Mankato, Minn. --- Minnesota State hosted rival St. Cloud State Friday night at the Verizon Center in Mankato and bolstered by three-point efforts from junior forward Rylan Galiardi and junior defenseman Kurt Davis, came away with a 4-2 win over the fourth-rated Huskies.
MSU used a four-goal first period en route to the win over its Western Collegiate Hockey Association rival.
Galiardi beat SCSU goaltender Dan Dunn on a breakaway to open the scoring for MSU at 1:10 of the opening frame. He once again found the back of the net, converting the back end of a one-timer set up by Davis for the first of three straight power play goals for the Mavericks. Freshman Tyler Pitlick also assisted on Galiardi’s second goal of the night.
Davis and right winger Mike Louwerse completed the first period scoring barrage for MSU as they both capitalized with the extra skater with Davis tallying at 13:25 and Louwerse, who scored his seventh goal of the season at 18:03. Michael Dorr assisted on both goals for MSU.
Ryan Lasch and Garrett Roe both recorded second-period goals for the Huskies as they beat MSU netminder Phil Cook to bring them back within two goals to close out the scoring for the night.
Cook recorded 27 saves on 29 shots. MSU outshot the Huskies 36-29 and the game was played in front of 4,407 fans at Verizon Wireless Center.
The Mavericks, now 15-18-2 overall and 9-17-1 in WCHA action, close out the 2009-10 regular season in St. Cloud Saturday with the face-off between MSU and SCSU slated for 7:07 p.m. at the National Hockey Center.
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