UW-River Falls 3, UW-Stout 2
MENOMONIE (February 5, 2010) - UW-River Falls scored three goals in the final 10 minutes of the game to hand UW-Stout a crushing 3-2 defeat Friday at the Dunn County Ice Arena.
Stout (9-10-4, 6-6-4) had shot out to a 2-0 lead thanks to two goals by
Andy Sternberg (Sr, Duluth, Minn), but the Falcons strapped up their skates and came to play in the final 10 minutes of the game.
Josh Calleja scored shorthanded at 10:19, then Ben Beaudoin scored on the power play three minutes later. Calleja scored the game winner with less than three minutes left.
Stout pulled goalie
Tom Lescovich (Fr, Clifton Park, NY) for the extra defender and managed to fend off the Falcons (13-7-2, 7-6-2), but could not get off a good shot.
Sternberg scored the first goal of the game, that coming at 9:29 mark of the first period on the power play, with assists from
Ryan Sullivan (Fr, Cardinal, Ont) and
Joel Gaulrapp (Sr, Owatonna, Minn).
Sternberg added a second goal early in the third period, getting a shot in the slot, with an assist by
Scott Motz (Sr, Lake Elmo, Minn). The point for Motz pushed him past Glen LaChapelle for second on the all-time Stout scoring list with 129 career points.
Lescovich had 30 saves, while the Falcons' Eric Babcook had 28 saves.
Stout will wrap up the regular season by traveling to St. Norbert, Friday, Feb. 12 and at UW-Stevens Point, Saturday, Feb. 13.
