After getting doubled up Friday night 4-2 by Northern Michigan, No. 1 Minnesota State rebounded with a 4-1 win Saturday night in Marquette.
Four different players scored for the Mavericks and Julian Napravnik had three assists to back Dryden McKay’s 34 saves in goal. McKay is now 21-4-0 on the year.
Ondrej Pavel, Ryan Sandelin, Cade Borchardt, and Brendan Furry scored for Minnesota State, which runs its record to 21-5-0 this season.
MICHIGAN 4, PENN STATE 3
Fourth-ranked Michigan scored the final three goals of the game on Saturday to knock off Penn State 4-3 in Ann Arbor.
Erik Portillo, making his 25th start of the season, set a new personal best with 44 saves to move his record to 18-6-1 this year.
Warning: This is dirty pic.twitter.com/2bYxOtghmt
— Michigan Hockey (@umichhockey) January 16, 2022
Nolan Moyle, Matty Beniers, Brendan Brisson, and Luke Hughes found the net for the Wolverines.
With the win, Michigan secures both the weekend and season series sweep against Penn State. The Wolverines went 4-0 against the Nittany Lions this season, winning four games by a combined score of 18-8.
OHIO STATE 4, NOTRE DAME 1
Ohio State goaltender Jakub Dobeš made 38 saves as the Buckeyes posted a 4-1 win over Notre Dame on Saturday night in Columbus despite the Irish outshooting Ohio State 39-22.
Quinn Preston was feelin' it tonight.
His first career hat trick and four-point game. #GoBucks @Quinn_Preston20 pic.twitter.com/fAk1Fg5TYX
— Ohio State Men's Hockey (@OhioStateMHKY) January 16, 2022
Quinn Preston’s hat trick lifted Ohio State to the victory.
MICHIGAN TECH 3, LAKE SUPERIOR STATE 0
Michigan Tech earned a CCHA sweep of Lake Superior State after a 3-0 shutout Saturday for the second straight game.
Tech scored three power-play goals in the second half of the game, and Blake Pietila earned his fifth shutout of the season needing to make just 11 saves.
Alec Broetzman scored his 3rd of the season for a 3-0 lead. #mtuhky #FollowTheHuskies pic.twitter.com/1HUdHm5hEC
— Michigan Tech Hockey (@mtuhky) January 16, 2022
“We made a little change on the power play in the second, and then we scored on our last three power plays,” MTU coach Joe Shawhan said. “That was the difference in the game. It was a big win and a big weekend.”
Logan Pietila, Eric Gotz, and Alec Broetzman scored on the man-advantage for the Huskies.
MERRIMACK 2, PROVIDENCE 1
Declan Carlile and Logan Drevitch scored for the Warriors at Providence.
Zachary Borgiel made 33 saves for the win in goal.
The Warriors hold on for the ranked road win over the Friars!!!!#GoMack pic.twitter.com/6mWJaMT4ov
— Merrimack Men’s Hockey (@MerrimackMIH) January 16, 2022
Jaxson Stauber stopped 16 shots for the Friars, whose lone goal came from Brett Berard.
DENVER 5, OMAHA 2
Denver returned to action after a two-week pause with a 5-2 victory against Omaha Saturday night in Denver.
PIONEER GOAL!
Beautiful interception by Mike Benning leads to Cameron Wright's 2nd goal of the game.
And more importantly, increases Denver's lead to 4-1. pic.twitter.com/aEMkT0aMMI
— Denver Hockey (@DU_Hockey) January 16, 2022
The Pioneers’ second line of Cameron Wright (two goals, one assist), Carter Mazur (three assists) and Massimo Rizzo (one goal, two assists) each contributed three points, and Bobby Brink also had a multi-point effort with a goal and an assist.
Senior captain Cole Guttman sealed the game with an empty-net marker with 54 seconds remaining. Magnus Chrona turned aside 20 shots to pick up his 12th victory of the season.
