Jan. 24, 2004

Plymouth, Mich. - The Wayne State University men's hockey team (6-16-2, 2-10-0 CHA) lost its seventh consecutive home game, 6-1, to Bemidji State (13-7-2, 10-2-0 CHA) Saturday afternoon at the Compuware Sports Arena.

For the second straight day, the conference-leading Beavers scored twice in each period for the victory. On Saturday, Rob Sirianni broke a scoreless tie at 8:03 of the first period with an unassisted goal.

For the third time in the last four games, all at home, WSU tied the game at one when freshman Jason Baclig's (Leamington, Ont./Leamington Flyers) shot trickled past BSU goalie Layne Sedevie into the net at the 9:42 mark of the opening stanza.

Bemidji regained a one-goal lead at the 12:07 mark on an even-strength goal by Ryan Miller.

The Beavers scored two power-play goals in the middle period (Riley Riddell at the 1:07 mark, and Brendan Cook at the 6:22 mark).

BSU added two goals in the third period to complete the scoring. John Haider's blueline shot during a four-on-four situation came just 31 seconds into the period. Lou Garritan's breakaway goal was scored 4:30 into the third period.

Wayne State sophomore netminder Matt Kelly (Hull, Mass./Topeka Scarecrows) made 39 saves including double-digit totals in all three periods. Sedevie was credited with 23 stops. WSU went zero-for-three on the power play, while BSU scored twice in five man-advantage opportunities.

The Warriors have lost eight of their last nine contests will be idle until traveling to CHA rival Niagara on February 6-7.