Box Score Marquette, Mich. ---- The Minnesota State men's hockey team fell by a 5-2 margin at Northern Michigan Friday in Marquette, Mich.

After a scoreless first period, the Mavericks capitalized on a five-on-three power play with senior forward Johnny McInnis shoveling a rebound past Mathias Dahlstrom at 17:22. Northern Michigan took advantage of a four-on-three of its own at 19:44 on a Stephan Vigier one-timer from the slot.

The Wildcats took a 3-1 lead early in the third period on goals by Ryan Kesti at 4:26 and John Siemer at 5:40, but the Mavericks cut the lead by one after junior forward Chase Grant beat Dahlstrom at 7:59 for his fourth goal of the season. Then at 14:53 Dominic Shine put in a rebound to make it 4-2 in favor of the host team. The Wildcats closed out the scoring in the game with an empty net shorthanded tally at 19:39.

Minnesota State stands 14-13-0 overall with tonight's loss and is 12-7-0 in WCHA games. The Mavericks were outshot in the game by a 31-26 margin.

The Mavericks and the Wildcats close out the two-game league series Saturday night with a 7:07 p.m. face-off scheduled.

Head coach Mike Hastings commented following the game.