MOORHEAD, Minn. – With five different goal scorers in Saturday's series opener at Concordia-Moorhead, the Bethel University men's hockey skated to a 5-3 victory over the Cobbers.
Concordia, who sat second in the MIAC standings heading into the weekend, opened up the scoring frenzy 7:05 into the first.
The Royals responded with three straight goals through the final 5:02 of the first.
Jake Herter scored the equalizer with just over five to go. Fresh off an assist on Herter's goal,
Jarrett Cammarata got in on the scoring action a minute later giving BU the lead which it kept for good.
Adam Bricker moved the lead to 3-1 scoring with 22 seconds remaining before the first intermission.
Bethel had the game's first power play advantage 5:38 into the second. Junior
Sam Wilhite scored 1:19 into it for his first power-play goal of the year. Making it 4-1, that goal will eventually become the game-winner which is Wilhite's first of his career.
The Cobbers got two back on Bethel, including a power play goal, making it 4-3 as the teams headed into the locker room after two periods.
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Travis Allen kept the Cobbers off the board in the third where he collected 11 of his 33 saves, coming up two stops shy of his career-high.
BU added an insurance goal but did so while shorthanded. Jory McWillams scored his fourth of the year at the 11:47 mark.
Concordia went with the extra attacker for the final 1:59 but the Royals held them in check allowing only one shot on goal in that time frame.
The two teams close out the series tomorrow morning at 10:45 a.m.
