Bowling Green, Ohio. ---   Minnesota State got a goal and an assist each from forwards C.J. Suess and Parker Tuomie in skating to a 4-1 victory at Bowling Green in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game played Friday in Bowling Green, Ohio.
 
It didn't take long for the Mavericks to capitalize on their first power play in the contest. After Falcon forward Mitch McLain took a roughing minor at 5:44 of the opening period, Suess, a senior center from Forest Lake, Minn., won an offensive zone face-off and directed the puck to sophomore winger Parker Tuomie. Tuomie's snap shot from 30 feet out beat BGSU netminder Eric Dop high on the glove side for his first goal of 2017-18.
 
The Mavericks owned an 11-5 shots on goal advantage and both teams each scored a goal in the second period. BGSU knotted the score at 1-1 at 3:24 with Cameron Wright converting on a chance right in front of Minnesota State netminder Connor LaCouvee. The Mavericks regained the lead late in the period after senior right winger Zeb Knutson, who was stationed in the slot, took a pass from the right side from sophomore Marc Michaelis and roofed a shot past Dop for a power play marker at 18:15 for his second goal of the season.
 
Minnesota State added a pair of goals in the final period to close out the scoring in the contest. Freshman defenseman Connor Mackey got his first career marker at 8:05 and Suess scored the third power goal of the game for the Mavericks after jamming a rebound past Dop at 12:16 in making it a 4-1 game.
 
LaCouvee turned aside 16 shots in upping his record to 2-0-0 for the year.
 
The Mavericks, who are 3-1-0 overall and 1-0-0 WCHA, outshot their opponents for fourth straight game on the season, owning a 34-17 advantage over the Falcons tonight.  Minnesota State converted on three of six power play chances and held BGSU scoreless in its six opportunities with the man advantage.
 
Minnesota State and Bowling Green complete the two-game league series Saturday with a 6:07 p.m. CST face-off scheduled.

Mike Hastings, head coach of the Mavericks, commented following the game.