Beavers looked intent on a better showing against another future conference member. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re 2-3 against WCHA teams this season and 9-2 at John Glas overall.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was nice to get a lead and after that we were opportunistic,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Serratore. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153UMD was good in the second period and we were able to hold on. We managed the puck better [than in last weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s league split at Niagara], but it easily could\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been a 1-0 game.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Lowe finished off a pass from behind the net by scoring from the crease with 8:56 to go in the first period. Two UMD power plays were blanked in the first period by Bemidji State\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hustling penalty killers. And two more were snuffed in the second, including 27 seconds of a Bulldog 5-on-3 advantage.<\/p>\n
However, UMD loosened up in the second period and outshot Bemidji State 12-6, but couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get past Bakala, second in Division I with 13 victories.<\/p>\n
After two periods, UMD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s scoreless streak at John Glas was at 123 minutes and 11 seconds, including a 2-0 loss in 2007-08 and a 5-2 loss on Dec. 8, 2006.<\/p>\n
The lead went to 2-0 in a 5-on-3 power play, from defenseman Brad Hunt at the right circle. Goals 73 seconds apart put the game out of reach as Lowe, his 11th of the season, was followed by Brance Orban with 8:51 to play.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We missed the net a lot and we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help our goalie [Kenny Reiter] much,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said UMD coach Scott Sandelin. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bemidji played well, but we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got to be ready. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got to finish better and not take bad penalties.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Reiter, in his fifth straight start, was replaced by Brady Hjelle after Orban\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s goal. UMD led in final shots on goal 30-26.<\/p>\n
Bemidji State is 6-3 the last nine games in the series. The teams meet at 7:07 p.m. today at the DECC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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