ROUNDUP: Michigan Tech stays unbeaten with win vs. St. Cloud

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No. 12 Michigan Tech continued its hot streak to start the season with a 3-2 overtime win at St. Cloud State on Friday night.

Teydon Trembecky scored at 2:09 of the extra frame — his second of the night — to lift the Huskies to 3-0 on the young season.

“I didn’t like our first period with so many uncharacteristic turnovers,” Michigan Tech coach Bill Muckalt said. “We got better over the last two periods and found a way to squeak one out in overtime. Our special teams and discipline need to be a lot better.”

Tech trailed 2-0 at the midway point of the game. Trembecky got Tech on the board when he backhanded in a rebound in front of the net for his second goal of the season. Max Koskipirtti and Kalem Parker assisted on Trembecky’s 17th career goal.

Reid Andresen tied the game 12:29 into the third period, finishing off a passing play with Giovanni Morneau and Michael Cicek. It was Andresen’s fifth career goal.

Michigan Tech’s Owen Bartoszkiewicz made 32 saves for his 37th career win.

No. 2 Michigan 10, Alaska Anchorage 1

Cole McKinney and Jack Nesbitt each scored twice in a 10-2 thrashing by No. 2 Michigan over Alaska Anchorage Friday night before a crowd of 5,800 at Yost Ice Arena.

Nick Moldenhauer had a goal and three assists while McKinney, Landon DuPont and Malcolm Spence each had a pair of assists for the Wolverines.

In net, Jack Ivankovic had 21 saves for Michigan while his counterpart at the other end of the ice, Anchorage’s William Gramme, had 37.

No. 3 Michigan State 6, Northern Michigan 2

No. 3 Michigan State scored a trio of goals in both the first and third periods to cruise to a 6-2 win over Northern Michigan of the CCHA on Friday night before a crowd of 6,555 at Munn Ice Arena.

Anthony Romani scored twice to lead the Spartans, while Cullen Potter, Jack Hextall, Gavin O’Connell and Cayden Lindstrom also scored. Ryker Lee had three assists while Eric Nilson and Chase Reid had two assists each.

In net Joshua Ravensbergen had 16 total saves while Northern Michigan’s Oliver Auyeung-Ashton had 36 saves.

No. 4 North Dakota 3, Bemidji State 2

Fourth-ranked North Dakota opened its season with a 3-2 win at Bemidji State on Friday night.

Sophomore forward Cole Reschny broke a 2-2 tie with just under five minutes remaining in the third period with his second goal of the night to help lead the Fighting Hawks (1-0-0) to their eighth straight win in season openers.

Will Zellers had three assists for the Fighting Hawks while Mac Swanson notched a power-play goal in the second period. Jan Špunar finished with 18 saves on 20 shots.

The Fighting Hawks will go for the weekend sweep Saturday at their home rink. North Dakota improved to 40-6-8 all-time against Bemidji State and 13-3-3 in Bemidji.

Augustana 4, No. 5 Minnesota Duluth 3 (OT)

Brett Meerman scored just 20 seconds into overtime to lift Augustana to a thrilling 4-3 season-opening win at home vs. No. 5 Minnesota Duluth on Friday night.

Augustana twice came back to tie the game from a goal down and took a 3-2 lead at 17:06 of the third period on a goal by Jacob Fletcher. Zam Plante of Minnesota Duluthy forced overtime with a goal at 18:39.

Leonid Bulgakov and Landon Fandel also scored for Augustana, while Callum Arnott and Barrett Hall rounded out the scoring for the Bulldogs. In net, Ethan Dahlmeir had 26 saves for Duluth while Augustana got 25 stops from Mathin Langevin.

The same two teams go at it again on Saturday night in Sioux Falls, S.D.

No. 7 Wisconsin 4, No. 19 Minnesota State 0

No 7. Wisconsin continued its hot start to the season with a 4-0 win over No. 19 Minnesota State before a crowd of 4,074 on Friday night at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato, Minn.

Wisconsin has outscored opponents 9-2 in three games. Alexis Cournoyer got the shutout in net with 16 saves. Brent Solomon, Oliver Tulk, Grady Deering and Logan Hensler provided the Badgers’ goals.

The same two teams go at it again Saturday night in Mankato.

No. 8 Western Michigan 5, Ferris State 1

Five different players scored for No. 8 Western Michigan, as the Broncos completed a weekend sweep of Ferris State on Friday night in Big Rapids, Mich.

Bobby Cowan, Ty Henricks, William Whitelaw, Zaccharya Wiscom and Joona Väisänen all scored for Western Michigan, while goalie Quintin Miller had 21 saves. Ferris State’s Alan Lendak had 36 saves.

Western Michigan was a 6-0 winner when the teams met the previous night.

No. 9 Providence 6, St. Lawrence 2

Jonathan Fauchon scored twice and Julius Sumpf notched four assists as Providence opened its season with a 6-2 home win vs. St. Lawrence on Friday night.

Blake Zielinski, Andrew Centrella, Ryder Cali and John Mustard also scored for the Friars.

In net, Gibson Homer had 18 saves for Providence while St. Lawrence’s Cam Smith turned away 31 shots.

No. 16 Connecticut 3, No. 17 Penn State 1

No. 16 Connecticut was a 3-1 winner at home over No. 17 Penn State on Saturday night in the first night of the IceBreaker Tournament.

Joey Muldowney scored the game-winner for UConn at 15:35 of the second period. William McIsaac and Kaden Shahan rounded out the scoring for the Huskies.

For Penn State, Kale Dach provided the lone goal while Joshua Fleming made 22 saves in net. Kam Hendrickson backstopped UConn with 42 saves.

No. 18 Massachusetts 2, RIT 2 (RIT wins shootout)

Massachusetts skated to a 2-2 nonconference tie vs. RIT on Friday night at the Mullins Center. RIT won the ensuing shootout, 2-1.

For No. 18 UMass, Francesco Dell’Elce scored with less than a second remaining in regulation to force overtime. Jack Galanex also scored. For RIT, Camden Bajzer and Lucas Romeo were the goal scorers.

In net for the Minutemen was Ethan Eskit, who had 20 saves. RIT’s goalie, Jakub Krbecek, had 48 saves.