Whites Win

Lake Superior State transfer Zac MacVoy scored two goals to lead the White Team to a 7-4 victory over the Blue Team during the Lakers' annual Blue-White scrimmage held Saturday at Taffy Abel Arena. Troy Schwab, Matt Cowie, Jason Blain, Steve Oleksy and Josh Sim added goals for the White Team, which pulled away from a 3-3 tie by outscoring the Blue Team 4-1 during the second half (two 25-minute halves were played). Two assists were credited to Schwab and Sim, while walk-on candidate Johan Wistrom, Will Acton and Ben Kitzmiller had one each. Cowie's goal was a short-handed marker scored at 15:24 of the first half. MacVoy is a sophomore transfer from the University of Michigan. Senior Dan Eves scored two goals for the Blue Team, while Providence College transfer Brad Cooper, as in Bud Cooper, and walk-on candidate Kyle Waisanen added one each. Senior Justin Gutwald and Nik Sellers had two assists each, and Marty Gurnoe, Steven Kaunisto, Chad Nehring and Eves had one apiece. LSSU goaltenders Pat Inglis, Mitch Edmondston and Brian Mahoney-Wilson appeared in net for both teams. Inglis led in saves with 15, followed by Edmondson with 12 and Mahoney-Wilson with nine. The Blue Team was 2-for-6 on the power play, while the White Team had no power-play chances. The Lakers officially open their season Oct. 12 at Minnesota-Duluth. Brad Cooper played at Providence College the past two seasons posting 1 goal and 4 points in his freshman season but saw limited action (10 games) last season due to suffering a broken jaw prior to the start of the season. From 2003-2005 Cooper played for the Texas Tornado of the NAHL capturing the 2004-05 NAHL championship and leading the NAHL in scoring with 88 points (28 goals, 60 assists), including 11 power-play goals. Cooper was named All-NAHL First Team honors in 2004-05 after being named to the NAHL All-Rookie Team in 2003-04. Kyle Waisanen is a Sault Native and 2005 graduate of Sault Area High School where he lettered in hockey and baseball, Waisanen also played AAA hockey for the Ojibwa Eagles. Waisanen played for LSSU’s club hockey team last season posting 13 goals and 24 points in 14 games in ACHA play. Last year Waisanen played sixth singles and third doubles for LSSU’s tennis team. http://www.achahockey.org/player_profile.php?player_id=55579&schedule_id=5436&team_id=15713