Northern Michigan goaltender Craig Kowalski, making his collegiate debut, made several huge saves late in the third period and then in overtime as the Wildcats held on for a 3-3 tie with Michigan Tech on Friday.<\/p>\n
The Huskies played the last 1:40 of overtime on the power play after NMU’s Ryan Carrigan went off for hooking, but couldn’t get the game-winner.<\/p>\n
Paul Cabana, Mat Snesrud, and Tab Lardner scored for Michigan Tech (0-0-1). Sophomore goaltender Brian Rogers made 23 saves.<\/p>\n
Ryan Riipi, Bryce Cockburn, and Ryan Carrigan scored for Northern Michigan (0-0-1). Kowalski finished with 23 saves.<\/p>\n
“I thought that it was a pretty solid effort by a lot of guys out there,” Huskies coach Tim Watters said. “We’re going to need our upperclassmen to lead like that. I was proud of the way they led our hockey club tonight.”<\/p>\n
Said NMU coach Rick Comley: “There were moments that were good in the game and there were moments that were terribly sloppy. We probably both benefited from the game.”<\/p>\n
Riipi gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead at 8:24 of the opening period when he buried a centering pass from Peter Michelutti.<\/p>\n
The Huskies answered six minutes later and just nine seconds into a power play when Cabana scored from Snesrud and Brad Patterson.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats regained the lead when Cockburn scored on the power play from Jimmy Jackson and Mike Sandbeck at 17:38.<\/p>\n
Snesrud evened it back up for the Huskies when he scored from Matt Ulwelling at 1:19 of the second period.<\/p>\n
Then, with Clint Way in the penalty box for holding, Lardner beat a sprawled out Kowalski for a shorthanded goal that gave Tech a 3-2 lead with 3:57 left in the period. <\/p>\n
But the Wildcats answered with another power-play goal when Matt Hunter scored from Carrigan and Terry Harrison at 18:40. That goal turned out to be the final tally of the game as both goaltenders turned in strong performances.<\/p>\n
“I thought we really struggled at center ice,” Comley said. “We didn’t have a center who really played well and that’s something we’re going to have to solve.”<\/p>\n
Michigan Tech was 1-for-6 on the power play. Northern Michigan finished 2-for-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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