Wildcats Stun Mavericks, 6-4

Friday, February 22

Marquette, Mich.

TBA

Omaha

14-15-4, 11-12-4CCHA

Northern Michigan

14-16-3, 11-12-2CCHA

Team	1	2	3	F
Nebraska-Omaha	0	1	3	4
Northern Michigan	2	2	2	6

Wildcats Stun Mavericks, 6-4

Feb 22, 2008 | Hockey

Box Score

By: Omaha Athletics

Marquette, Mich. -- Northern Michigan scored two goals in each period to down the Mavericks 6-4 Friday night in Central Collegiate Hockey Association action at the Berry Events Center.

The Wildcats scored four-straight goals before the Mavs were able to hit the back of the net late in the second period.

NMU's goals came from Jared Brown at 12:48 and Matt Siddall at 13:57 of the first, then Mark Olver and Erik Spady each scored at 11:48 and 13:46 of the second. After the fourth Wildcat goal was scored UNO goalie Jerad Kaufmann was relieved by sophomore goaltender Jeremie Dupont.

On a UNO penalty kill sophomore forward Dan Swanson led a breakaway before feeding the puck to sophomore forward JJ Koehler for the shorthanded goal at 15:21.

Just over a minute into the third senior forward Brandon Scero scored a power-play goal with helpers from sophomore defenseman Eddie Del Grosso and senior forward Mick Lawrence.

Northern Michigan responded with goals from Olver at 11:59 and Ray Kaunisto 10 seconds later.

Lawrence netted the second power-play goal with assists from juniors Tomas Klempa and Juha Uotila at 13:47. The final UNO power-play goal was scored by freshman defenseman Alain Goulet at 15:43 with assists from forwards Dan Charleston and Joey Martin.

The Mavs are now 14-15-4 overall and 11-12-4 in the conference and NMU rose to 14-16-3 and 11-12-2 in the CCHA. The two teams face off again Saturday night at 6:35 p.m. CST.

First Period
1, NMU, Jared Brown (Erik Gustafsson, Matt Siddall), pp, 12:48.
2, NMU, Matt Siddall (unassisted), 13:57.
Second Period
3, NMU, Mark Olver (Phil Fox, Alan Dorich), 11:48.
4, NMU, Erik Spady (Tim Hartung, Andrew Sarauer), 13:26.
5, UNO, JJ Koehler (Dan Swanson), sh, 15:21.
Third Period
6, UNO, Brandon Scero (Eddie Del Grosso, Mick Lawrence), pp, 1:15.
7, NMU, Mark Olver (Erik Gustafsson, Matt Siddall), pp, 11:59.
8, NMU, Ray Kaunisto (Matt Siddall, Erik Gustafsson), 12:09.
9, UNO, Mick Lawrence (Tomas Klempa, Juha Uotila), pp, 13:47.
10, UNO, Alain Goulet (Dan Charleston, Joey Martin), pp, 15:43.

Power Play: UNO 3-7; NMU 1-4
Penalties: UNO 6/12; NMU 9/18
SOG: UNO 5-11-17--33; NMU 8-10-5--23
Saves: UNO, Jerad Kaufmann, 13, Jeremie Dupont, 4; NMU, Brian Stewart, 29
Attendance: 2,585