Minnesota State players celebrate Joe Schiller's goal during the third period of Friday night's game (photo: Michelle Bishop).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJunior forward Joe Schiller got the visitors on the board 1:17 later with MSU’s lone goal to thwart UNO goalie John Faulkner’s shutout bid.<\/p>\n
“With the emphasis on obstruction, there’s going to be more goals scored, there’s going to be more 5-on-3’s and there’s going to be higher-scoring games with the way the rules are being enforced right now,” UNO head coach Dean Blais said. “Tonight, I thought we held our composure.<\/p>\n
“Our game is forechecking and pressuring the puck all over the ice, too, but you’ve got to give MSU credit. It’s 5-1, but it’s two power play goals back-to-back by Johnnie Searfoss that sealed the victory.”<\/p>\n
Blais’ opposite number, MSU head coach Troy Jutting, was frustrated with the way his team played, but also made a point of giving credit to his team’s opponent.<\/p>\n
“We didn’t give ourselves a chance to gain any momentum throughout the course of the game,” he said. “They’re a good hockey team. Every team in this league is good, and so is UNO, and they’ve got some older kids who are playing very well for them, and that’s usually a recipe for success at this level.”<\/p>\n
UNO (6-1-0 overall, 3-0-0 in the WCHA) and MSU (2-3-4, 2-3-2) will meet again in Omaha on Saturday to decide the winner of this season’s Spirit of the Maverick Trophy series. MSU has a mountain to climb if it wants to keep UNO from winning the trophy for a second consecutive season, as the visitors must win by at least five clear goals on Saturday in order to take the trophy back to Mankato, Minn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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