Scoring is what Minnesota Duluth missed most in its recent four-game winless streak.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs averaged 1.5 goals a game in going 0-3-1 against Vermont and Alaska-Anchorage, and dropped from No. 1 in the nation to No. 8 going into Friday’s nonconference home game against Brown.<\/p>\n
The drought continued through one period and then UMD found a spark. A four-goal second period, including three scores in 1:42, led the Bulldogs to a 6-2 victory.<\/p>\n
“When we catch some momentum, you can see what our offense can do. All of a sudden it’s `Bam, bam, bam’ and it almost looks easy,” said senior winger Josh Miskovich, whose second-period goal put UMD ahead to stay. “But other times we’ve gotten too high or too low and not consistent. We were definitely in a lull the last two series.”<\/p>\n
UMD (6-3-2) rallied from a 1-0 deficit to put away its ECACHL opponent before 4,418 at the DECC.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs’ longest winless streak in more than two years was over with the help of three power-play goals. Brown (1-4-1) was coming off its first win of the season and held a 1-0 lead after one period on the first of two Les Haggett power-play goals.<\/p>\n
The first of two Evan Schwabe goals broke a scoreless streak of nearly 5 1\/2 periods and tied the game at 7:40 of the second period. He put in a Tyler Brosz rebound on a power play. UMD had gone 1-for-27 with a man advantage during the winless stretch.<\/p>\n
“When you’re struggling, you’re struggling and nothing seems to work,” said Brosz, who had two goals and two assists in just his third game since returning from a shoulder injury. “But once you get that first good bounce and get a goal, you have to think you’re on a roll. That’s the mentality you have to have.”<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs followed with two goals in 72 seconds — Miskovich stole a puck in deep and put a backhand shot by goalie Kevin Kliman with 6:16 left, and Schwabe’s seventh goal of the season came all alone in the crease on a Brosz pass with 5:04 left. That line stayed on the ice and connected 30 seconds later on Brosz’s first goal of the season.<\/p>\n
That put a four-goal period along with UMD’s periods of five goals (vs. Michigan Tech) and six goals (vs. Minnesota State) earlier this season.<\/p>\n
“They got going and we fell apart and gave them some easy goals,” said Brown coach Roger Grillo. “We were standing still and not covering players, and didn’t play smart.”<\/p>\n
Brown cut the deficit to 4-2 on a Haggett goal late in the second period, but Brosz’s second goal made it 5-2 on a power play 38 seconds into the third. UMD freshman defenseman Travis Gawryletz had his first goal of the season with 5:26 to play with a man advantage.<\/p>\n
Brown, picked to finish seventh in the 12-team ECACHL, outshot UMD 29-26. Bulldogs goalie Isaac Reichmuth had 27 saves. Freshman Adam D’Alba replaced starter Kliman with 5:26 to play.<\/p>\n
“It was good to see a few goals, and to get some confidence back, and hopefully we can follow it up,” said UMD coach Scott Sandelin.<\/p>\n
Kevin Pates is a staff writer for the Duluth <\/i>News Tribune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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