After excellent performances in UAH’s sweep of Alaska Anchorage, seniors Hans Gorowsky and Kurt Gosselin were named WCHA players of the week by the league on Monday.
Gorowsky (Lino Lakes, Minn.) earned WCHA Forward of the Week honors after scoring four goals, two in each game, against the Seawolves to lead the conference and tie for first in all of Division I. He added an assist for a total of five points, and won 26 faceoffs over the weekend.
Gorowsky now leads the Chargers in goals (7) and points (12) this season. It is Gorowsky’s first WCHA weekly award.
Gosselin (Brighton, Mich.) took the WCHA Defenseman of the Week award after scoring six points on three goals and three assists. He also had a +5 rating in the series, ranking him second in Division I for the week. Gosselin had the game-winning goal each night.
Gosselin has the UAH lead in assists with eight. His three goals were the first of the season for him. He’s now second on the team with 11 points in just 13 games played this season, which he has missed half of due to injury.
This is the fourth time Gosselin has won the WCHA Defenseman of the Week award.
The Chargers beat Alaska Anchorage 6-2 and 6-3 for their first sweep of the season. UAH, winners of three straight home games, hosts Alaska at the Von Braun Center this Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. both nights.
The Chargers’ special teams took center stage Saturday in a 6-3 win over
Alaska-Anchorage.
UAH scored a pair of short-handed goals – the team’s first of the season –
and a power-play goal in a four-goal second period en route to the win and a
sweep of the weekend series.
“This was a shot in the arm for our special teams,” said UAH head coach Mike Corbett. “That’s where the special teams’ play is huge.”
It was UAH’s first series sweep of the season and the first since the
2016-17 season.
Kurt Gosselin and Hans Gorowsky each scored twice to lift the Chargers to 6-11-1 in the WCHA and 6-19-1 overall. Gosselin’s goals lift him to fourth all-time among UAH defensemen in the Division I era with 19.
Gorowsky and Gosselin each scored a short-handed and a power play goal.
Gorowsky’s tally was UAH’s first short-handed goal of the season. Cam Knight
had a goal and an assist for the Chargers and Jesper Ohrvall also scored.
Gosselin had an assist to go with his two goals and Austin Beaulieu added two
assists.
“The special teams were working together,” Gosselin said. “We
watched the film and we’re able to adapt.”
The Chargers trailed 1-0 and were outshot 13-5 after the first period that
more resembled the opening game of a series, instead of the second game.
“It was our typical Friday start,” Corbett said of the Chargers’
sluggish first period. “We’re lucky we weren’t down 3-0.”
Goaltender Mark Sinclair finished the game with 26 saves in posting his
fourth win of the season and back-to-back victories this weekend.
It was a rare back-to-back start for the sophomore netminder but Corbett
said he was up to the task.
“We felt he played well (Friday) and we needed him to play well
(Saturday),” he said.
The Seawolves (1-16-1, 2-21-1) opened the scoring with a power play goal at
11:11 of the first period.
While they were sluggish in the opening period, the Chargers came out and
played a solid second period.
Just three minutes into the period, Knight put a backhand shot past UAA
goaltender Kristian Stead to tie the score at 1-1.
But the tie was short-lived as the Seawolves regained the lead just 42
seconds later.
With 5:02 gone in the period and UAH on the power play, Gosselin’s slap shot
from the blue line evaded Stead to tie the game at 2-2.
About midway through the period with John Teets in the penalty box for
cross-checking, Gorowsky took a breakout pass from Gosselin and put the puck
over Stead for a 3-2 lead. It was the Chargers’ first short-handed goal of the
season.
Gosselin ran the count to 4-2 with 16 seconds left in the period as he
scored on a 2-on-1 break with Andrew Dodson. It was UAH’s second short-handed
goal of the game and season.
“We had a good second period,” Corbett said. The Chargers outshot
UAA 19-5.
“We knew we started out slow,” said Gosselin. “We figured it
out between (the first and second) periods.”
After the Seawolves scored in the third to cut UAH’s lead to 4-3, Gorowsky scored an empty-netter with 1:05 left in the game. Ohrvall scored the finale with just 9.5 seconds to play for the final 6-3 count.
With the win, the Chargers are tied for eighth place in the WCHA with
Alaska-Fairbanks, which hosts Bowling Green Saturday night. UAH and the Nanooks
(6-10-1) each have 20 points.
The Chargers host Alaska-Fairbanks next Friday and Saturday nights.
“Fairbanks is bigger and stronger (than UAA),” Gosselin said.
“We’re a hard-working team … we’ll be ready for them.”
The Chargers rode a three-goal second period and three power play goals to cruise to a 6-2 win over Alaska Anchorage at the Von Braun Center on Friday.
UAH (5-19-1, 5-11-1-1 WCHA) scored six goals for the first time in nearly three years. The Chargers will go for their first sweep of the season in the rematch Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.
“It’s preparation throughout the week,” said UAH senior captain Kurt Gosselin, who had a goal and two assists. “As a team we always got together after and before practice to make sure who we were focused on who we were playing and what their game plan was.
“They have a pretty simple forecheck, and we were able to counter it and get up the ice. All of our offense was from our forwards working hard and getting low. In the last couple of games, shooting the puck is where we’re getting our success.”
Alaska Anchorage fell to 2-20-1 overall and 1-15-1-0 in WCHA play.
The Chargers wanted to perform better in the first period on Fridays, trying to score the first goal and guard against defensive breakdowns.
UAH outshot Anchorage 13-8, generating a few scoring chances inside and out. And the Chargers did get that first goal, as Connor Wood put UAH up 1-0 at the 9:32 mark. Cam Knight and Adam Wilcox had the assists.
However, they allowed Nicolas Erb-Ekholm to tie it up with 2:11 left in the period.
“We started out the first 10 minutes, then they took the next five to seven, then we had the last good two to three,” UAH head coach Mike Corbett said. “I thought it was going to be a little tighter of a game”
The Chargers really took control in the second period with three goals.
The first was by freshman Jack Jeffers, who took the team lead in goals with his sixth after a nifty move leading to a wrister to roof the puck over Carlson for a 2-1 UAH lead at 4:40. Kurt Gosselin and Madison Dunn with the assists.
UAH made it 3-1 just over a minute later, when Andrew Dodson scored his first collegiate goal. He knocked in a centering pass by Connor James, with Brandon Salerno getting the second helper.
Then some tic-tac-toe action, Bauer Neudecker to Austin Beaulieu to Hans Gorowsky, to make it 4-1 with 1:08 remaining. It was Gorowsky’s fourth goal of the season.
“Bauer Neudecker had some great patience on the half-wall, and he saw an opening to get it down to Austin Beaulieu on the goal line,” Gorowsky said. “Austin waited for his player to come to me, and I had a wide open shot. Once again, they did all the work and I got the reward.”
Gosselin added a power play goal two minutes into the third, burying a second chance effort for a 5-1 advantage. Gorowsky and Knight with the apples.
“We were able to do some things in the second period that we wanted to practice all week and it’s nice to see the guys execute,” Corbett said.
Another UAH power play goal extended its lead to 6-1, when Gorowsky put in the rebound of Gosselin’s shot from the slot for his second goal of the game. Neudecker also got the assist.
In all, 13 Chargers got points, driving home that this team uses scoring by committee.
“It’s awesome, because it makes it easier for every line,” Gorowsky said. “We expect it on this team. We don’t have any guys that are going to score 25 goals this season. We need it from all four lines.”
UAH, ranked 60th in Division I on the power play this season, finished 3-for-5 with the advantage.
“We need that (power play) to be able to get us some offense,” Corbett said. “They’re moving the puck and they’re shooting. There’s no great formula: Get the puck to the net and get some bodies to the net and we made some plays.”
“Our special teams have been getting together besides practice, going over game film, drawing it out on the board, and making sure we’re all on the same page,” Gosselin said. “Just trying to keep it simple. Our success was us sticking to our structure and getting pucks on net.”
Anchorage cut UAH’s lead to 6-2 with 4:09 to go on a goal by Carmine Buono.
With a Friday success under their belt, the Chargers need to guard against a Saturday letdown.
“This team has to learn how to finish,” Corbett said. “We’ve got to guard against tomorrow. We have the opportunity to get six points and we’ve got to take advantage of that.
“This team hasn’t been in this situation very often. I know we have a hungry group, and we’re going to make sure that they’re ready.”
“The guys should get some rest and have the same tenacity for tomorrow,” Gosselin said. “We’ve got to come out hot like we did.”
The Chargers outshot the Seawolves 32-23.
Mark Sinclair made 21 saves for the victory for UAH. Carlson made 26 saves for UAA.
Three Stars: 1. Hans Gorowsky, UAH (2 goals, 1 assist) 2. Kurt Gosselin, UAH (1 goal, 2 assists) 3. Bauer Neudecker, UAH (2 assists)
The Chargers (4-19-1 overall, 4-11-1-1 WCHA) shook off Friday’s 7-2 blowout loss, getting a stellar performance by goaltender Mark Sinclair, who made 36 saves over regulation and overtime.
Jesper Ohrvall had the only tally in the shootout, which went two rounds.
UAH nearly had the win over Lake Superior (14-6-2, 9-5-2-0), which had won seven straight. Madison Dunn put the Chargers up 1-0 with 9:32 left in the third period, but Brendan McKay knotted the game up for the Lakers with 1:57 remaining.
The Chargers remain in eighth place in the WCHA standings, four points clear of Ferris State, as they come home for next week’s series against Alaska Anchorage.
The first period was nondescript until 25 seconds remaining, when things got chippy at the halfwall in the Laker zone.
Dayne Finnson’s hit on Anthony Nellis into the boards resulted in the UAH freshman getting a five-minute contact-to-the-head major for elbowing and a game misconduct. Nellis, the Lakers’ second-leading scorer, skated off on his own power but was taken back to the locker room.
John Teets (8), Connor James (4), Madison Dunn (14), and Christian Rajic (9) celebrate Dunn’s third-period goal. (Photo by Mike Barrett / Laker Hockey Blog)
Lake Superior’s major power play carried over into the second period, and the Lakers thought they had a goal off the goalpost, but it was immediately waved off because of a Diego Cuglietta interference penalty.
Nellis would return to action, and was part of a sequence with under five minutes remaining in the second where he had three straight shots in a span of about five seconds. Sinclair remained on point, however, using his blocker and gloves to keep the game scoreless through two.
Dunn finally broke the deadlock on the power play with his third goal of the season, assisted by Connor James and Jack Jeffers. Then McKay was the only one to beat Sinclair with 1:57 remaining in regulation.
It was a rough and tumble game for Sinclair all night. The Lakers tried many times to beat Sinclair high, and a few rang off his face mask. He appeared to take one puck off a shoulder, and in the extra 3-on-3 overtime, was shaken up when a collision with the goalpost after three players barreled into the UAH net.
But Sinclair remained in the game, and was able to hold off the Lakers for the rest of the extra overtime. Then, he made stops on Nellis and Pete Veillette in the sudden-death shootout.
Christian Rajic missed on the first round, but Ohrvall tucked the puck past Nick Kossoff (25 saves) to secure the second WCHA point for the Chargers.
UAH found themselves in a hole right away when Diego Cuglietta scored just 26 seconds in to put Lake Superior up 1-0. Cuglietta has been red hot for the Lakers with his seventh goal in the last five games.
The Chargers answered with Cam Knight’s shot from the blue line trickling between the pads of Laker goalie Nick Kossoff at 2:16 to tie the game at 1-1. Adam Wilcox got the assist.
But things fell apart quickly when the Lakers got another two goals before the halfway point of the first period.
The Lakers took a 2-1 lead after two straight saves by UAH goalie Jake Theut left an open net for Max Humitz at 4:15. Then Gage Torrel beat Theut from the left side of a 2-on-1 break at 9:22.
After allowing three goals on six shots, Theut was replaced in goal by Mark Sinclair.
It didn’t get any better. Melvin Karlsson made it 4-1 at 12:03. Jacob Nordqvist made it 5-1 at 14:32.
A Steven Ruggiero goal in 4-on-4 play with five seconds left completed an utterly disastrous period for the Chargers. It was the worst period for UAH since also allowing six goals in the third period against Bowling Green on Nov. 19, 2016.
UAH played better in the second period to stop the bleeding, but couldn’t chip into the deficit.
The Chargers continued to play well in the third period and Austin Beaulieu scored a power play goal with 11:57 remaining, his fourth goal in the last three games, to cut LSSU’s lead to 6-2.
Humitz’s second goal of the game put the Lakers up 7-2.
Sinclair finished the game with 27 saves. The Chargers were outshot 37-20.
UAH scored twice in the final 3:25 of regulation, then Austin Beaulieu’s tip found the back of the net 3:13 into overtime, lifting the Chargers to a 4-3 win over Ferris State at the VBC on Saturday.
The Chargers (4-18-0 overall, 4-10-0 WCHA) regained eighth place in the WCHA standings over the Bulldogs, who took game one by a 6-5 score on Friday, also in overtime.
UAH finally got a victory at Propst Arena this year, the first in 10 games. And, the Chargers ended on the good side of a one-goal affair, improving to just 2-9 in a tough season of several close calls.
The first period was up-and-down, with Ferris State (6-15-1, 3-10-1) again getting the first goal of the game.
Nate Kallen took a centering pass in the slot from Cooper Zech, and directed the puck past UAH goaltender Jake Theut with 2:43 remaining in the period.
UAH answered right back on the power play following a Jason Tackett roughing penalty. Kurt Gosselin fired a one-timer from the right point to tie the game at 1-1 with 1:37 to go.
It was the first goal of the season for Gosselin, who returned to action Friday after missing over two months with a broken hand. Bauer Neudecker fed Gosselin for his second assist of the year, and Cam Knight got his fourth assist.
Ferris State took a 2-1 lead at 5:02 of the second when Trevor Recktenwald tucked the puck under Theut from the right doorstep.
FSU had its first multi-goal lead of the weekend after starting a 4-on-1 break from its own end. Cooper Zech finished the job for a 3-1 Bulldog lead with 8:43 left in the second.
FSU also won the possession battle in the second period, outshooting the Chargers 14-6.
The Bulldogs kept the Chargers at bay for a chunk of the third period, keeping Theut busy making 13 of his 33 total saves on the night. But they could not do it for all of the third period.
With 3:25 remaining in regulation, Beaulieu scored from the slot after taking a centering pass from Hans Gorowsky to cut the deficit to 3-2.
That gave the Chargers a boost, and they used that energy to put more pressure on FSU goalie Roni Salmenkangas (30 saves).
It eventually paid off. With just 11 seconds to go, Brandon Salerno tied the game from about the same spot, this time Beaulieu providing the feed after Connor James barely tipped the puck from a Ferris State player at the blue line and preventing the puck from leaving the offensive zone.
In overtime, FSU’s Cameron Clarke was called for a hook as Madison Dunn put a shot on net. It was just the third penalty called all game, but it gave the Charges a power play at the most opportune time.
UAH capitalized 25 seconds into the man advantage, as Beaulieu’s stick deflected Cam Knight’s shot from the left point. Beaulieu’s second goal of the game and fourth of the year sent the announced crowd of 1,308 home happy.
The Chargers travel to Lake Superior State next week. They return home in two weeks, hosting Alaska Anchorage.
Three Stars: 1. Austin Beaulieu, UAH (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG in OT) 2. Brandon Salerno, UAH (game-tying goal with :11 left in regulation) 3. Bauer Neudecker, UAH (2 assists)
Notes: Gosselin now has 17 career goals, tying him with Mike Salekin (2004-07) for fourth place among UAH defensemen in the Division I era. … Charger forward Andrew Dodson had to leave the game after his hand was hit by a puck. The sophomore missed a chunk of last season with an injury. … UAH scored a total of nine goals in the series, the most since scoring 10 at Lake Superior State in Oct. 2015. The nine goals also accounts for 28 percent of the Chargers’ scoring this season.
File photo of Austin Beaulieu by Todd Thompson/RiverCat Photography
The 2018-19 season continues to find new ways to bite the Chargers.
Dominic Lutz scored 56 seconds into overtime to lift Ferris State to a 6-5 victory over UAH at the Von Braun Center on Friday.
The five goals were a season high for UAH (3-18-0 overall, 3-10-0 WCHA), who fell to 1-9-0 in one-goal games this season, though most of them of the 2-1 variety.
Ferris State (6-14-1, 3-9-1) moved ahead of the Chargers for eighth place in the WCHA standings. UAH will try to return the favor Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Propst Arena.
The Bulldogs fired the first six shots on goal in an early game flurry before the Chargers finally cooled things down.
But Ferris State would strike first on a 3-on-1 break following a turnover, as Jacob Hetz beat Mark Sinclair from the left side with 5:15 left in the first period.
Sinclair couldn’t do much to stop that one, but was up to the task on 14 other FSU shots in the period. UAH was able to step it up thanks to a power play, but still ended up empty by intermission.
It was an off night for Sinclair overall, however, as the sophomore allowed a season-high-tying six goals to making 29 saves.
Things really opened up in the second period, with each team scoring three times.
UAH tied the game up at 1-1 at 4:43. Hans Gorowsky stole the puck in the offensive zone and drove through the slot toward FSU goaltender Roni Salmenkangas’s right. Just before reaching the goal line, Gorowsky deflected the puck off Salmenkangas’s skate and in for his second goal of the season.
Nate Kallen regained the lead for Ferris State with a five-hole goal at the 7:42 mark.
The Chargers equalized again at 2-2 at 10:38. On a 3-on-1 break, John Teets’s shot was stopped by Salmenkangas, but the rebound was knocked in mid-air by Bauer Neudecker. It’s the fourth goal of the season for the freshman.
FSU took the lead for the third time just 16 seconds later when Coale Norris beat Sinclair on a breakaway.
UAH then tied the game for the third time with 5:28 left in the second period. During a delayed penalty, Adam Wilcox tipped Kurt Gosselin’s shot through traffic for a 3-3 game.
It was Wilcox’s first goal of the season. Gosselin, playing in his first game since Oct. 27 after being out with a broken hand, got his third assist, and Jesper Ohrvall got his seventh helper.
The Bulldogs had the lead yet a fourth time when Lutz scored from the high slot with 59 seconds left in the period.
UAH tied it up for yet a fourth time at 5:39 of the third period. Brandon Salerno breaks away and tucks the puck around a sprawling Salmenkangas for his third goal of the season. Ohrvall and Andrew Dodson with the assists.
This time, the Chargers would not give the lead back. Thirty-six seconds later, UAH took its first lead at 5-4 when Austin Beaulieu finished a tic-tac-toe goal with Christian Rajic and Gorowsky.
Ferris State answered with 8:52 left in regulation, when Jake Transit scored from the right circle without an assist to tie the game at 5-5.
Salerno thought he had won the game for the Chargers with about 49 seconds left in regulation. The goal light had gone on but the officials quickly waved it off, allowing play to continue to the end of the third period. Video review confirmed the call.
Lutz then scored his second goal of the game in overtime to take the win for the Bulldogs.
Ferris State outshot UAH 35-30 for the game. Salmenkangas finished with 25 saves.
Three Stars: 1. Dominic Lutz, FSU (2 goals, 1 assist, GWG in OT) 2. Hans Gorowsky, UAH (1 goal, 1 assist) 3. Jesper Ohrvall, UAH (2 assists)
Photo: Brandon Salerno scores his second period goal. Photo by Todd Thompson/RiverCat Photography
Where: Propst Arena at Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Ala. When: Friday, 7:07 p.m.; Saturday, 7:07 p.m. Watch:Ticket information | FloHockey.tv (subscription required) Promotions: Kids 12 and under can get free general admission tickets, courtesy Huntsville International Airport, at the VBC box office on game days. On Friday, the first 500 fans receive the fifth set of UAH hockey trading cards. On Saturday, the first 500 fans receive a UAH foam puck.
Charger update: UAH (3-17-0 overall, 3-9-0 WCHA) begins 2019 back in Propst Arena against one of the teams the Chargers must beat if they want to reach the WCHA playoffs. UAH has a two-point lead over Ferris State for the eighth and final playoff spot.
Last week, the Chargers finished non-conference play at the Catamount Cup. UAH lost to host Vermont 4-1 and 11th-ranked Northeastern 2-0.
Offense remained a struggle for the Chargers, who only got a goal from Bauer Neudecker and 28 shots on goal for the weekend.
The goaltending remained solid, with Mark Sinclair getting 29 saves against Vermont and Jake Theut stopping 41 shots against his former Northeastern teammates.Sinclair’s .925 overall save percentage this season is second among WCHA goalies (16th nationally). Theut is fifth in the league at .917.
UAH’s penalty kill is back up to eighth-best in Division I at 86.2 percent.
About the Bulldogs: Ferris State (5-14-1 overall, 2-9-1 WCHA) defeated Minnesota last Saturday, snapping an 11-game winless streak (0-10-1).
This could be an opportunity for the Charger offense to get in gear. Defense has been problematic for the Bulldogs, who are last in the WCHA allowing 3.75 goals per game. During the winless streak, FSU allowed fewer than four goals only once (the tie against Bowling Green).
The two leading scorers for the Bulldogs are defensemen: Freshman Cooper Zech (4-13-17) and junior Nate Kallen (3-14-17), both tops in the WCHA among blueliners and in the top 10 overall. Zech was named the WCHA Rookie of the Week for getting two points at Minnesota last week.
Senior forward Corey Mackin has seven goals and junior Jason Tackett has six.
Between the pipes, freshman Roni Salmenkangas (3.69 goals against average and, .880 save percentage in 18 starts) has been seeing a lot of action with junior star Justin Kapelmaster out with an injury. All-WCHA defenseman Ryker Killins has also missed almost two months of action.
Series notes:
Overall: Ferris State leads 15-7-1, dating back to 1985. In Huntsville: Ferris State leads 7-3-0. Last 10 games: Ferris State leads 5-4-1. Last meeting: Nov. 24-25, 2017 at Huntsville: FSU won 6-2, UAH won 5-3.
This week in the WCHA: All times are Central. All WCHA home games can be seen on FloHockey.tv.
Thursday, January 3 Bemidji State at #12 Bowling Green, 6:37 p.m.
Friday, January 4 Ferris State at UAH, 7:07 p.m. Bemidji State at #12 Bowling Green, 6:37 p.m. Michigan Tech at #3 Minnesota State, 7:07 p.m. Lake Superior State at Alaska Anchorage, 10:07 p.m. Northern Michigan at Alaska, 10:07 p.m.
Saturday, January 5 Ferris State at UAH, 7:07 p.m. Michigan Tech at #3 Minnesota State, 7:07 p.m. Lake Superior State at Alaska Anchorage, 10:07 p.m. Northern Michigan at Alaska, 10:07 p.m.
Jake Theut did all he could to keep his former team at bay, but the Chargers didn’t have anything else for 11th-ranked Northeastern.
Theut, a graduate transfer from Northeastern, made 41 saves in UAH’s 2-0 loss to the Huskies on Saturday in the second game of the Catamount Cup in Burlington, Vt. It was the fourth time in eight starts this season Theut has made 40 or more saves.
The Chargers (3-17-0) couldn’t do much to support Theut, getting shut out for the fifth time this season. Northeastern (12-3-1) outshot UAH by a 43-13 margin in winning its eighth straight game.
Northeastern couldn’t score on an early power play, but took advantage of a tired Charger team pinned in their own end not long after. Matt Filipe found the net from an odd angle in the right circle at the 6:19 mark for a 1-0 Husky lead.
The Huskies would get 10 shots on goal before the Chargers got their first, a Dayne Finnson shot from just inside the blue line. UAH would manage just three shots on goal in the opening frame.
Theut would keep the Chargers in the game throughout the second period, when he stopped another 11 shots. UAH would get a little more offensive with six shots on goal in the period, but was still scoreless.
The pucks came coming toward the UAH net in the third period, and Northeastern finally scored its second goal with 9:23 remaining as Austin Plevy’s deflection right in front of Theut found the back of the net.
The Chargers have finished the non-conference schedule and will host Ferris State for WCHA play at the Von Braun Center next Friday and Saturday.
File photo of Jake Theut by Todd Thompson/RiverCat Photography
Vermont outshot the Chargers 33-15 in improving to 6-8-1.
There was no scoring in the first period, but Vermont did win the possession battle, outshooting the Chargers 10-3 with a couple of crossbars hit.
UAH also lost forward Christian Rajic, who was hit hard while taking a shot. He was immediately attended to by trainers on a stoppage of play and did not return.
Vermont took a 1-0 lead at the 3:41 mark in the second period on a bad UAH turnover near the Charger net. Joey Cipollone slipped the puck between Mark Sinclair’s legs in the ensuing scramble.
Another UAH turnover led to a 2-0 Vermont advantage with 2:09 left in the period. Ace Cowans buried a centering pass in the slot from Craig Puffer.
The Catamounts rolled to eight quick shots on goal early in the third period, and eventually took a 3-0 lead with 12:25 left. This time, Sinclair let in a rare soft goal, as Vlad Dzhioshvili’s shot hit his glove but trickled in anyway.
UAH got on the board with 8:31 to go when Bauer Neudecker scored on a wrister for his third goal of the season. Jack Jeffers and Andrew Dodson got the assists.
Vermont finished the game with an empty-net goal by Matt O’Donnell with 12.6 seconds to go.
Sinclair finished with 29 saves. His Catamount counterpart, Stefanos Lekkas, stopped 14 of 15 shots.
File photo of Bauer Neudecker by Todd Thompson/RiverCat Photography.
