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Joey Abate
Freshman Joey Abate scored his NCHC-leading third game-winning goal to help the Mavericks beat Alaska Anchorage, 4-3.
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Winner OMAHA OMAHA 4-1-0
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Alaska Anchorage UAA 1-4-0
Winner
OMAHA OMAHA
4-1-0
4
Final
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Alaska Anchorage UAA
1-4-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
OMAHA OMAHA 0 2 2 4
Alaska Anchorage UAA 1 1 1 3

Game Recap: Hockey |

Mavericks Best Seawolves on Abate's Winner, 4-3

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – When forward Joey Abate scores, he makes it count.  The Omaha freshman scored his third game-winner of the season, pushing the Omaha hockey team past Alaska Anchorage, 4-3, in the series opener on Thursday.

Abate scooped up the rebound of a shot by Kirby Proctor and fired home his third career goal with 3:56 to go in the third.  The goal came just 53 seconds after the Seawolves had retied the game on a power play goal by Rylee St. Onge.

The win moved the Mavericks to 4-1-0 on the season while the Seawolves dipped to 1-4-0.

The Seawolves jumped on the Mavericks early, grabbing the lead at 1:55 when Trey deGraaf tipped a shot by Brayden Camrud past Isaiah Saville.

The Mavericks wasted little time tying the game in the second.  Teemu Pulkkinen fed Taylor Ward in the slot for a quick one-timer.  The power play goal at 1:07 was Ward's second of the season.

UNO earned its first lead of the night at 4:54 when Tristan Keck bunted a high-bouncing puck past UAA goalie Kristian Stead.  Travis Kothenbeutel and Tyler Weiss earned assists.

But the Seawolves would tie the game when Marcus Mitchell tipped a point shot past Saville at 12:46.

The Mavericks retook the lead midway through the third when Brandon Scanlin kept the puck in at the blue line and fired a shot through traffic for his first collegiate goal.

The Mavericks finished with a 30-22 edge in shots on goal.  Saville made 19 saves in the win while UAA's Stead stopped 26.

The two teams finish the series on Friday at 10:07 p.m. CT.

GAME NOTES:
  • Abate leads the NCHC and is tied for the NCAA lead in game-winning goals.
  • Scanlin becomes the third Maverick freshman to score his first collegiate goal, following Josh Boyer and Abate.
  • Kirby Proctor earned his first collegiate point with an assist on Abate's goal.
  • Dean Stewart had his four-game point streak snapped.  He had registered an assist in each of the first four games.
  • The Mavericks were 2-for-7 on the power play while UAA went 1-for-4.
  • Omaha had a 41-33 advantage in the face-off circle.
  • The Mavericks improved to 9-2-1 against UAA including a mark of 4-1-1 in Anchorage.

 
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