Ferris State and Bemidji State tied 4-4 on Saturday at the Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minn., and the Beavers won the CCHA shootout 1-0 on Jiri Klima’s goal in the fourth round. Maxon Vig tied the game for Bemidji State with 2:05 left in regulation. Ferris State is now 1-5-2, and Bemidji State is 2-4-1.
How it happened
Ethan Miedema gave Bemidji State a 1-0 lead at 3:01 of the first period. Ferris State scored three times in the second: Adyn Merrick on the power play at 7:09, Ryan Kusler with his first goal of the season at 12:48, and Nathan Leek with his first of the season at 17:59, 38 seconds after Oliver Peer’s power-play goal for the Beavers. Urban Podrekar assisted on the first two.
Max Namestnikov tied it 3-3 at 1:58 of the third. Justin Stupka put Ferris back ahead at 10:56, set up by Leek and Austin Zemlak, before Vig’s equalizer at 17:55. Neither team scored in the five-minute overtime, and Ferris State went 0-for-4 in the shootout.
Alan Lendak made 26 saves for Ferris State a night after being pulled, and Max Hildebrand made 29 for Bemidji State. The Bulldogs outshot the Beavers 33-30, went 1-for-1 on the power play, and won 32 of 58 faceoffs. Leek, Merrick, and Stupka each finished with a goal and an assist.
What’s next
Ferris State has no games scheduled through Nov. 7.
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