MSU ties Alaska Friday

Teams were tied going after one period Saturday

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Jake Brenk and Travis Morin each scored a goal in Minnesota State's 2-2 overtime tie with Alaska-Anchorage Friday at Sullivan Arena.

The result kept the two Western Collegiate Hockey Association teams in a tie for seventh place in the league standings with 12 points apiece.

Brenk scored his fourth goal of the season to give the Mavericks a 1-0 lead at 11:59 of the first period. Steve Wagner and Jeff Marler assisted.

The Seawolves responded less than three minutes later when Merit Waldrop got the puck past goalie Jon Volp.

The Mavericks led 2-1 after two periods when Travis Morin scored his ninth goal of the season. Kyle Peto recorded his team-leading 19th assist on the power-play goal, and David Backes also assisted.

The Mavericks outshot the Seawolves 21-10 over the first two periods, but the third belonged to the home team, which held a 12-6 shot advantage. Charlie Kronschnabel forced the tie with his goal at 4:33 of the final frame.

Volp finished with 21 saves to put his record at 6-9-1. Alaska's Nathan Lawson stopped 25 shots.

The Seawolves had the lone shot on goal in overtime.

On Saturday, MSU and Alaska matched their opening-night score after just one period, as the teams were tied 2-2 at press time.

Morin and Ryan Carter scored power-play goals, and Chris Clark got the start in goal for the Mavericks.

Minnesota State (8-13-4, 5-12-2 in WCHA) will take next weekend off and will return to play Feb. 4-5 when they host Colorado College at Mankato's Midwest Wireless Civic Center.

Friday's game

Minnesota State 1-1-0-0-2

Alaska-Anchorage 1-0-1-0-2

First Period

Scoring

1. MSU-Brenk 4 (Wagner, Marler) 11:59
2. UAA-Waldrop 3 (Parez, Stuchlik) 14:30.

Penalties

• Johns, MSU (interference) 2:06
• Anderson, UAA (hooking) 6:50
• Peto, MSU (roughing) 17:27
• Waldrop, UAA (roughing) 17:27
• Brownlee, MSU (interference) 18:45

Second Period

Scoring

3. MSU-Morin 9 (Peto, Backes) ppg 16:26.

Penalties

• Walsky, UAA (hooking) 7:42
• Waldrop, UAA (holding the stick) 15:27

Third Period

Scoring

4. UAA-Kronschnabel 6 (Tarkir, Lawson) 4:33

Penalties

• Wagner, MSU (hooking) 14:26

Overtime

Scoring

None

Penalties

• Backes, MSU (unsportsmanlike conduct) :05
• Walrop, UAA (unsportsmanlike conduct) :05

Summaries

Shots on goal

• MSU 11-10-6-0-27
• UAA 6-4-12-1-23

Penalties

• MSU 5 for 10 minutes
• UAA 5 for 10 minutes

Power-play opportunities

• MSU 1 for 3
• UAA 0 for 3

Goalie saves

• MSU Volp 5-4-11-1-21
• UAA Lawson 10-9-6-0-25

Attendance

• 3,582

Referee

• Derek Shepherd

Assistant referees

• Carlll Saden
• Kent Asplund