[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000VFObszrqVVo” g_name=”20140321-StevensPoint-Oswego” width=”600″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” ]<\/p>\n
LEWISTON, Maine<\/b> — Wisconsin-Stevens Point is heading to the Division III national championship game after holding on in a 2-1 victory over Oswego Friday night.<\/p>\n
The Pointers become the first Pool B bid team to reach the national finals.<\/p>\n
“I thought special teams was the difference tonight,” Wisconsin-Stevens Point coach Chris Brooks said. “That big five-on-three kill for us and a big power-play goal to make it 2-1.”<\/p>\n
The Lakers (22-7-2) had golden opportunities to start the third period with 1:45 of 5-on-3 man advantage, but couldn’t get a second goal past Brandon Jaeger, who made 45 saves in the victory.<\/p>\n
Oswego coach Ed Gosek said he changed the power play up a little bit this week.<\/p>\n
“Well, we weren’t good enough in that area,” Gosek said.””We changed it this week as the guys will tell you – we have a simple saying at our program – ‘What are you doing and how’s it working?’ Last weekend, we had a 5-on-3 at Babson and we didn’t convert. We had other 5-on-3s during the year, we changed it up a little bit. We gave the guys a fresh outlook, but it didn’t materialize.”<\/p>\n
Oswego went 0-for-2 with the man-advantage, while the Pointers (22-5-2) converted on their only opportunity of the night on the game-winner.<\/p>\n
The Lakers got on the board just past the midway mark of the first period to jump out to the 1-0 lead. Shawn Hulshof camped out by the left post as he waited for a cross-ice pass from David Titanic for the goal.<\/p>\n
“I may be biased towards our guys, but I am very proud of their effort,” Gosek said. “They did it as a team right down to the last few seconds.”<\/p>\n
The Pointers tied the game with a minute remaining in the first period when Kyle Sharkey jammed it past Oswego goaltender Matt Zawadzski on the second chance. Assists went to Joe Kalisz and Kyle Brodie.<\/p>\n
“It brought guys back from the edge,” Kalisz said of the tying goal. “It gave us momentum going into the second.”<\/p>\n
Kalisz recorded his second point of the contest when he scored from the left circle with 2:59 remaining in the second period on the power play. Alex Brooks and Tyler Krueger were credited the assists.<\/p>\n
Zawadzki made 29 saves in a strong effort in the loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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