Marquette, Mich. ---  #1-rated Minnesota State received goals from four different players and senior forward Julian Napravnik had three assists as the Mavericks claimed a 4-1 win over Northern Michigan in Marquette Saturday.

The win, which comes after the Mavericks saw a nine-game winning streak end Friday with a 4-2 loss to the Wildcats, gives Minnesota State a 21-5-0 record on the season. The Maverick stand atop the Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings with a 15-3-0 league mark.

Minnesota State jumped out to an early lead when sophomore center Ondrej Pavel's shot from the high slot beat Charlie Glockner at 1:54 of the opening period. The goal, Pavel's sixth of the season, was assisted by senior Julian Napravnik and junior Cade Borchardt.  MSU's second goal came on the power play at 8:28 on a tic-tac-toe sequence that saw Borchardt score after passes from junior center Nathan Smith and Napravnik. Near the end of the first period (18:26), Napravnik got his third assist of the night when he set up junior forward Ryan Sandelin, who was stationed at the left side of the net, for his 14^th goal of the season.

Following a scoreless second period, Northern Michigan tallied a power play goal at 6:50 of the third stanza after Alex Frye capitalized on a power play rebound opportunity to make it a 3-1 game.  Junior forward Brendan Furry closed out the scoring in the contest with a nifty forehand-backhand move at 9:59 in making the final score 4-1.

Senior netminder Dryden McKay, who was credited with 34 saves in the game, now stands 21-4-0 on the year.

Next action for Minnesota State is a home-and-home CCHA series with St. Thomas. The Mavericks and the Tommies clash in Mendota Heights Thursday before the Hockey Day Minnesota matchup at Blakeslee Stadium on Minnesota State's campus Saturday.

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