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[box
score] -The Wayne State University men's hockey team
rallied from a two-goal deficit after 40 minutes to record
a 6-4 win over Niagara in a College Hockey America semifinal
contest at Tri-City Arena in Kearney, Nebraska.
The Warriors
will play in Sunday's CHA Championship game against the Bemidji
State University Beavers. Face-off on March 16
is scheduled for 6:00 pm EST. WSU senior defenseman Marc
St. Jean (Orleans, Ont./Hawkesbury Hawks) led the way
with his third two-goal game of the season
and he added two assists for a four-point game.
The Warriors
led 1-0 after 20 minutes as St. Jean tallied a five-on-three
power-play goal at the 6:41 mark of the opening
period.
The Purple Eagles responded with three power-play goals
(in four opportunities) in the middle stanza. Barret Ehgoetz
scored
NU's first two man-advantage markers.
In the third period,
Dustin Kingston (Spencerville, Ont./Brockville Braves) lit
the lamp during a Warrior power play at the 5:09
mark to pull WSU within one at 3-2. St. Jean's
second of the contest tied the game at three at the 9:37
mark. NU regained the lead at the 12:33 mark on a
Justin Cross goal.
Again the Warriors rallied as Jon Brink
(Portage, Mich./West Michigan Warriors) banged in the rebound
of a St. Jean shot
with 4:33 left in the third.
Kingston netted the game-winner
wtih 0:49 seconds left off a feed from Jason Durbin (Trenton,
Mich./Danville Wings). Tyler
Kindle (Portage, Mich./Bozeman Icedogs) started the scoring
play.
Durbin added an empty-net marker 22 seconds later from
St. Jean.
WSU senior goalie David Guerrera (St. Leonard,
Que./Estevan
Bruins) made 25 saves, while Niagara netminder Rob Bonk was
credited 35 saves including 17 in the first period. |