Friday Recap: Let's Start the Show

Michigan Tech and Bowling Green opened CCHA play with regulation victories, while it took Bemidji State overtime to find the deciding tally against Augustana. St. Thomas opened Lee & Penny Anderson Arena with a tie against No. 15 Providence, before taking the exhibition shootout in front of a sellout crowd.

In other non-league action, No. 20 Minnesota State held off RPI, 4-2, and Nothern Michigan hung with No. 1 Michigan State before falling, 4-0.

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Bowling Green 4, Lake Superior State 1

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SAULT. STE MARIE, Mich. – Jaden Grant scored two after Dominik Rymon got the Falcons on the board as BGSU won their CCHA opening matchup against Lake Superior State, 4-1. Bowling Green outshot the Lakers 45 to 28, winning the shots on goal battle yet again ... (full story)

Michigan Tech 5, Ferris State 1

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HOUGHTON, Mich. – The Michigan Tech hockey team won 5-1 over Ferris State in the home and CCHA opener on Friday at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Huskies came back from a 1-0 first-period deficit, scoring five straight goals over the final two periods ... (full story)

No. 1 Michigan State 4, Northern Michigan 0

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MARQUETTE, Mich. - The NMU hockey team dropped game one of the weekend series against the best team in the country, losing 4-0 to the Michigan State Spartans ... (full story)

No. 20 Minnesota State 4, RPI 2

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MANKATO, Minn. – Minnesota State men's hockey dropped CCHA Championship banners pregame, then played to a 4-2 win over RPI Friday night in non-conference play at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center ... (full story)

St. Thomas 2, No. 15 Providence 2 (OT)

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ST. PAUL, Minn. – St. Thomas Men's Hockey (2-3-1) played hockey on campus at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena in front of over 4,000 fans on Friday night and took the 15th ranked Providence Friars (1-2-1) to a shootout. Aaron Trotter made 38 saves in net while Nathan Pilling scored the first goal in the building for the Tommies ... (full story)

Bemidji State 1, Augustana 0 (OT)

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BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Men's Hockey team edged Augustana University 1-0 in overtime Friday night at the Sanford Center to open their Central Collegiate Hockey Association series ... (full story)