HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Von Braun Arena) - Bemidji State University goaltender Matt Climie (Sr., Leduc, Alberta) stopped 36 University of Alabama-Huntsville shots en rout to his second consecutive and ninth career shutout at the Von Braun Arena in Huntsville Alabama. The senior’s flawless performance gave the Beavers their second win in as many contests in a rare Friday evening, College Hockey America victory at Alabama-Huntsville.

Climie turned away 15 shots during the first 20 minutes, 11 in the second and 10 in the third in a 60-minute blanking of the Chargers. Climie joined BSU greats Blaine Comstock (1967-71) and Jim Scanlon (1978-82), who sit atop the BSU all-time shutouts list with nine goose eggs apiece.

It took some time for the Beavers to shake their travel legs as UAH opened the game with more spark than BSU. The Chargers out shot Bemidji State 15-7 during the first 20 minutes but the BSU goaltender would get the Beavers into the first intermission with the score tied 0-0.

Travis Winter (Jr., St. Cloud, Minn.) would get BSU on the board just 2:36 into the second stanza when he got help from Brandon Marino (Jr., F, Riverside, Calif.) and Matt Read (Fr., F, Ilderton, Ont.) to beat the UAH goalie for the first BSU power-play marker in three games and just the third tally on the man advantage this season. The goal would stand as the game-winner.

Entering the third period with a one-goal advantage, Matt Francis (Jr., F, Surrey, British Columbia) added his first goal as a Beaver for good measure during the fourth minute of the third period. Captains David Deterding (Sr., D, Alexandria, Minn.) and Winter would be credited with assist on the play. Winter’s 1-1=2 points in the game stands as the 10th multi-point contest of his career.

The Beavers fired 24 shots on goal during the second period, just four shots shy of a BSU school mark set versus Lake Forest in 1994, to assist the team in pulling ahead of the Chargers in the shots on goal category. BSU has not been out shot in a single game this season.

Bemidji State finished the contest 1-for-3 on the power-play while it held UAH scoreless on six power-play opportunities--marking the third consecutive game in which BSU has kept is opposing power-plays silent.

The Beavers improve to 20-26-2 all-time versus UAH and are now 6-17-1 when facing the Charges on their home ice. BSU has won eight of its last 10 meetings with Alabama-Huntsville.

Bemidji State, 4-5-0 overall and 2-1-0 in CHA play, is back on the ice tomorrow for the final game of a two-game conference series versus Alabama-Huntsville. The puck is slated to drop at 4 p.m. at UAH’s Von Braun Arena.

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