Chad Rau and Addison DeBoer scored for Colorado College as the Tigers hung on for a 2-1 win over Michigan Tech in WCHA play Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The No. 15 Huskies received a goal from Malcolm Gwilliam and a solid performance between the pipes from sophomore goaltender Rob Nolan.<\/p>\n
The Huskies controlled the play in the first period — tying a single-period season-best with 14 shots on goal while giving up only eight — but still found themselves down a goal during the first intermission.<\/p>\n
Rau put the home team on the scoreboard on a power-play goal at the 7:19 mark of the opening stanza. Rau picked up a loose puck near the left faceoff circle, skated into the slot and put a shot over Nolan’s left shoulder to give the Tigers (5-4-1, 2-2-0 WCHA) a 1-0 advantage. Brian Connelly and Cody Lampl were credited with assists on the goal.<\/p>\n
The Huskies had several solid scoring opportunities during the opening frame, including a hard wrist shot from the slot by Ryan Angelow, but were unable to solve Tigers’ netminder Matt Zaba.<\/p>\n
DeBoer gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead at 2:46 of the second period with his third goal of the season off an assist from Lee Sweatt. DeBoer got behind the Michigan Tech defense and took a long outlet pass from Sweatt before firing the puck just above Nolan’s outstretched glove.<\/p>\n
Nolan kept the Huskies within striking distance during the middle frame with a host of spectacular saves, including a sliding kick-save on Scott Thauwald during a Colorado College 4-on-1 rush and a flashy glove save on a hard wrister by Scott McCulloch.<\/p>\n
Gwilliam cut the Tigers’ lead in half at the 17:12 mark of the second period on his second career goal off a pass from Phil Axtell. Gwilliam created a Colorado College turnover in the neutral zone and proceeded to join Axtell on a rush up-ice. Axtell then dropped a pass to Gwilliam, who came to a complete standstill just inside the blue line before rifling a shot past Zaba.<\/p>\n
The final period saw the two teams battle to a stalemate, as Nolan and Zaba both stood tall in goal for their respective clubs.<\/p>\n
The Huskies had one final chance to tie the game when Colorado College’s Derek Patrosso was whistled for cross-checking with 1:47 remaining, but were unable to convert on the man-advantage.<\/p>\n
Nolan stopped 23 of 25 shots for the Huskies, while Zaba made 30 saves in goal for the Tigers. Michigan Tech finished with a 31-25 shot advantage in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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