Reese Kupsky, UW-Stout Sports Information
Men’s Ice Hockey
**UW-Stout Sports Information contributed to this recap
MENOMONIE, Wis.
–University of Wisconsin-Stout gained its first ever Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Men’s Ice Hockey Championship/Commissioner’s Cup (offered by Culver’s) with a 5-4 win over UW-River Falls at Fanetti Community Center on March 7.
UW-Stout (21-5-1) additionally secured the convention’s computerized NCAA bid with the victory – this system’s first NCAA bid since 2008-09.
UW-River Falls (14-12-1) struck first halfway by way of the opening interval. At 11:48 of the primary, Cole Teleki fired a shot from the purpose by way of visitors that beat a screened Sebastian Monaco to present the Falcons a 1-0 lead.
UW-Stout responded rapidly as soon as the second interval started. With a carryover energy play, the Blue Devils tied the sport at 1:12 of the second. Hayden Stocks stepped into the slot and fired a shot that was initially stopped, Arhip Sidarovich adopted with one other try that was denied, and Nicolas Pigeon lastly buried the rebound to knot the sport at 1-1.
Just 15 seconds later (1:27), UW-Stout seized the momentum. Kullan Daikawa and Noah Tyrrell broke in on a two-on-one, the place Daikawa feathered a move throughout the crease that Tyrrell tapped residence to present the Blue Devils their first lead at 2-1.
UW-Stout continued to press late within the interval and added one other key aim within the last minute. At 19:07 of the second, Felix Cadieux-Fredette despatched a shot from the purpose that William Schofield redirected on aim, and Sidarovich pounced on the rebound to increase the benefit to three-1 heading into the intermission.
The Blue Devils carried the momentum into the third. At 2:47 of the third, Daikawa once more created the offense, feeding Nicholas Stevens, who completed the play to push the result in 4-1.
UW-Stout added what proved to be the sport-successful aim halfway by way of the interval. Daikawa tipped a degree shot from Tyler Pfister at 12:44 for a 5-1 cushion.
UW-River Falls refused to go quietly as Burke Simpson scored at 14:14 and Dylan Smith added one other at 15:46 to trim the deficit to 2 earlier than pulling their goaltender late. Keenan Ingram made it a one-aim sport with an additional-attacker aim at 18:15.
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