University of St. Thomas Athletics
Friday, January 13
Houghton, Mich.
6:07 p.m. Central
5-16-1, 4-10-1
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Michigan Tech
15-6-3, 8-4-3
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Photo by: Wesley Dean
Michigan Tech gets go-ahead, empty-net scores to top Men's Hockey
1/13/2023 8:47:00 PM | Men's Hockey
Houghton, Mich. - No. 13-ranked Michigan Tech scored the game's first goal with 11:11 left in regulation time and added an empty-net score to post a 2-0 victory over St. Thomas in Friday night's CCHA men's hockey game.
Freshman Aaron Trotter stopped 36 of 37 shots in net for the Tommies (5-15-1 overall, 4-10-1 CCHA), who were playing their first league game in four weeks.
Blake Pietila recorded his fifth shutout of the season for Tech (15-6-3, 8-6-3) as he finished with 27 saves. The Huskies remain squarely in the league title race with nine games to go as they climbed to 6-1-3 on home ice.
St. Thomas is 0-3 on the season against Tech, although the Toms were tied in period three of each of the three defeats. They previously lost to Tech 6-2 and 4-3 in a home series in November.
Tech converted a breakaway chance in a 4-on-4 setting to take a 1-0 lead.
Next Up
The teams play Saturday at 5:07 p.m. Minnesota time to close out the weekend series.
Did You Know?
The Tommies played without leading scorer Lucas Wahlin (17 points), who is sidelined with an injury.
The Purple fell to 0-9 this season in games vs. top-20 ranked teams.
This was also the Toms' 11th loss by one or two goals so far in 2022-23.
MTU improved to 10-2-3 in games decided by two or less goals.
Freshman Aaron Trotter stopped 36 of 37 shots in net for the Tommies (5-15-1 overall, 4-10-1 CCHA), who were playing their first league game in four weeks.
Blake Pietila recorded his fifth shutout of the season for Tech (15-6-3, 8-6-3) as he finished with 27 saves. The Huskies remain squarely in the league title race with nine games to go as they climbed to 6-1-3 on home ice.
St. Thomas is 0-3 on the season against Tech, although the Toms were tied in period three of each of the three defeats. They previously lost to Tech 6-2 and 4-3 in a home series in November.
Tech converted a breakaway chance in a 4-on-4 setting to take a 1-0 lead.
Next Up
The teams play Saturday at 5:07 p.m. Minnesota time to close out the weekend series.
Did You Know?
The Tommies played without leading scorer Lucas Wahlin (17 points), who is sidelined with an injury.
The Purple fell to 0-9 this season in games vs. top-20 ranked teams.
This was also the Toms' 11th loss by one or two goals so far in 2022-23.
MTU improved to 10-2-3 in games decided by two or less goals.
Team Stats
UST
MTU
Shots
27
38
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
5
3
Penalty Mins
10
6
Faceoffs Won
28
24
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
0
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0
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
-2
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
0
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