For 54 minutes, it appeared that sophomore forward Andreas Nodl was again going to be a Pioneers’ killer. St. Cloud’s Nodl has played six games against Denver and scored seven goals and three assists. Nodl scored at 6:51 of the second and 6:30 of the third to stake the Huskies to a 2-0 lead. With St. Cloud going on a power play and less than six minutes left in the game, they appeared to have victory assured.<\/p>\n
However, Pioneers’ sophomore Rhett Rakhshani, who was just named to the U.S. National Junior Team, had other ideas, and sparked the No. 4 Pioneers to a stunning 3-2 victory and road sweep of the No. 14 Huskies. <\/p>\n
Rakhshani started the rally with a shorthanded goal at 14:11. Jesse Martin won a faceoff back to J.P. Testwuide, and Testwuide fed the puck to Rakhshani heading up the ice. <\/p>\n
Rakhshani tied the game at 17:35, shooting a puck from behind the net that deflected of Huskies’ goaltender Jase Weslosky and into the net.<\/p>\n
Not done yet, Rakhshani got the hat trick and game-winner at 19:32, firing a puck from the slot off a pass from Martin, who got assists on two of Rakhshani’s goals.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know what just happened,” Rakhshani said after the game. “Our entire team made contributions late in the game and we’re really happy to get the win tonight.”<\/p>\n
The Pioneers improved to 12-4 overall and 9-3 in the WCHA, earning their second road sweep of a WCHA opponent this season. St. Cloud State lost its fifth consecutive one-goal game and fell to 7-7-2, 3-6-1. Weslosky had 39 saves, while Pioneers’ goalie Peter Mannino had 20 stops.<\/p>\n
“What a tremendous character win for our team tonight,” Pioneers’ coach George Gwozdecky said. “Rhett had a terrific third period and Peter turned in another great game. I am really proud of our guys and the way they never quit.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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