Northern Michigan split its CCHA series with Minnesota State at the Berry Events Center in Marquette, winning 2-1 on Friday for its first conference win of the season and losing 3-0 on Saturday. The Wildcats are 3-7-0 overall and 1-3-0 in the CCHA.
What changed
Auyeung-Ashton, back after missing two games, made 35 saves on Friday as the Mavericks outshot Northern 36-30. Ian Engel scored first for the Wildcats in the first period, and Branden Piku scored the winner at 4:11 of the third. On Saturday, Minnesota State took the lead in the first period, added a power-play goal early in the second, and Lehti stopped all 23 Northern shots.
Northern Michigan scored two goals in the series and went 0-for-3 on the power play Saturday.
Standouts
Auyeung-Ashton made 59 saves on 62 shots across the weekend. Engel and Piku each scored their second goal of the season Friday, with Reilley Kotai, Coster Dunn, and Noah Houle picking up assists.
What’s next
Northern Michigan has the weekend of Nov. 13-14 off, then visits Ferris State on Friday, Nov. 20, and Saturday, Nov. 21.
Game recaps: Nov. 6 and Nov. 7.
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