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 Ryan Wright scored WSU's lone goal at Colorado College. |
Jan. 2, 2004
Colorado Springs, Colo. - The Wayne State University men's hockey team (5-10-2) lost at fourth-ranked Colorado College (10-4-3) by a 7-1 score Friday night. The Warriors were playing their ninth game of a 12-game road trip and fifth against a ranked opponent. WSU was also without the services of sophomore Derek MacKay and freshman Matt Boldt who were injured in the Subway Classic.
The host Tigers scored a power-play goal just 2:58 into the contest when Trevor Frischmon beat WSU netminder Marc Carlson (Hingham, Mass./Chicago Freeze) for his fourth of the season.
Colin Stuart scored the eventual game-winner just 52 seconds later.
Wayne State would make it a 2-1 game late in the first period when freshman Ryan Wright (Brownstown, Mich./Texas Tornado) scored his second of the campaign off assists from senior defenseman Nick Stodgell (Warroad, Minn./Des Moines Buccaneers) and freshman Nick Krebsbach (Minot, N.D./Bismarck Bobcats).
It was Wright's first goal since Nov. 14, Stodgell's first assist since Nov. 20, and Krebsbach's first career point.
The second period was scoreless until the final minute when Joey Crabb gave CC a 3-1 lead with 41 seconds remaining in the stanza.
The Tigers scored four times in the third period with Aaron Slattengren scoring at 0:22 and 3:22.
Carlson finished with 29 saves, while CC goalie Curtis McElhinney made 14 saves in 50:51. Chris Kawano stopped both shots he faced in 9:09 of action. Wayne State went zero-for-three with the man-advantage, while the Tigers scored once in three power-play chances.
The Warriors play at sixth-ranked Denver on Saturday night with face-off slated for 9:05 p.m. Eastern.
