Box Score MENOMONIE, Wis. – Garrett Ladd (Fenton, MI/Fenton) tallied his third straight multi-point game, finishing with a goal and three assists to lead the third-ranked UW-Stevens Point men's hockey team to a 6-2 win in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) matchup on Friday night at Dunn County Ice Arena.
 
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Ladd's four points gave him nine in the last three games, while Alex Brooks (Grand Rapids, MI/), Kevin Gibson (Grosse Pointe, MI/North), Kyle Sharkey (Moore, OK/Insight School of Kansas) and Drew Graves (Allen Park, MI/Allen Park ) each had two points for the Pointers (16-2-2, 4-2-1 WIAC). Craig Lindegard and Kevin O'Donnell scored for UW-Stout (6-14-0, 2-5-0 WIAC), who had defeated UWSP 3-2 on December 7.
 
UW-Stevens Point led 2-0 early in the second period after a first-period power-play goal by Alex Brooks (Grand Rapids, MI/) and a second-period goal by Kyle Heck (Plover, WI/SPASH). UW-Stout then got within a goal on Kevin O'Donnell's power-play goal.
 
However, the Pointers responded by scoring the next four goals of the game to take a commanding 6-1 lead. Kevin Gibson (Grosse Pointe, MI/North) extended his point streak to six games with his fifth goal of the season, making it 3-1.
 
Even-strength goals by Sharkey, his 10th of the season, and Grauer put UWSP up 5-1 early in the third. Ladd then scored UW-Stevens Point's final goal of the night, his 17th goal of the season. The Pointers outshot the Blue Devils 40-33 in the game, led by Ladd's game-high seven shots.
 
Brandon Jaeger (Champlin, MN/Champlin Park) made 31 saves for UW-Stevens Point, while UW-Stout's Corey Koop kept out 34 UWSP shots. Both of the Blue Devils goals came on the power play, as both teams were 2-for-7 with the man advantage.
 
The two teams play for the third and final time this regular season on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m in Menomonie.