ROUNDUP: Michigan Tech completes 4-point weekend

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Michigan Tech’s Lauri Raiman celebrates during his team’s CCHA contest vs. Augustana on Saturday night. (Photo: Michigan Tech Athletics)

No team has yet to defeat No. 8 Augustana in regulation, but No. 14 Michigan Tech may have done the next-best thing — take 4 of 6 points from the Vikings in a CCHA weekend series.

Michigan Tech and Augustana skated to a 2-2 tie in CCHA action Saturday night, with Tech taking the extra standings point via a penalty shootout win — an outcome identical as the night before.

Lauri Raiman and Tyler Miller were the goal scorers for Tech, while Brett Beerman and Hunter Bischoff had goals for Augustana.

In net, Mathis Langevin had 33 saves for Augustana while Tech’s Owen Bartoszkiewicz made 36 saves.

No. 1 Wisconsin 6, No. 18 Minnesota 0

Top-ranked Wisconsin overcame an anemic offensive performance in its previous game to rout No. 18 Minnesota in B1G action Saturday night before a crowd of 10,473 at Mariucci Arena.

The Badgers earned four points on the weekend series after skating to a 1-1 tie on Thursday night, then winning the extra point in the shootout.

Jack Phelan scored twice for Wisconsin, while Luke Osburn added a goal and two assists. Gavin Morrissey and JJ Wiebusch each had a pair of assists. Ryan Botterill, Dylan Compton and Bruno Idzan also scored.

In net, Wisconsin’s Daniel Hauser had 24 saves while Melvin Strahl of Minnesota had 32 saves.

No. 3 Michigan State 5, No. 13 Boston University 0

Gavin O’Connell scored 32 seconds into the game, and Michigan State never looked back in a 5-0 rout of Boston University on Saturday night at Munn Arena.

The Spartans earned the split of the weekend series.

“I thought it was awesome to see our guys come out that way,” said Michigan State coach Adam Nightingale. “I loved our physicality, loved our start, and we scored five goals. We got a net presence. And that’s not a fun area to get to, but the goal is to try to play repeatable winning hockey.”

Michigan state goalie Joshua Ravensbergen earned his first collegiate shutout with 25 saves. Cayden Lindstrom led the Spartans with a goal and an assist. Also scoring for Michigan State were Gavin O’Connell, Ethan Belchetz,

Eric Nilson and Shane Vansaghi. Patrick Geary notched a pair of assists.

Mikhail Yegorov had 32 saves for the Terriers.

No. 9 Providence 8, No. 20 Connecticut 1

Logan Sawyer recorded his first career hat trick as the No. 9 Providence earned a decisive 8-1 win over No. 20 UConn on Saturday in Hockey East action at Toscano Family Ice Forum.

The Friars also received two-goal efforts from Jonathan Fauchon and Aleksi Kivioja.

Providence scored four goals in the game’s first 8 minutes and has now outscored opponents 14-3 in the opening period this season.

Will Elger also scored for Providence while Jack Parsons had 23 saves for the Friars. Veeti Louhivaara had 20 saves in net for UConn, which got a goal from Cole Davis.

With the win, Providence earned a split of the weekend series.

No. 10 North Dakota 4, No. 5 Western Michigan 1

No. 10 North Dakota earned a four-point weekend with a 4-1 win over No. 5 Western Michigan in a key NCHC battle on Saturday night in front of 11,622 fans at the Fighting Hawks’ home rink.

Cody Croal scored twice to pace the Fighting Hawks, who also got goals from Cole Reschny and Gavin Lindberg. Jan Špunar had 17 saves.

For Western Michigan, Quentin Miller had 24 saves while Adam Benák scored the Broncos’ lone goal.

No. 6 Quinnipiac 4, Colgate 3 (OT)

No. 6 Quinnipiac capped off an opening-weekend ECAC Hockey road sweep on Saturday night, defeating Colgate 4-3 in overtime at the Class of 1965 Arena.

The win was Rand Pecknold’s 700 as a head coach over 33 seasons behind the Bobcats’ bench.

Elliott Groenewold scored the game-winning goal just 18 seconds into overtime to lift the Bobcats after Colgate mounted a late third-period rally.

Markus Vidicek led the offense for Quinnipiac, recording goals in the second and third periods. Ethan Wyttenbach scored to give Quinnipiac a 3-0 lead before Colgate scored three straight in the third period to force overtime.

In net Rorke Applebee had 19 saves, while Reid Dyck of Colgate had 33.

No. 6 Minnesota Duluth 2, Miami 1

No. 6 Duluth salvaged an NCHC split with Miami, earning a 2-1 win before a crowd of 5,653 on Saturday at Amsoil Arena.

Duluth coach Scott Sandelin secured his 500th career win, becoming the 18th Division I coach to reach the mark and the ninth to reach it at one school.

For Duluth, Zam Plante and Ty Hanson staked the Bulldogs to a 2-0 second-period lead. Layne Loomer of Miami cut Duluth’s lead in half at 12:01 of the second. It was scoreless the rest of the way.

Matteo Drobac had 26 saves for Miami in net, while Carl Axelsson turned away 22 shots for Duluth.

No. 11 Colorado College 2, Lindenwood 2 (OT, CC wins shootout)

No. 11 Colorado College wrapped up its non-conference series against Lindenwood with a 2-2 tie Saturday afternoon at Ed Robson Arena. The Tigers won the ensuing exhibition shootout.

Colton Roberts and Owen Beckner each notched a goal in regulation and Jackson Unger made 32 saves for CC.
Liam Beerman had 34 saves for Lindenwood.

No. 12 Dartmouth 3, Brown 1

No. 12 Dartmouth continued its hot start to the season with a 3-1 win over Brown in ECAC Hockey action on Saturday night at Thompson Ice Arena.

Hank Cleaves, Drew Stewart and Tim Busconi all scored for Dartmouth, which improved to 4-0-0.

For Brown, Eli Pulver had 34 saves while Emmett Croteau had 19 for the Big Green.

No. 16 Cornell 3, Princeton 2

Jake Kraft scored twice, including the game-winner with 8:54 remaining, to lift No. 16 Cornell past Princeton 3-2 in ECAC Hockey action Saturday night in front of a crowd of 3,724 at Lynah Rink.

It was a rematch of last March’s ECAC Hockey semifinal in Lake Placid, N.Y., which Princeton won 3-2.

“We’re back in league play, and every night’s really physical,” Kraft said. “We knew it was going to be a close game. They play tight, and we just had to find our chances, and we did.”

Michael Fisher had the Big Red’s other goal. Cornell’s Mathis Rousseau finished the night with 17 saves, 11 of them in the third period, while Brown’s Arthur Smith made 19 saves.

“We wanted to assert ourselves a little bit and play faster, and I thought we did that for a large part of the night,” Cornell coach Casey Jones said. “It’s never easy to win games this time of the year. We’ve got to find ways to win right now while we’re getting all the pieces of the puzzle in place.”

St. Lawrence 2, No. 17 Union 1

St. Lawrence scored twice in the opening period and leaned on a strong performance from Cameron Smith to knock off No. 17 Union 2-1 in ECAC Hockey action on Saturday night at Appleton Arena.

Luke Posthumus and Gunnar Thoreson were the Saints’ goal scorers. Smith had 31 saves.

Tyler Dunbar had Union’s goal, while Cameron Korpi had 25 saves for Union.

Air Force 2, No. 19 Army 0

Dominik Wasik stopped all 25 shots he faced in leading Air Force to a 2-0 win over No. 19 Army in the second game of a two-game Atlantic Hockey series at the Cadet Ice Arena.

The win ended Army’s six-game losing streak, the longest active streak in the nation. Air Force coach Frank Serratore earned his 543rd career victory, passing legendary Army coach Jack Riley on the career coaching wins list for all games. Serratore ranks 24th in career coaching wins in all games and 14th in all-time D-I coaching wins.

Christian Kim and Aidan Willis provided the Air Force goals. Black Knight goalie J.J. Cataldo had 15 saves.

“Our effort level, spirit and inner fuel had to be better tonight and they were,” Serratore said. “Our play wasn’t perfect, and when it wasn’t perfect, Dominik Wasik was. Against a ranked team like Army, you cannot wish and hope your way to a win. You have to earn it. And we did. Dom was the best player in the game by a country mile.”