Brimanis Nets Hat Trick to Lead Stout to 6-3 win

The Basics
Score: UW-Stout 6 – UW-River Falls 3
Record: Blue Devils (9-4-0, 3-3-0), Falcons (4-8-0, 1-5-0)
Location: Hunt Arena – River Falls, Wis.
 

Maksis Brimanis scored his first collegiate hat trick as the Blue Devils scored five straight goals to defeat River Falls 6-3 Saturday night.
After falling behind 1-0 midway through the first, The Blue Devils responded 42 seconds later to tie the game on Brimanis's first goal of the game. Later in the first, Kullan Daikawa scored with a second left on the man advantage to give Stout the lead for good.
Brimanis scored his second of the night 6:19 into the second period when he took a pass from Noe Perez and skated down the left side and snapped a shot past the River Falls netminder. Just a minute 26 seconds later Caleb Serre tapped in a loose puck from a Dylan Rallis shot to give the Blue Devils a 4-1 lead. Just under three minutes later Brimanis completed the hat trick give Stout the commanding lead.
River Falls battled back to try and make things interesting trimming the lead to 5-3. But Peyton Hart scored a shorthanded goal into the empty net from his own zone to seal the game for the Blue Devils.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Tyler Masternak made 25 saves on 28 shots to pick up the win.
• Both River Falls goalies made 15 saves a piece
• Stout had 36 shots on net.
• Stout only had one power play, and they scored.
• River Falls was 0-4 with the man advantage.
• Stout scored on the power play, even strength, short handed and into the empty net.

Up Next
The Blue Devils will be off for the next couple of weeks and will be back in action Tuesday, January 3 when they host River Falls at the Fanetti Community Center.