St. Cloud State finally played a complete conference game.<\/p>\n
The Huskies (6-4-0 overall, 1-3-0 WCHA) scored early, grabbed a 2-0 lead and held on as SCSU defeated Denver 4-2 Friday in front of 5,942 at the National Hockey Center.<\/p>\n
The win was the first conference victory this season for St. Cloud State.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We came out slow, we weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ready to play,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Pioneers assistant captain Tyler Ruegsegger. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They came out ready to play and pounced all over us right from the beginning.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
The Huskies outshot the Pioneers (6-3-1 overall, 4-2-1 WCHA) 15-2 in the first period but led only 1-0 after 20 minutes. Garrett Roe took a fine pass from Jared Festler in the slot, made a move, and slipped the puck under Marc Cheverie at 4:46.<\/p>\n
Denver escaped the first period otherwise unscathed, thanks in large part to Cheverie. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sometimes he was lucky, sometimes he was just good,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Pioneers coach George Gwozdecky. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We were lucky to be in the game at that point.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
St. Cloud went up two five minutes into the second on a goal by David Carlisle. He shot from the point found its way through traffic and under the armpit of Cheverie at 5:17. Roe and Festler added assists. <\/p>\n
Denver got on the board shortly thereafter, as Luke Salazar rifled a wrist shot past Jase Weslosky from the near circle. It was the freshman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seventh goal this season. <\/p>\n
After a rough first period, Denver outshot SCSU 11-7 in the second period and trailed 2-1 headed to the third. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There were a couple of shifts where I think we started to get it going,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ruegsegger said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Then it kind of fell apart again.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Michael Olson made it 3-1 Huskies 4:40 into the third period. His goal would stand as the game winner, as the Pioneers would close back within one 1:19 later, but could not find the equalizer.<\/p>\n
Patrick Wiercioch took advantage of a questionable diving call on SCSU\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ryan Lasch by lighting the lamp just 20 seconds into DU\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s third man advantage of the night. The goal was his fifth this season. <\/p>\n
But St. Cloud again pushed their lead to two goals, as Aaron Marvin capped scoring with a pretty wrist shot that snuck just under the cross bar at 14:45. The goal was the sophomore\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fourth of the year.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You can call it desperation, you can call it hunger, you can call it urgency,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Gwozdecky said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One group of skaters wanted a lot more than the other group.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Denver and St. Cloud State will play game two of the series Saturday at the National Hockey Center. Face off is set for 7:07 CST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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