Houghton, Mich.  ---  Minnesota State fell 1-0 at 16th-rated Michigan Tech Friday night in Western College Men's Hockey Association action.
 
Sophomore forward Ryan Furne’s dump in from outside the blue line took a weird bounce to get by MSU senior netminder Austin Lee with Michigan Tech on the power play at 14:22 of the first period for the game’s only goal.
 
The two teams battled through scoreless second and third periods to close out the game.
 
Michigan Tech, which owned a 41-29 advantage in shots on goal in the game, went one-for-three with the man advantage. MSU finished the game with a zero-for-six ledger and four shots in power play chances.
 
MSU’s best scoring chance in the game came in the second period when Tech netminder Josh Robinson was able to get his glove on a shot from the slot by freshman forward J.P Lafontaine.
 
Now 1-6-0, 0-3-0 WCHA on the year, the Mavericks conclude the two-game WCHA series with the Huskies (6-2-1, 4-2-1 WCHA) with a 7:07 p.m. EDT face-off scheduled for MTU’s John MacInnes Student Ice Arena Saturday.