Day One In The Books

The Purdue Boliermakers punched their ticket to Sunday by defeating the  Michigan Tech Huskies 6-3.  Despite grabbing a 2-0 lead after the first period the Huskies squandered the lead in the second and trailed after 2.  Wyatt McManus netted two third period goals to seal the victory.

The 8:00 pm slate featured the Miami Redhawks versus the Michigan State Spartans.  Both teams came into the game undefeated on the weekend.  Colin Cyr opened the scoring at the 1:05 mark of the first for the Spartans.  As the teams traded goals back and forth, the pace of the game picked up and the teams were flying end to end.  Just before the end of the second, Jake Bolyard threw a wrist shot on net through a screen and beat goaltender Cavin Fix to take a 3-2 lead.  The Redhawks couldn't find an answer the rest of the game and hat goal ended up being the game-winner.  The Spartans advanced to the finals with a 5-2 victory in a hard fought game by both teams.

In the final game of the night Grand Valley State did themselves no favors early on and found themselves trailing 2-0.  Behind Aaron Mizgalski's hat trick, the Lakers completed the comeback with an empty net goal to beat the Michigan Wolverines 5-3.