BEMIDJI, Minn. (John S. Glas Fieldhouse) - A trio of unanswered goals during the final 40 minutes by the Wayne State University men’s ice hockey team propelled the Warriors past Bemidji State University Friday at the John S. Glas Fieldhouse. The CHA loss was the first for the Beavers since falling to the same WSU team, 5-2, in the finale of the series in Detroit Nov. 17th.

The Beavers netted two first-period goals, one even-strength and one on the power play, to head into the first intermission with a 2-0 lead, but a quick score by the Warriors to open the second seemed to snuff the Beavers’ spark and the team never recovered.

Bemidji State opened the scoring at the 17-minute mark of the first period when Tyler Scofield (Jr., F, Prince George, British Columbia) skated the puck into the zone and behind the net before finding the backhand of Cody Bostock (Jr., D, Salmon Arm, British Columbia) on the left post. Less than two minutes later (19:41), and just 19 seconds remaining in the period, the Beavers did it again. Bostock and Scofield were credited with their second points of the game as junior defender dug the loose puck out of the far corner and fed Scofield. Scofield again escorted the puck into the zone and spotted Matt Read (Fr., F, Ilderton, Ontario) for a one-timer in front of the net.

BSU’s 2-0 cushion would last just 34 seconds into the second period.

Stavros Paskaris potted his eighth marker of the season to get WSU on the board during that fist minute of play in the second. Derk Bachynski and Ryan Bernardi each tallied assists on the goal.

The trio of Paskaris, Bachynski and Bernardi teamed up again before the period was over to level the score at 2-2. This time Bachynski was on the receiving end of passes from Paskaris and Bernardi. The game-tying, power-play goal came with 17:06 and just a second left on the Graham McManamin (So., D, Anchorage, Alaska) penalty.

With the score even entering the third, Wayne State seemed to earn the momentum and its pesky attitude would win the game midway through the stanza. Dylan Exton fired the puck past Matt Climie (Sr., G, Leduc, Alberta) with just over seven minutes remaining in the game (12:44) and despite a solid flurry of shots with an extra attacker during the game’s final minute, BSU was unable to extend the contest.

Climie made 21 saves in 58:50 between the pipes as the loss drops him to 10-5-3 on the season.

The Warrior’s Brett Bothwell turned away 28 BSU shots in the game allowing the Beavers’ two goals to improve to 5-7-0 overall.

BSU saw its ten-game home unbeaten streak versus the Warriors come to an end in the loss as WSU earned its first victory at the Glas since a 5-0 victory over the Beavers Feb. 23, 2003. The Warriors also closed the gap in the all-time series to 9-22-5.

Bemidji State, now 12-12-3 overall and 9-3-3 in league play, hosts Wayne State (8-17-2/4-7-0) to wrap up the homestand tomorrow. The rematch is slated for a 7:05 p.m. drop of the puck John S. Glas Fieldhouse.

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