ROUNDUP: Ravensbergen’s 38 saves lift Michigan State past UNH

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Michigan State split with UNH behind Joshua Ravensbergen’s 38 saves Saturday night. (Photo: Michigan State Athletics)

No. 2 Michigan State hockey bounced back on Saturday night, earning a series split with a 2-1 victory at New Hampshire.

“I give (UNH) a ton of credit,” Michigan State coach Adam Nightingale said. “They checked, it was a rock fight, and you had to play real hockey. I thought (Friday) night we didn’t support the puck well enough, played a little bit perimeter, and some of that’s them doing a great job of pushing us to the outside. I thought we were much better tonight.”

Joshua Ravensbergen had a season-high 38 saves, finishing the weekend with a .973 save percentage, stopping 71 of 73 shots faced. Anthony Romani and Mason West scored for the Spartans.

Michael Simpson made 21 saves for the Wildcats.

No. 18 Boston College 2, No. 4 Denver 2 (OT, BC wins shootout)

After getting blown out the previous night, No. 18 Boston college rallied back from a two-goal deficit for a 2-2 tie vs. No. 4 Denver on Saturday night at Magness Arena.

Boston College won the exhibition shootout. After Kristian Epperson and Blake Fiddler scored second-period goals to stake the Pioneers to a 2-0 lead, Matias Vanhanen scored for BC late in the middle frame to make it 2-1 after two.

With just 46 seconds to go in regulation, Teddy Stiga tied it up for BC. In net, Louka Cloutier had 21 saves for the Eagles while Tyler Krivstov had 23 saves in net for Denver.

No. 7 Providence 5, UMass Lowell 2

No. 7 Providence improved to 5-0-0 for the first time since 2003 with a 5-2 win over UMass Lowell on Saturday night in Hockey East action.

The Friars scored five goals in the opening 15 minutes of the game. Freshman Ryder Cali scored two goals and junior John Mustard scored a goal with two assists. Will Elger and Aleksi Kivioja also scored. Providence earned the weekend sweep with the win.

Providence’s Jack Parsons had 26 saves and sports a .966 save percentage in four games this season. Lowell’s Austin Elliott and Cole Moore combined for 19 saves.

No. 9 Minnesota Duluth 3, Bemidji 0

Ty Hanson scored twice to help lift No. 9 Minnesota Duluth to a 3-0 win and a weekend sweep of Bemidji State on Saturday night.

Hanson now sits second in all of the NCAA with seven goals this season. Carl Axelsson made 22 saves for the shutout. Zam Plante also scored for Duluth.

Max Hildebrand had 27 saves in net for Bemidji.

Ferris State 2, No. 11 Michigan Tech 1

Nathan Mackie and Akseli Pulkkanen scored in the first period to lift Ferris State to a 2-1 win over red-hot Michigan Tech on Saturday night in CCHA action.

Alan Lendak made 30 saves in the Ferris State net. Michigan Tech got 24 saves from Owen Bartoszkiewicz and a goal from Reid Andresen.

No. 12 Colorado College 4, Air Force 0

Owen Beckner and Carmelo Crandell each scored twice and Jackson Unger collected his second career shutout with a career-high 35 saves Saturday to lead No. 11 Colorado College to a 3-0 win over Air Force at Cadet Ice Arena Saturday night.

The Tigers were 1 for 3 on the power play and killed off all three penalties. Dominik Wasik finished with 18 saves for Air Force as the Falcons outshot CC, 35-22.

No. 13 Augustana 4, Ohio State 3

A 4-goal first period helped No. 13 Augustana hold off an Ohio State comeback on Saturday night, as the Vikings completed the weekend sweep in Columbus.

Nace Langus scored twice for Augustana, and Tyler Hennen and Leonid Bulgakov also scored to stake the Vikings to a 4-0 lead after one. Mathis Langevin had 21 saves in net for Augustana while Ohio State’s Jakob Milota stopped 11 shots after Kristoffer Eberly was pulled after giving up four goals in the first period.

No. 16 Connecticut at No. 15 Boston University

Six different players scored and five recorded multiple points as No. 15 Boston University was a 6-3 winner over No. 16 Connecticut in Hockey East action on Saturday night at Agganis Arena.

BU scored twice in the first period and twice more in the second to take a 4-0 lead.

Xavier Villeneuve had three assists for the Terriers. Sophomores Conrad Fondrk, Ben Merrill and Tynan Lawrence each had a goal and an assist while Caleb Malhotra and Kamil Bednarik had two assists each. Charlie Trethewey and Jack Harvey both found the back of the net for the first time this season.

For UConn, Kaden Shahan had two goals while Jeremy Loranger also scored.

Mikhail Yegorov turned in a 33-save performance for BU. For UConn, Veeti Louhivaara had 29 saves.

No. 19 Massachusetts 5, Stonehill 3

No. 19 UMass never trailed in a 5-3 win over Stonehill on Saturday night before 3,637 at the Mullins Center.

Jack Galanek and Václav Nestrašil each scored twice for the Minutemen, while Francesco Dell’Elce also provided a goal.

In net, Tobias Trejbal had 26 saves for UMass while Mason Vacccari had 39 saves for Stonehill.

No. 20 Merrimack 6, Notre Dame 3

No. 20 Merrimack trailed by a pair of goals but rallied for a 6-3 win and a series sweep at Notre Dame on Saturday night.

Seamus Powell scored twice for the Warriors, which also got goals from Justin Gill, Nick Pierre, Caden Cranston and Trevor Hoskin.

Linards Feldbergs made 30 saves to get the win. For Notre Dame, Patrick Quinlan had 24 saves.