Brett Knowles scored with 44 seconds left in the game, propelling No. 14 Minnesota State to a 2-1 upset over top-ranked Minnesota at Mariucci Arena, ending the Gophers’ 10-game unbeaten streak.<\/p>\n
The goal was Knowles’ second of the year and came of a rebound from a shot from the blue line by Zach Palmquist. Knowles made no mistake and buried the loose puck into the open net.<\/p>\n
“We fought through a lot that third period,” said Minnesota State coach Mike Hastings. “I thought the guys played well tonight. I didn’t think we created a lot of their offense, which was important for us and found a way to get one.”<\/p>\n
“The way both goalies were playing, that’s kind a of the way it looked,” Minnesota coach Don Lucia said. “It wasn’t probably going to be a clean shot.”<\/p>\n
The Gophers did not go down without a fight in the remaining 44 seconds, nearly tying the game twice.<\/p>\n
“I do not know how that last one did not go in,” said Hastings. “They had a good look at it.”<\/p>\n
The valiant effort capped a period where Minnesota outplayed the Mavericks winning faceoff after faceoff and peppered goaltender Stephon Williams with 20 shots.<\/p>\n
“We were playing a little bit on our heels and Minnesota showed why they are the No. 1 team in the country,” said Hastings.<\/p>\n
Williams was superb, stopping 37 of 38 shots on the game and outdueling fellow freshman netminder Adam Wilcox, who stopped 31 shots.<\/p>\n
“I thought [Williams] was really good tonight, especially at the end, really throughout the third period,” Hastings said.<\/p>\n
Nate Schmidt opened the scoring at 7:48 of the second. Nate Condon found Schmidt make a run up the weak side. The pass was behind Schmidt, who showed great hands rotating the puck to his forehand before popping the puck over Williams.<\/p>\n
Johnny McInnis tied the score at 16:42 of the second with a power-play goal. Wilcox lost track of where the puck was behind the net. Matt Leitner fed for the four-foot tap in as Wilcox looked over his shoulder.<\/p>\n
The Mavericks started strong putting pressure on the Gophers from the opening draw, notching seven of the first 10 shots and outshooting Minnesota 12-8 on the stanza. Despite the high number of shots for Minnesota State, the Mavericks had very few high-quality chances.<\/p>\n
“We came out early and they had the momentum the first half of the game,” Lucia said. “We were kinda sagging. We weren’t playing on our toes.”<\/p>\n
The best scoring opportunity of the first came when Minnesota’s Travis Boyd was stopped on a back-door one-timer on the tail end of a two-on-one rush from just at the edge of the crease. Williams went pipe to pipe to stuff Boyd.<\/p>\n
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