Call it d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. Call it bizarre. But in the end, it was just another painful loss for the Michigan Tech Huskies.<\/p>\n
Ritchie Larson scored with 1:33 left in regulation, capping a wild finish and giving St. Cloud State a 4-3 victory and weekend sweep Saturday night at MacInnes Arena.<\/p>\n
Just 19 seconds earlier, Bob Rangus had scored to complete Michigan Tech’s rally from a 3-0 deficit.<\/p>\n
“It’s the craziest game I’ve ever seen,” said St. Cloud State coach Craig Dahl, who was disappointed with his team’s effort but relieved to escape with a four-point weekend. “If you want to stay in any kind of race, you’ve got to find a way to do it.”<\/p>\n
Tech (3-11-1, 3-11-0 WCHA) had rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game on Friday night, only to watch the visitors win in overtime.<\/p>\n
“Sooner or later, we’re going to get out of this,” said Michigan Tech interim coach Mike Sertich.<\/p>\n
Joe Motzko, Derek Eastman (shorthanded), and Mark Hartigan scored first-period goals to give SCSU (10-3-1, 5-3-0 WCHA) a 3-0 lead. St. Cloud State outshot the host Huskies 13-5 in the opening 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
But when the second period began, Michigan Tech picked up its intensity and started showing some signs of life. And it paid dividends.<\/p>\n
With SCSU’s Tyler Arnason off for hooking, Tech defenseman Clint Way took a shot from the point that went through traffic and eluded St. Cloud netminder Scott Meyer at the 5:56 mark.<\/p>\n
Tech then made it a 3-2 game at 18:46 when Chris Durno emerged from a wild scramble in front of the net and slid the puck past a sprawled out Meyer.<\/p>\n
Tech continued its strong play in the third period, outshooting SCSU 20-10 and pressing for the tying goal.<\/p>\n
Meyer, who stopped 34 shots, made a series of brilliant saves with just over four minutes left in the game. But finally, with 1:52 left, Rangus skated in on the left side and ripped one past Meyer, sending the home crowd into a frenzy and setting up the crazy finish.<\/p>\n
“I’m not happy with the way we started, and that’s mental,” said Sertich. “We addressed it [Friday night’s OT loss] this morning and we should have been able to move on from it.”<\/p>\n
“They [Tech] gave us a couple scares this weekend,” said SCSU defenseman and Houghton native Jeff Finger. “Honestly, I think we’re lucky to sneak out of here with four points.”<\/p>\n
Jason Moilanen, in his first start of the season, made 25 saves for Michigan Tech, which was 1-for-6 on the power play. SCSU was 0-for-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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