Lake Superior State and Minnesota State played to a 2-2 tie on Friday night at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato, Minn., with the Mavericks winning the shootout 2-0 for the extra point in the CCHA standings. Anders Miller made 24 saves for the Lakers, who earned their first CCHA point of the season after opening league play 0-2-0.
How it happened
Markus Loponen opened the scoring 3:03 into the game, set up by Ethan Moore, and Cooper Foster made it 2-0 at 16:25 of the first period, from Charles Savoie and Teo Besnier. Minnesota State’s Sawyer Scholl answered 57 seconds later, and Jack Christ tied it at 1:57 of the third. Neither team scored in overtime, though the Lakers outshot the Mavericks 5-1 in the extra period.
In the two-round shootout, Jordan Ronn and Luigi Benincasa scored for Minnesota State, and Savoie and Loponen were stopped. Lassi Lehti made 23 saves for the Mavericks. Shots were nearly even at 26-25 in Minnesota State’s favor, and neither team scored on the power play (LSSU 0-for-2, MSU 0-for-3).
What’s next
Both teams are 2-4-1. They finish the series Saturday at 6:07 p.m. Central. The Lakers then come home to Sault Ste. Marie to host Maryville and visit Michigan Tech Nov. 13-14.
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