Down 1-0 early, St. Cloud rallied for five unanswered goals to gain a 5-2 win over visiting Michigan Tech on Friday night at the National Hockey Center.<\/p>\n
MTU gained a quick lead when Tom Kaiman scored on an unassisted goal at 12:52 before the Huskies tallied five straight to take control of the game.<\/p>\n
First up for SCSU was senior Brandon Sampair, who tied the game at 14:00. Junior Duvie Westcott gained the next goal at 15:18 on an unassisted effort to make it 2-1 at the end of the first.<\/p>\n
Junior Tyler Arnason scored his 100th career point when he notched the eventual game-winner on a power-play goal at 2:54 of the second with an assist from Sampair.<\/p>\n
In the third period, Jeff Finger scored his third goal of the season with an assist from Matt Hendricks at 6:26 before Derek Eastman scored the Huskies’ final tally with an assist from Sampair at 13:40, shorthanded. For Sampair, it was his 100th career point.<\/p>\n
MTU added a final goal at 19:30 of the third when Brad Patterson scored with assists from Mat Snesrud and Paul Cabana.<\/p>\n
Scott Meyer was the goalie of record for SCSU with 22 saves, while Brian Rogers had 36 saves for MTU. SCSU outshot MTU by a mark of 41-24.<\/p>\n
The win pushes SCSU’s record to 16-4-1 overall and 11-4-0 in the WCHA, while MTU falls to 5-15-1, 3-12-0 WCHA. The two teams will tangle again Saturday at the NHC. Game time is slated for 7:05 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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