STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Three third-period goals sent the top-seeded UW-Stevens Point men's hockey team to a 5-3 win over UW-Superior and a spot in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship game on Saturday night at K.B. Willett Arena.

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UW-Stevens Point (21-5-1) and UW-Superior (9-18-1) tied 1-1 in Friday night's opener of the semifinal series and the Yellowjackets led 3-2 midway through the third period. However, goals by Lawrence Cornellier (Machesney Park, IL/Harlem), Kevin Gibson (Grosse Pointe, MI/North) and Scott Henegar (Trenton, MI/Trenton) helped the Pointers to the come-from-behind win.

UWSP will host the second-ever WIAC Championship game for the Commissioner's Cup on Saturday, March 7 at K.B. Willett Arena at a time yet to be determined. The Pointers will face UW-River Falls in the title game after the Falcons squeaked by UW-Eau Claire on a penalty shot in sudden-death overtime following a series split and a mini-game.

With UW-Stevens Point trailing 3-2, Cornellier knotted the score at 3-3 with 9:57 to play with the third game-tying goal of the night for UWSP, which trailed 1-0 and 2-1 in the first period. The goal was Cornellier's 10th of the season.

The score stayed tied until Kevin Gibson (Grosse Pointe, MI/North) scored on the power play at 15:28 of the third after being set up by Joe Kalisz (Davison, MI/Davison) and Andrew Kolb (Toledo, OH/Toledo Catholic) for the game-winning goal. Henegar added the team's fifth goal from Cornellier, who earned his third point of the game, with 1:19 remaining.

Tanner Dion started a four-goal first-period, scoring the opener at 3:13. The Pointers answered back through Garrett Ladd (Fenton, MI/Fenton) a little over three minutes later.

Less than a minute after Ladd's goal, the Yellowjackets' Jordan Neduzak struck on the power play at 7:08. Kyle Brodie (Denver, CO/Northglenn) tied the game at 2-2 exactly two minutes later with an unassisted goal.

UW-Stevens Point outshot UW-Superior 33-28 in the game, including 11-5 in the first period. The Yellowjackets were 2-for-3 on the power play, while the Pointers were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.

Tickets for the championship game will go on sale on Monday morning, March 2. Tickets can be ordered through University Information and Tickets (715-346-4100).