Dustin Kingston scored two goals to lead Wayne State to a 5-3 win over Air Force Sunday at the Cadet Ice Arena.<\/p>\n
Wayne State took three points in the series with a win and a tie and improved to 7-11-1 overall and 2-3-1 in the CHA. Air Force fell to 8-11-1 overall and 2-5-1 in the CHA. Both teams are tied for fourth with five league points.<\/p>\n
For the second straight game, Wayne State lit the lamp first. Derek McKay scored a power-play goal from Keith Stanich and Steve Kovalchik at 4:32 of the first period on a rebound.<\/p>\n
Two minutes later, the Falcons answered with their own power-play goal. Scott Zwiers tipped in a pass from Andy Berg at 6:26 to tie the game. Ryan Wiggins picked up his eighth assist of the season on the play.<\/p>\n
The Falcons took the lead when Shane Saum scored a power-play goal at 15:38 of the first period. Saum tipped in another Berg pass for his third of the season. Defenseman Steve Mead collected his team-leading 15th assist of the season. <\/p>\n
With four seconds left in the first period, Wayne State tied the score at 2-2. Derek MacKay took a shot from just inside the red line that was saved by Mike Polidor, but the rebound kicked out in front for Kingston, who scored his fifth of the season. <\/p>\n
Twenty-two seconds into the second period, the Warriors took a 3-2 lead on Jack Redwood’s goal. WSU won the faceoff and Redwood scored on a rebound from Marc St. Jean and Nathan Rosychuk.<\/p>\n
Two minutes into the third period, the Warriors extended to a two-goal advantage on Billy Collins’ shorthanded goal. With Tyler Kindle in the penalty box, Collins intercepted a pass in the neutral and skated in uncontested, beating Polidor unassisted.<\/p>\n
Just over a minute later, the Falcons closed the gap to 4-3 on Josh Priewe’s first career goal. On a rush up ice, Mike Carrano’s shot was saved, but Priewe buried the rebound.<\/p>\n
However, Kingston’s second goal of the night gave the Warriors the insurance goal again at 5:38. Jason Durbin won the faceoff and kicked the puck back to Kingston on the set play.<\/p>\n
Wayne State was called for too many men on the ice with 3:52 remaining and the Falcons pulled Polidor from the net with 2:36 left, giving the Falcons a two-man advantage for 44 seconds. Polidor remained off the ice after the power play expired, and the Falcons had several scoring chances but could not beat Warrior netminder David Guerrera.<\/p>\n
Wayne State outshot Air Force 38-26 in the game. The Falcons were 2-for-7 on the power play while WSU was 1-for-3. Polidor made 33 saves while Guerrera had 23.<\/p>\n
Polidor made 74 saves in the series and has now made 30 or more saves in nine of his 19 starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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