Between the Pipes

Between The Pipes

March 8, 2016 Men’s Hockey

Mavericks Claim Share of 2015-16 MacNaughton Cup #16 Minnesota State skated past Bemidji State by a 6-1 margin Friday and gained a share of the 2015-16 Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season championship in the process. The Mavericks, who entered the weekend owning a two-point lead over second-place Michigan Tech with two games to go in the regular season, won a share of the title after losing to Bemidji Saturday while Michican Tech beat Northern Michigan. Friday | MSU 6 Bemidji 1 Mankato, Minn. --- #16 Minnesota State skated past Bemidji State by a 6-1 margin Friday and gained at least a share of the 2015-16 Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season championship in the process. The Mavericks, who entered the weekend owning a two-point lead over second-place Michigan Tech with two games to go in the regular season, still own a two-point lead with tonight's win and Michigan Tech's 4-0 win over Northern Michigan. The Mavericks got out of the chute early as sophomore forward Zeb Knutson took advantage of a nice pass from linemate Michael Huntebrinker in scoring his sixth goal of the year at 1:48 of the opening stanza. Bryce Gervais, who entered the night riding a four-game point-scoring streak, was also credited with his eighth assist of the year on Knutson's marker. Senior forward Teddy Blueger wristed a shot from the slot that beat BSU netminder Michael Bitzer on the stick side at 13:18 in making it a 2-0 Minnesota State lead. Blueger got in on the action again when his offensive zone face-off win led to Dylan Margonari's fifth goal of the season at 15:41 and the Mavericks entered the locker room owning a 3-0 lead at the end of the first 20 minutes.

It became a 4-0 Minnesota State lead at 14:17 of the second after junior defenseman Carter Foguth roofed a shot past past Reid Mimmack for his first goal of the season after taking a pass from Margonari. Mimmack had replaced Bitzer in the Beaver net in the first period following Margonari's goal. Markus Gerbrandt solved Maverick netminder Cole Huggins on a breakaway opportunity at 14:48, allowing the Beavers to pull within to three and at the end of 40 minutes of play. Minnesota State held a 4-1 advantage. Senior forward Jimmy Mullin's nifty shot from along the goal line at 5:24 of the final period gave the Mavericks a 5-1 lead and junior center Jordan Nelson's second goal of the season at 9:36 made it a 6-1 Minnesota State advantage in closing out scoring in the game. The Mavericks, who went zero-for-three in power plays in the game, outshot BSU by a 46-13 margin in the game. Junior netminder Cole Huggins stands 10-8-2 on the season with tonight's win and owns a 35-18-3 mark for his career. Huggins now stands tied for sixth at Minnesota State in career wins. Minnesota State, which has gone 7-2-2 in its last 11 games, stands 18-10-7 overall and is 16-4-7 in WCHA action with Friday’s win. Saturday | MSU 0 Bemidji 1 Mankato, Minn. --- Bemidji State scored a first-period goal and that goal stood up as the only offense in the game as the Beavers claimed a 1-0 win over #16 Minnesota State in Western Collegiate Hockey Association action Saturday. BSU forward Brendan Harms cashed in a on a rebound chance when he slid the puck under Cole Huggins' pad at 9:18 of the first period in giving the Beavers a 1-0 lead. The team battled through a scoreless second period and a scoreless third period as Harms' goal held up as the only offense in the game. The Maverick peppered the Bemidji State net with 38 shots, but could not solve sophomore netminder Michael Bitzer. The Mavericks, who went three-for-six in power plays in the game, outshot BSU by a 38-23 margin in the game.

Junior netminder Cole Huggins stands 10-9-2 on the season with tonight's loss and owns a 35-19-3 mark for his career. Minnesota State, which has gone 7-3-2 in its last 12 games, stands 18-11-7 overall and finishes the 2015-16 regular season with a 16-5-7 WCHA mark. Seeded second in the league post-season, the Mavericks host a best-of-three first round WCHA post-season series next weekend vs. Lake Superior State. The Lakers finished seventh in the WCHA regular-season standings with a 10-13-5 conference record and was 13-20-5 overall. Visit The Blue Line Website | www.MNSU.edu/Sports/BlueLineClub Between The Pipes

MArch 8, 2016 Player Profiles #15 C.J. Franklin Forward | 5-11 | Sophomore | Forest Lake, Minn.

2014-15 Selected to 2014-15 WCHA All-Rookie Team... Registered 9-19--28 which tied for sixth on team scoring chart... Ranked third on team for plus/minus with +17... Tallied power play goal in NCAA DI Midwest Regional game vs. RIT (March 29, 2015)...Recorded three assists in 5-2 win at Bowling Green (Oct. 31, 2014)...Registered game-winning goal and was +3 in 4-2 victory over Minnesota at North Star College Cup (Jsn. 23, 2015)...Had goal and assist in 5-2 win vs. Lake Superior State (Jan. 9, 2015).

The Franklin File Selected in ﬁfth round, 129th overall, by Winnipeg in 2014 National Hockey League Draft...Served as alternate captain of Team USA that won gold medal in the World Junior A Challenge (2013)...Alternate captain with Sioux Falls United States Hockey League in 2013-2014 where he tallied 22-29-51 in 53 games played...Registered 32-28- -60 in ﬁrst season with Sioux Falls in 2012-13...Played high school hockey for Forest Lake which was coached by former Minnesota State defenseman Aaron Forsythe. Personal Given name is Clinston R. Franklin... Son of Scott Casarez and Cheryl Suess... Born March 17, 1994 in Roseville, Minn. ... Proposed major is Marketing.

#23 Amanda Martin Forward | 5-6 | Sophomore | Peoria, Ariz.

2014-15 Appeared in 36 games during freshman campaign...Recorded 0-4--4 on the season...Proudced assists in back to back games against Minnesota Duluth and Ohio State.

The Martin File Former member of the North American Hockey Academy in Stowe, Vermont...Ranked sixth in scoring in the Junior Women’s Hockey League with 18 goals and 28 assists for 46 points in 31 games...Amassed 33 goals, 48 assists, and 81 points in 78 games last season...Selected to USA National Player Development Camp 2010-12 including being named to National Camp All-Star Team in 2012...Awarded Academic Letter in 2012-13...Born on June 22, 1996 in Peoria, Arizona...Daughter of Daniel and Jeanette Martin...Proposed pre-physical therapy major.

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March 8, 2016 Upcoming Home Games Men’s Hockey [ 18 - 11 - 7 ] overall | [ 16 - 5 - 7 ] wcha March 11, 12 & 13 - WCHA First Round vs. Lake Superior State | 7:07pm start (All games) Verizon Wireless Center (Sunday’s game occurs ONLY if necessary) Events/Promotions

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