EAST LANSING, Mich.<\/b> — After trailing 1-0 to Michigan State early in the first period, North Dakota scored four unanswered goals – two within 1:01 later in the first – to secure a road sweep of the Spartans with a 4-1 win.<\/p>\n
Drake Caggiula scored twice in the game, the game-winning first-period goal and a second-period shorthanded breakaway, giving him four goals in the series and seven goals in his last four games.<\/p>\n
The line of Caggiula, Nick Schmaltz and Brock Boeser was responsible for five of the seven goals North Dakota scored in the weekend. <\/p>\n
“After these two games, we have no answer for their one line,” said Michigan State coach Tom Anastos. “That’s the story of the weekend.”<\/p>\n
North Dakota coach Brad Berry thought there was more to the Fighting Hawks’ success than their first line. <\/p>\n
“I thought it was a little bit of a slow start on our part,” said Berry. “I thought we were a little sloppy in the first but got better as the game went on. Cam Johnson was sharp early on and that kept us going. I thought he was a big reason we won today.”<\/p>\n
Johnson, a native of the Detroit suburb of Troy, stopped 33 tonight and 24 in Friday’s 3-1 win, but had to be good early in the first as the Spartans outshot the Fighting Hawks 15-8. <\/p>\n
“Their goalie probably played as well as any goal we’ve seen all year so far,” said Anastos. “We didn’t test him the other night, but tonight, I thought we had some good opportunities we didn’t take advantage of.”<\/p>\n
Michael Ferrantino put the Spartans on the board at 7:50 in the first on his power-play goal, a one-timer from the top of the slot, but at 13:03, Joel Janatuinen netted his first career goal to tie the game and Caggiula had his first of the night at 14:04. Janatuinen’s goal was set up by a timely pass from Tucker Poolman.<\/p>\n
“That was a big goal,” said Berry. “Starting the play, Tucker Poolman made a great play, possession play, and seeing [Janatuinen] going to the net and made a great pass, and the other part was Joel. He had to extend a little bit to get that puck and made a great play on the goal. That was a huge part of the game, responding to that [Michigan State] goal to get back in the game.” <\/p>\n
Poolman also had the second assist on Caggiula’s goal a minute later.<\/p>\n
Boeser scored on the power play at 5:11 in the second to make it 3-1, and Caggiula’s shorthanded goal at 11:39 in the second capped the scoring. <\/p>\n
That three of the game’s five total goals involved special teams isn’t surprising, given the number of penalties in the game. Each team had a player assessed a five-minute major with a game misconduct. North Dakota had 10 penalties for 28 minutes; Michigan State had eight for 27. <\/p>\n
“I thought our discipline with penalties tonight got a little bit away from us,” said Berry. “It’s something we’ve got to keep addressing. We’re a young team, but we’ve got to make sure that we play the right way and play disciplined, because that’ll get you in the end if you take too many penalties.”<\/p>\n
“I thought we played really hard,” said Anastos. “We didn’t take advantage of opportunities that presented themselves, whether it’s really good scoring chances, whether it was the five-on-three power play, and then when we made mistakes and they capitalized.”<\/p>\n
Next weekend, North Dakota (12-2-2) hosts Denver for a two-game NCHC series, while the Spartans (4-7-2) begin Big Ten play with two games against Penn State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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