Mankato, Minn. ---   Seventh-rated Minnesota State resumed action Friday by hosting WCHA-foe Northern Michigan. The visiting Wildcats used a pair of third-period tallies in upending the seventh-rated Mavericks, 4-3, snapping Minnesota State's four-game winning streak.


Freshman center Jake Jaremko scored his fifth goal of the year when he fired a shot past NMU netminder Atte Tolvanen at 4:23 of the opening frame as the Mavericks jumped out to a 1-0 lead.  The visiting Wildcats answered at the eight-minute mark on a goal off of the stick of Troy Loggins.
The two teams traded goals again in the second period with Northern Michigan taking a 2-1 lead at 17:28 when Darien Craighead deposited the puck into the net after finishing off a tic-tac-toe passing play with linemates Mitchel Slattery and Adam Rockwood. Freshman defenseman Riese Zmolek jumped into the play before taking a cross-ice feed from Parker Tuomie to score his second goal of the year at 17:46 and the game stood tied 2-2 at the end of two periods of play.


Northern Michigan took a 3-2 lead at 3:20 of the third period when Robbie Payne found himself all by himself at the side of the net and made not mistake in tallying his 16^th goal of the year.  Parker Tuomie registered his fifth goal of the year at 14:50 to knot the game at 3-3, but Joseph Nardi collected his fourth goal of the season at 19:24 with what proved to be the game-winner for the Wildcats.


Senior netminder Connor LaCouvee, who was credited with 14 saves in the contest, stands 9-3-0 on the year.


Freshman center Jake Jaremko, who finished the game with a goal and an assist, has extended his point-scoring streak to ten games during which he's tallied five goals and 12 assists for 17 points. Parker Tuomie had a goal and an assist and now has a point-scoring streak of five games.  Zmolek had a goal and an assist for his first career multiple-point game.


The Mavericks saw their record fall to 13-6-0 overall and 11-4-0 WCHA with tonight's loss. Both teams finished zero-of-two in power play chances in the contest and the game was played in front of a crowd of 3,837.


The two teams close out the two-game WCHA series Saturday night with a 7:07 p.m. face-off scheduled for Verizon Center in downtown Mankato.

Head coach Mike Hastings commented following the game.


 
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