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 Senior co-captain Keith Stanich had a goal and an assist in the win over Bemidji State. |
Feb. 7, 2003
Fraser, Mich. - The Wayne State University men's hockey team improved to 5-0-1 in Friday night home games with a 4-2 College Hockey America win over Bemidji State Friday night at the Great Lakes Sports City Arena in Fraser, Michigan.
The visiting Beavers, who had never lost in Detroit against WSU (2-0-2), took a 1-0 lead 12:34 into the contest as Brendan Cook redirected Anders Olsson shot from the blueline past Warrior goaltender David Guerrera (St. Leonard, Que./Estevan Bruins) during a four-on-four situation.
Wayne State tied the game with 98 seconds remaining in the opening stanza as senior center Steve Nichols (Washington, Mich./Chicago Freeze) won the offensive zone face-off and senior left wing Nick Shrader (Blissfield, Mich./Compuware Ambassadors) slid the puck past BSU goalie Grady Hunt.
WSU scored the lone goal of the middle stanza when senior left wing Dustin Kingston (Spencerville, Ont./Brockville Braves) shot the puck past Hunt with 4:40 left in the period. Senior defenseman Tyler Kindle (Portage, Mich./Bozeman Icedogs) started the scoring play from behind his own cage when his pass of the boards found senior center Jason Durbin (Trenton, Mich./Danville Wings) at the defensive blueline. Durbin skated up ice and his shot from just inside the offensive blueline was wide of the net, but the caroom went to Kingston.
The teams were tied in shots on goal after 40 minutes at 19, plus both squads were zero-for-four on the power play, at this point.
In the third period, senior right wing Jack Redwood (Trenton, Mich./Compuware Ambassadors) skated nearly coast-to-coast with the puck and beat Hunt at the 12:50 mark. Senior defenseman Keith Stanich (Bethel Park, Pa./Waterloo Black Hawks) assisted on WSU's third goal.
The Beavers pulled their goalie with three minutes remaining and the move paid off as Jeff McGill scored on a pass from behind the net by Marty Goulet.
BSU again pulled Hunt with 27 seconds remaining, but Stanich's shot from deep in his defensive zone bounced and rolled into the vacated net. Stanich's empty-net short-handed goal came with 15 seconds left in the contest.
Guerrera finished the contest with 26 saves on 28 shots, while Hunt turned aside 22 of the 25 Warrior shots he faced. Bemidji was zero-for-six with the man-advantage, while the Warriors were blanked in five power-play chances.
Wayne State, with the victory, moves within one point of Bemidji (15-14) in the CHA standings. WSU is now 6-3-2 in the league, while the Beavers fall to 6-4-3. The Warriors will take a 13-12-2 overall mark into Saturday's series finale against Bemidji State (8-9-7).
The win improves Wayne State's 2003 record to 7-1-2 and gives WSU an overall record above the .500 mark for the first time since November 9 (3-3 following a win at Ferris State).
