ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Alaska Anchorage made a pair of
comebacks but it wasn't enough Saturday as the Seawolves lost 8-3 to host St.
Cloud State in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game at the National Hockey
Center.
The Seawolves (8-20-2, 5-20-1 WCHA) got goals from freshman Scott Allen, sophomore
Mark Pustin and senior Curtis Leinweber as they wound up splitting their only
regular-season WCHA series with the Huskies. UAA took a 3-2, overtime win on Friday
night.
The Huskies (13-15-4, 10-11-3) never trailed Saturday, getting two goals apiece
from David Eddy and Travis Novak.
After SCSU took the lead midway through the first period, UAA tied just three
minutes later on Allen's second goal of the year. Eric Scheid, who scored off a
pair of Allen assists on Friday, got the main helper on the score, while Quinn
Sproule picked up his 8
th assist.
The Huskies took a 2-1 lead into the locker room, but the Seawolves quickly
tied it 20 seconds into the second, with Leinweber earning his eighth goal of the
year on assists from Derek Docken and Brad Gorham.
St. Cloud went up 3-2 on a scramble goal from Novak at the 8:31 mark of the
second and went ahead 4-2 early in the third before Pustin struck for his third
goal of the year. Sam Mellor and Scott Warner earned assists on the play as
Warner extended his team lead to 12 helpers.
It would be all downhill after that for the Seawolves, however, with Novak,
Kevin Gravel, Bertsch and Eddy striking for four goals over the final 11 minutes
to blow the game open.
UAA returns home for its final non-conference action next weekend when it hosts
Alaska Fairbanks in the first game of the Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup at
Sullivan Arena on Fri., Feb. 24 at 7:07 p.m.