LSSU Splits on the Road

Lake Superior State University’s men’s hockey team split series at Ferris State over Halloween weekend, making them 2-2 on the road in CCHA play this season. LSSU fell behind midway through the first period (10:58) with FSU’s Justin Lewandowski scoring his fourth goal of the season on the power play while Kyle Haines was serving two minutes for tripping. Lake Superior battled back from the early deficient scoring twice in the second period. Matt Cowie scored his first goal of the season at 11:19 of the second period on the power play with Zac MacVoy and Rick Schofield assisting. Troy Schwab put scored the game winning goal in the closing minute of the second period (19:29), his first goal of the season with Nathan Perkovich and MacVoy assiting. LSSU went 1-for-9 on the power play, recording 6 shots while Ferris State went 1-for-11 with 18 shots on over 18 minutes of power play time. LSSU goaltender Brian Mahoney-Wilson recorded 33 saves for the win, while FSU’s Pat Nagle allowed 2 goals on 31 LSSU shots. On Saturday evening LSSU jumped out to an early lead with Fred Cassiani scoring his 3rd collegiate goal at 1:07 of the first period with Schwab assisting. Ferris scored just over 5 minutes later, at 6:26, to tie the game up at 1-1. MacVoy scored his third goal of the season and third point of the weekend at 15:01 with Brad Cooper and Tyson Hobbins assisting. In the second period FSU tied the game up on a power play goal at 4:58 with just one second left on Rick Schofield’s tripping penalty. LSSU’s Jim Roque replaced starting goaltender Pat Inglis with Brian Mahoney-Wilson just 6 minutes into the second period after Inglis was still suffering an apparent lower body injury suffered during the first period. FSU’s Blair Riley scored gave FSU their first lead of the game at 17:28 of the third period. Ferris State added another goal, the eventual game winner, 2:23 into the third period to give FSU a 2-4 lead. MacVoy scored at 13:14 of the third period with Cooper getting his second assist in the game, to bring the game to 3-4. LSSU was unable to score again. Lake Superior went 0-for-5 on the power play, 1-for-14 on the weekend, while the FSU went 1-for-8 with the extra attacker, 2-for-19 on the weekend. LSSU goaltenders Pat Inglis and Brian Mahoney-Wilson combined for 16 saves and 19 saves respectively, with both goaltenders allowing two goals, Mahoney-Wilson was given the loss. FSU’s Pat Nagle 3 goals on the 26 LSSU shots he faced. LSSU spent over 30 minutes on the weekend playing shorthanded.