UW-Stout 5, UW-Stevens Point 1 |
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MENOMONIE (February 19, 2010) - UW-Stout did an about face from the week before and rolled UW-Stevens Point, 5-1, in the opening game of the NCHA Peters Cup Friday at the Dunn County Ice Arena.
The Blue Devils (10-12-4) were blanked last weekend in Stevens Point, 4-0.
Joe Beaudette (Fr, Blaine, Minn) put the Blue Devils on the board first , scoring at 5:02 of the first period.
Joel Gaulrapp (Sr, Owatonna, Minn), the 2010 NCHA player of the year, doubled the score for Stout with a wrap around goal 42 seconds into the second stanza.
The Pointers (11-14-1) cut the score in half when Luke Nesper scored midway through the period. Stout took a 3-1 lead on a goal by
Mike Hartviksen (Fr, Thunder Bay, Ont) at 16:02 in the second period.
Andy Sternberg (Sr, Duluth, Minn) scored twice in the third period, hitting a shot from the point that bounced off the back of the Stevens Point goalies' leg. Sternberg added an empty net goal with just over a minute left in the game.
Stout outshot the Pointers, 38-26.
Tom Lescovich (Fr, Clifton Park, NY) had 24 saves for Stout and Nick Graves had 34 saves for Stevens Point.
The teams will meet again in the best of two games, with a mini-game if needed, Saturday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
