Minnesota State-Mankato broke open a 1-1 tie with three second-period goals en route to a 5-1 victory and a weekend sweep of Michigan Tech on Saturday night. <\/p>\n
Tim Jackman, Tyler Baines, Nate Mauer, Cole Bassett, and Andy Hedlund scored for the Mavericks (3-5-0, 3-5-0 WCHA). Jerry Cunningham and Ben Christopherson each had three assists.<\/p>\n
“I thought we played a lot better tonight,” Mankato coach Troy Jutting said. “I thought our intensity was better and I thought our execution was better tonight.”<\/p>\n
The Mavericks scored a power-play goal in each period, finishing 3-for-7 with the man advantage.<\/p>\n
“I thought our power play executed very well all weekend,” said Jutting, whose team scored both its goals on the power play in Friday night’s win.<\/p>\n
“One of things we try to stress in practice is to take advantage of our opportunities,” Christopherson said. “Sometimes they go your way and sometimes they don’t.”<\/p>\n
With Tech’s Brett Engelhardt in the penalty box, Jackman got the Mavericks going when he scored his fourth goal of the season just 2:12 into the game.<\/p>\n
Engelhardt redeemed himself though when he fired a shot through Mankato goaltender Todd Kelzenberg’s legs to tie the game at the 14:03 mark.<\/p>\n
When the second period started, though, the Mavericks took control.<\/p>\n
Baines put Mankato back in front on assists from Cunningham and Christopherson 2:10 into the middle period and the Mavericks never looked back. <\/p>\n
Just 10 seconds after Tech’s Chris Durno went off for interference at 14:21, Mauer beat Huskies’ goaltender Brian Rogers from inside the left circle to make it a 3-1 game.<\/p>\n
Freshman Cole Bassett then made it a 4-1 game 68 seconds later when he raced in on a breakaway and backhanded the puck past Rogers. <\/p>\n
Tech picked up the intensity in the third period but still couldn’t generate much offense.<\/p>\n
With 6:03 left in the game, Hedlund scored a power-play goal from the point to make it a 5-1 game and secure the victory and sweep.<\/p>\n
“Any time you can get a sweep in this league — at home or on the road — it’s very important,” Jutting said.<\/p>\n
“It’s good for us,” Christopherson said. “It gives us a lot of confidence going into next weekend.”<\/p>\n
Rogers finished with 34 saves for Michigan Tech (1-7-1, 1-7-0), while Kelzenberg made 19 saves for Mankato.<\/p>\n
Tech, which was 0-for-4 on the power play, fell to 0-6-1 at home on the season. <\/p>\n
Mankato returns home to take on Denver next weekend, while the Huskies hit the road to battle Minnesota-Duluth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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