UAH lost to Massachusetts in overtime on Friday, a 2-1 decision in the opening game of the Mariucci Classic in Minneapolis, Minn.

The Chargers (7-12-2) will face Mercyhurst, which lost to 11-ranked host Minnesota 5-1, in the third-place game. The game is Saturday at 4 p.m. and can be seen online on BTN Plus.

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The Minutemen (5-12-2) opened scoring as Jake Horton snapped an attempt from the right point, and it snuck between the left post and Jordan Uhelski’s stick side with 4:32 remaining in the first.

UAH had enough chances to get on the board first, outshooting UMass 10-7 in the first period. The Chargers had a power play, but committed two offsides before getting anything on it until late.

The Chargers, who continued to have good looks throughout the second period, tied the game at 3:35. Max McHugh was able to get a stick on a deflected puck in front of the UMass net, scoring his seventh goal of the season. He was assisted by Josh Kestner and Jordan Larson.

UAH could not convert on two big power play opportunities in the latter half of the third period, given thanks to penalties on Griff Jeszka.

The first power play with 7:50 left was mostly in the UMass end until Ray Pigozzi got a shorthanded breakaway, which was saved by Uhelski. Josh Kestner’s slashing penalty on the play killed the rest of the advantage.

Jeszka’s hooking call with 2:12 gave the Chargers one last chance in regulation, but the Minutemen killed it off and forced overtime.

In the extra frame, Jeszka redeemed himself after the penalties with the game-winning goal with 2:50 to go.

UAH outshot UMass 30-19. Uhelski made 17 saves, while Wischow had 29.

The Chargers won their fourth straight road game, tying a program record, with a 3-1 victory Saturday night over Northern Michigan in Marquette, Michigan.

UAH (7-11-2 overall, 7-7-2 WCHA) matched the road winning streak set in the 2004-05 season. It was the Chargers’ third road sweep of the season, and UAH is 6-1-1 in road WCHA games.

UAH has matched its highest WCHA win total with 12 conference games to go. With 23 points, UAH is tied with Bowling Green for third place in the WCHA standings.

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Northern Michigan (4-14-2 overall, 2-11-1 WCHA) is still searching for its first home win of the season.

There was no score in a brief 26-minute first period. The Chargers had one power play opportunity on a questionable tripping call when Kurt Gosselin lost an edge and fell around NMU’s Luke Voltin.

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While UAH didn’t convert, the Chargers did provide the pressure early, but the Wildcats asserted themselves more as the first period went on. NMU outshot UAH 7-6 in the period.

The second period took a bit longer with more penalties and more goals.

It started with a five-minute major for NMU’s Philip Beaulieu for contact to Hans Gorowsky’s head. Beaulieu was also given a game misconduct at 3:37.

UAH used the power play to take the first lead on a nice passing play. Jordan Larson from behind the net sent the puck to Brennan Saulnier in the right circle, and he found Regan Soquila in the slot, who beat Atte Tolvanen for his first goal of the season at 4:44.

Another odd call on UAH’s Brennan Saulnier for slashing — given despite NMU’s Dominik Shine just falling — killed two minutes of the major power play.

But the Chargers extended their lead to 2-0 during the resulting 4-on-4. Josh Kestner tallied his sixth goal of the season, assisted by Tyler Poulsen and Cody Champagne, just 1:26 after Soquila’s goal.

The Wildcats cut the lead to 2-1 on a goal by Troy Loggins with 5:19 left in the second. He had Brock Maschmeyer on a 2-on-1, and after Champagne went down to block, Loggins fired the puck past Jordan Uhelski’s right side.

That was the only goal Uhelski would allow, as he was on point with every close call the Wildcats would put on. He had 23 saves in the game, and stopped 47 of 49 shots on the weekend.

UAH put the game away with 4:07 left in the game when Brandon Parker’s blast from the right circle for the final 3-1 score. It was Parker’s fifth goal of the season and fourth in his last five game. Cam Knight and Kestner each got their 10th assists of the season.

The goal came after an NMU holding penalty, the Chargers’ second power play goal of the night.

Northern Michigan outshot UAH 24-21 in the contest.

The Chargers are off the next two weekends for the holiday break. They face Massachusetts in the opener at the Mariucci Classic at Minnesota on Dec. 30.

The Chargers’ home record may need some work, but their road record is shoring up nicely.

UAH defeated Northern Michigan in Marquette by a 4-1 score Friday night, improving its WCHA road record to 5-1-1 on the season.

The Chargers (6-11-2 overall, 6-7-2 WCHA) have won three straight away contests for the first time since the 2004-05 season.

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It was UAH’s first ever win at Northern Michigan (4-13-2 overall, 2-10-1 WCHA), which has yet to win at home this season (0-7-1).

The Wildcats had a good start, though, thanks to noted thorn-in-UAH’s-side Dominik Shine. Shine picked the puck off of Brandon Parker near the UAH blue line, skated in alone on Jordan Uhelski and beat him five-hole at 9:32. It was Shine’s eighth career goal and 14th point against UAH in 13 games.

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UAH tied the game at 14:27 when Cody Marooney backhanded a loose puck in the crease just between the post and NMU goalie Atte Tolvanen. Marooney’s first goal of the season was assisted by Regan Soquila and Brent Fletcher.

The Chargers took a 2-1 lead with seven seconds left in the first when, as a UAH power play expired, Brandon Parker unleashed a blast from the point. Hans Gorowsky and Josh Kestner got the assists.

UAH extended its lead with two goals in the second period.

With 7:11 remaining, off the face off in the NMU zone, Max McHugh scored his sixth goal of the season — snapping a 10-game goal-less streak — for a 3-1 Charger lead. John Teets had the assist.

Then with 4:50 to go in the frame, Josh Kestner slid the puck past Tolvanen from the left circle to make it 4-1 UAH. Tyler Poulsen had the primary assist with his pass from the boards, and Parker got the other helper.

It was a busy period all around for Tolvanen as UAH outshot 17-7. Tolvanen had 29 saves on the night.

NMU had some chances to close the gap in the third period, including an extended power play situation thanks to overlapping penalties by Matt Salhany and Richard Buri, but came up empty handed. UAH killed all five of NMU’s power play opportunities.

Uhelski finished with 24 saves. UAH was 0-for-6 with the power play.

Game two of the series is Saturday at 6:07 p.m. Central Time and can be seen on WCHA.tv.

The Bulldogs were apparently very tired of losing to the Chargers.

After losing the first three games of the season series, Ferris State staked a lead early and never let UAH get in the game, winning 3-1 on Sunday.

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UAH (5-11-2 overall, 5-7-2 WCHA), which win Saturday’s game 5-3, managed only 17 shots on goal.

Ferris State (6-10-1, 5-6-1-1) climbed back into a tie with UAH for fifth place in the WCHA standings, and it didn’t take long at all to get on the board.

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Just 34 seconds in, Jared VanWormer scored right in front of the UAH net from a centering pass from Gerald Mayhew.

Ferris State continued to keep the Chargers off balance, and increased its lead to 2-0 as Taylor Fernandez beat UAH goaltender Jordan Uhelski from the slot at the 10:14 mark of the first.

The Chargers finally started to get some offensive pressure in the final five minutes of the first period with the help of three straight penalties by the Bulldogs. Despite also having 1:24 of two-man advantage, UAH was kept off the board as Darren Smith made five saves in the stretch.

Penalties early in the second period prevented the Chargers from getting many offensive chances, but UAH finally got on the board on a power play.

After a Nate Kallen tripping call, Brandon Parker blasted a goal from the right point to cut FSU’s lead to 2-1 with 9:41 left in the second. His third goal of the season was assisted by Cam Knight and Max McHugh.

The third period belonged to Ferris State. Josh Kestner committed a tripping penalty at the end of the second period, and in the resulting power play to begin the third, Mitch Maloney increased FSU’s lead to 3-1 at 1:43.

The Bulldogs would not allow much from the Chargers the rest of the way, outshooting UAH 12-4 for a 33-17 total. Not helping matters for the Chargers were three more penalties in the third period.

Uhelski made the most of the situation, making numerous saves and cover-ups to keep UAH in the game. He finished with 30 saves.

FSU goaltender Darren Smith made 16 saves.

The Chargers’ next action is Friday and Saturday at Northern Michigan for the last WCHA series before the holiday break. UAH returns home Jan. 6 and 7 against Minnesota State.

Kurt Gosselin scored UAH’s first hat trick in nearly nine years, boosting the Chargers to a 5-3 victory over Ferris State at the Von Braun Center on Friday night.

Gosselin put up the Chargers’ three-goal game for the first time since Cale Tanaka did it against Robert Morris on Feb. 1, 2008. It was UAH’s fourth hat trick by a defenseman, the first since Shane Stewart against Babson on Jan. 2, 1999.

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Gosselin moved into the team lead in goals with seven. He extended his point-scoring streak to seven games, posting 10 points in that stretch (six goals, four assists).

“I’m just thankful I got the forwards and good D partner to help me out,” Gosselin said. “When the puck comes up to the point where our job is to get it on net and find guys, and being able to produce for the team was a big deal. I’m really glad we got the W tonight.”
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UAH (5-10-2 overall, 5-6-1 WCHA) ended a four-game winless streak, and posting its first home win of the season. It was also the Chargers’ third straight win over Ferris State (5-10-1 overall, 4-6-1 WCHA), whom UAH swept at the start of the season.

A critical error put UAH behind early, despite the Chargers being on a power play. Andrew Mayer stole the puck from Jetlan Houcher at center ice, and beat Jordan Uhelski on a breakaway for a 1-0 Ferris State lead 3:36 into the contest.

The Chargers had another sloppy power play, but managed to tie the game at 8:03 on a goal by Kurt Gosselin from the left wing circle. Hans Gorowsky and Max McHugh got the assists, breaking a four-game scoreless streak for McHugh.

Gosselin struck again from about the same spot just 1:54 later, giving UAH a 2-1 lead. Cam Knight and McHugh got the helpers.

For the Chargers, it was the eighth straight game holding a lead, but holding on to win has been an issue. UAH was 2-4-1 in its previous seven.

“We had been there before,” UAH head coach Mike Corbett said. “It’s finally time for our guys to bow their neck back and say we’re going to take a stand, and they did. It was great to see.”

Halfway through the game, that lead was gone. An FSU shot hit the right post and sat in the crease, and despite contact with Uhelski as he tried to cover, Trevor Recktenwald found the puck and the net to tie the game at 2-2.

The Bulldogs retook the lead at 3-2 with 44 seconds left in the second period, converting a power play chance from Sean Rappleyea’s tripping penalty. Jason Tackett had an open net after a cross-ice pass from Jared VanWormer on a tic-tac-toe play.

Then UAH rallied again in the third period, equalizing the game and then taking the lead on a 4-on-4 situation. Gosselin got the hat trick with a goal from the center point at 3:39, assisted again by from Cam Knight and McHugh.

“Kurt is one of those guys who finds holes,” Corbett said. “I think all of three of those shots were in the upper third of the net. He’s one of those guys we want shooting the puck.”

Then at 5:22, the Chargers took their second lead at 4-3. Hans Gorowsky scored his fourth goal of the season, assisted by a nifty centering pass by Matt Salhany.

“That sequence of 4-on-4 for two minutes was probably as good a sequence we’ve had all year.”

This time, UAH finished the job. Knight finished off the 5-3 victory with an empty-net goal, down the middle from the UAH zone.

“I think the biggest thing is that we put in the work during the week and the results showed,” McHugh said. “In the game tonight, we didn’t get tired, we came through at the end, and we ended up being resilient like coach said, and we got the win.

“If we play the way we play against any team we should have the same result. For some reason we play against Ferris like that, but I think it’s a good starting point again.”

Uhelski stopped 29 of 32 shots for the victory, making key saves down the stretch. UAH outshot FSU 33-32 for the game.

Game two of the series is Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.

Three stars of the game: 

1. Kurt Gosselin, UAH (hat trick)
2. Max McHugh, UAH (3 assists)
3. Cam Knight, UAH (1 goal, 2 assists)

NOTES: UAH hat tricks by defensemen, varsity: Steve Kasprzak (1987), Don Burke (1992), Shane Stewart (1999), Kurt Gosselin (2016). … UAH was 0-for-5 on the power play, while Ferris State was 1-for-2. … It’s the first time UAH has had three or more wins in a season against one opponent since joining the WCHA.

It was close for most of the game, but in the end, it’s still a stinging blowout.

Bowling Green scored six third-period goals — four in the final 7:33 — to rout UAH 8-3 on Saturday at the Von Braun Center, completing a two game sweep.

UAH (4-10-2 overall, 4-6-2 WCHA) held the lead twice in the game. It was the seventh straight game the Chargers held a lead, but they are now 2-4-1 in that stretch.

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Bowling Green (6-7-1 overall, 5-3-0 WCHA) continued their hot pace, winning its sixth game out of seven.

Senior defenseman Brandon Carlson played his final game at UAH, it was announced during pre-game introductions. Carlson’s five-year eligibility window, which started when he enrolled in college classes while playing juniors, is expiring after playing 120 games as a Charger, scoring nine goals and 11 assists for 20 points.

There was no scoring in the first period, although each team had chances. The Falcons pressed the issue early on, pinning the Chargers in their zone for about three minutes. In the end of the frame, however, BGSU managed only seven shots on goal.

The goals came in the second period, with Bowling Green getting on the board early. Mitch McLain deflected Mark Friedman’s shot from the left point past UAH goaltender Carmine Guerriero just 45 seconds in for a 1-0 BGSU lead.

The power play was where UAH would grab the lead. At 10:40 of the second, Falcon winger Stephen Baylis checked UAH defenseman Brandon Parker from behind in a corner of the BGSU zone, earning him a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct.

The Chargers pounced immediately. Off the faceoff, Austin Beaulieu scored his first collegiate goal five seconds into the power play to tie the game at 1-1.

Alec Rauhauser’s interference penalty gave UAH a two-man advantage, and the Chargers scored quickly again to take the lead. Ten seconds into the 5-on-3, Parker was back on the ice and scored on a blast from the point with 6:23 left in the second.

Parker’s second goal of the season was assisted by Cam Knight and Josh Kestner.

It was the seventh straight game that UAH had held a lead, but with 1:34 left in the second, McLain tallied his second goal of the game on a rebound off the cross bar and a wide-open net to tie the game at 2-2.

More penalties filled the early part of the third period, and UAH took a 3-2 lead on a 4-on-3 power play at the 3:28 mark. Kestner got his fourth goal of the season on a one-timer from the left circle, assisted by Knight and Kurt Gosselin.

The lead lasted only 17 seconds as Tyler Spezia snuck one past Guerriero.

Brett D’Andrea gave Bowling Green the lead again at 4-3 at the 6:19 mark, and even with 10 minutes left, UAH was still in the hunt against the WCHA favorites.

Then, complete collapse.

The Falcons scored four goals in the final 7:33. Kevin Dufour scored twice — one on a Bowling Green power play after Gosselin committed a slashing penalty, then another with 1:34 to go right after Guerriero was pulled for an extra attacker and the Chargers down two.

Bowling Green then scored two garbage-time goals 21 seconds apart in the final minute of play for the final score of 8-3. First Lukas Craggs, then McLain to complete his hat trick.

Bowling Green only outshot the Chargers 30-28. Guerriero was tagged with seven goals on 29 shots.

The Chargers are off next week before hosting Ferris State on Dec. 3-4 to complete their homestand. UAH is now 0-5-1 at home this season.

UAH has gotten the knack of getting on the board first. It’s finishing the job that has become a problem.

Bowling Green scored four goals in the third period, erasing another Charger lead to win 4-1 Friday night at the Von Braun Center.

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UAH (4-9-2 overall, 4-5-2 WCHA) has now scored the first goal in the each of its last six straight games, but is 2-3-1 in this stretch. The last three have come at home, where the Chargers have yet to post a win this season.

Bowling Green (5-7-1 overall, 4-3-0 WCHA) has won five of its last six.

After a scoreless first period, Kurt Gosselin broke the stalemate with 7:01 left in the second period, blasting one from the center point found its way through traffic and past Chris Nell. Gosselin’s fourth goal of the season was assisted by Cam Knight and Brent Fletcher.

Tyler Spezia thought he had scored early in the third perod, but after some confusion after the referee washed it out, Pierre-Luc Mercier left no doubt that the game was tied at 1-1 at the 2:16 mark.

Spezia did eventually get his goal, this time giving the Falcons the lead, on a wrister during 4-on-4 with 10:45 remaining in regulation.

Bowling Green sealed the game with a Mercier wrister on the power play with 1:08 left. The Falcons added an empty-net goal with 31 seconds to go.

Carmine Guerriero, making his second start for the Chargers, made 29 saves as the Falcons outshot the Chargers 33-20.

Game two of the series is Saturday night at 7:07 p.m.

Two quick goals were all Alaska needed to beat UAH 3-1 on Saturday at the Von Braun Center.

Despite leading most of the series, UAH (4-8-2 overall, 4-4-2-0 WCHA) could only get one point out of a possible six in the WCHA standings. Alaska improved to 4-7-1 overall and 3-4-1-1 in league play.

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The Chargers scored first the first goal for the fifth straight game. Hunter Anderson got his first college goal and point, deflecting a Kurt Gosselin shot from the high slot past Alaska goaltender Jesse Jenks. Cam Knight got the other assist.

UAH goaltender Carmine Guerriero, who was ineligible for the first 12 games of the season, did not show signs of rust as he stopped all of the Nanooks shots on goal in the first period.

Guerriero was peppered throughout the second period as the Nanooks fired 17 shots on goal. Two of those found the back of the net late in the period to give Alaska the lead.

Tayler Munsen tied it up with 4:17 left after the Nanooks developed a 2-on-none. Munsen beat Guerriero high after a pass from Chad Staley.

Alaska pounced quickly after an interference call on Cody Champagne for its first lead of the series. Staley needed only nine seconds of the power play to give the Nanooks a 2-1 lead with 2:35 left in the second period and into the second intermission.

UAH got sustained offensive pressure throughout much of the third period, but Jenks was able to make the stops down the stretch to preserve the win for Alaska. The Chargers had two power play opportunities in the third but finished 0-for-4 in the game.

Jenks finished with 26 saves on 27 shots. Guerriero had 23 saves on 25 shots.

Colton Leiter added an empty-net goal with half a second remaining to seal the victory.

Both teams had six penalties.

The Chargers are now 0-3-1 so far at home, where they will play the next four games of a six-game home stand. They currently sit fourth in the WCHA standings with 14 points.

UAH hosts Bowling Green on Nov. 18 and 19.

Alaska rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie UAH 3-3 on Friday night at the Von Braun Center. The Nanooks scored 21 seconds into the 3-on-3 second overtime to get the extra point in the WCHA standings.

Just like both nights in Anchorage, the Chargers (4-7-2 overall, 4-3-2-0 WCHA) took control of the game at the outset, scoring two quick goals. Alaska is now 3-7-1 overall and 2-4-1-1 in WCHA play.

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Kurt Gosselin got the Chargers on the board just 55 seconds in, assisted by Tyler Poulsen and Josh Kestner. Kestner has now scored a point in five straight games.

Then, at 2:24, Matt Salhany, on a 2-on-1, scored his third goal of the season. Saulnier made the pass to his right to Salhany for his fifth assist of the year.

UAH made it 3-0 on a power play goal early in the second period. Jordan Larson put in a rebound for this third goal of the season, assisted by Saulnier and Gosselin.

Marcus Basara put in his own rebound with 4:26 left in the second for Alaska’s first goal.

The Nanooks cut UAH’s lead to 3-2 on a power play goal early in the third, this time by Justin Woods.

UAF tied the contest at 3-3 with 8:13 left in regulation on a goal by John Mullally.

After the regular overtime produced no official winner, Tayler Munsen scored 21 seconds into the 3-on-3 overtime to get the extra WCHA point for the Nanooks. UAH has lost in both 3-on-3 overtimes it has played this season.

Jordan Uhelski made 31 saves for the Chargers as the Nanooks outshot UAH 34-23, including getting all five shots on goal in the regulation overtime.

Game two of the series is Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Von Braun Center.

Three stars of the game:

1. Tayler Munsen, UAF (goal in 3-on-3 OT)
2. Marcus Basara, UAF (1 goal, 1 assist)
3. Brennan Saulnier, UAH (2 assists)

Last week in St. Cloud, the Chargers were bitten twice by huge periods, but this time they found their own to end their slump. UAH scored four times in the first period to defeat Alaska Anchorage 5-2 on Friday at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage.

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The Chargers (3-7-1 overall, 3-3-1 WCHA) set a season high for goals to end an eight-game winless streak. The Seawolves fell to 1-6-0 overall and 0-3-0 in conference play.

UAH took control of the game from the start. At 1:29, Cam Knight’s blast from the right point put the Chargers on the board, assisted by Madison Dunn and Matt Salhany.

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On their first power play at 1:54, UAH made it 2-0 as Hans Gorowsky deflected a shot from Brandon Parker. Max McHugh got the secondary assist.

The Chargers led 3-0 after a miscue by UAA starting goaltender Rasmus Reijola. Jordan Larson took the puck behind the net after a shot, and Reijola crossed the crease to his left. But Larson went the other way, sending a puck in front to Brennan Saulnier, who scored on the open net at the 6:19 mark.

Reijola would last only 7:24 before being pulled for Olivier Mantha.

The Seawolves asserted themselves for the rest of the period, and got on the board with 6:53 left, when Brad Duwe, making his season debut after preseason knee surgery, beat UAH goalie Jordan Uhelski with a backhander from just inside the goal line.

UAH regained its three-goal lead at 4-1 with 1:54 left in the first. John Teets scored his first collegiate goal on a nice centering pass from McHugh. Tyler Poulsen got the other assist as the Chargers scored four times in a period for the first time since March 4 of last season against Bowling Green.

Duwe scored his second goal while UAA had a two-man advantage early in the second period, this time from the doorstep to Uhelski’s right, cutting UAH’s lead to 4-2. It was UAA’s first multi-goal game in seven games this season.

Meanwhile, Kestner had a couple of chances for goals denied. Reijola got him in the first period, and Mantha stoned him on a two-on-none in the second period.

UAH got the exclamation point after UAA’s Mason Mitchell knocked down Kester after the whistle, drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Kurt Gosselin converted on the power play with a long-range shot with 5:31 to go, assisted by Saulnier and Larson.

UAH ended up outshooting the Seawolves 29-27. Uhelski made 25 saves in the win. Mantha stopped 19 of 21 shots for the Seawolves.

It was UAH’s second win ever in Anchorage in 16 tries, the first victory coming last season.

Game two of the series is Saturday at 10:07 p.m. Central Time.