After falling behind 3-0 in the first period, the Michigan Tech Huskies eventually came back to defeat American International 4-3 on Friday.<\/p>\n
Blake Pietila scored twice to kick off the comeback, while Steven Seigo and Jordan Baker scored in the final three minutes to give the Huskies the victory.<\/p>\n
“They played with a lot more desperation as a team and they were repaid for their hard work,” Michigan Tech coach Mel Pearson said of his team’s third-period play.<\/p>\n
Pearson changed the line combinations for the final period, making an all-freshman line out of David Johnstone, Pietila and center Tanner Kero.<\/p>\n
The change up proved to be effective for the Huskies. Pietila scored his second power-play goal of the game to make it 3-2.<\/p>\n
Seigo, a junior defender and a Huskies alternate captain, tied the game at 17:47 of the third when his blast from the blue line soared over American International goaltender Ben Meisner’s shoulder.<\/p>\n
Senior forward Baker, another alternate captain, got the winner after forcing the puck past Meisner’s foot during a scrum in front of the net with a minute to play.<\/p>\n
The rally negated a good start by the Yellow Jackets. Steve Mele scored on their first shot of the night, beating Kevin Genoe through the pads 9:13 into the first period.<\/p>\n
The goals kept coming for the Yellow Jackets when only two minutes later — and on their second shot of the game — sophomore forward Jon Puskar sent a rocket from the point over Genoe’s glove and into the net at 11:37.<\/p>\n
Jeff Ceccacci deflected a shot past Genoe late in the first period for a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Michigan Tech made it 3-1 on Pietila’s first goal, on a power play with just under two minutes left in the second period. His shot deflected off a Yellow Jackets defenseman and past Meisner.<\/p>\n
Meisner made 33 saves for the Yellow Jackets. Genoe stopped 17 shots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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