STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The No. 5/6 UW-Stevens Point men's hockey team scored four consecutive goals after trailing 2-0 and held on to knock off No. 1 Adrian 6-4 on Friday evening at K.B. Willett Arena.

Box Score

Down 2-0 in the first period, UW-Stevens Point (17-4-1) scored four consecutive goals to go ahead 4-2 near the midpoint of the second period. Adrian (17-3-1) twice got within a goal but the Pointers responded both times to go up two goals and held on for the win.

The win marked the second consecutive year in which the Pointers have defeated a No. 1 team. UW-Stevens Point defeated top-ranked St. Norbert 6-5 on Jan. 3, 2015.

Adrian jumped out to a 2-0 lead by the 13:01 mark of the first on goals by Brett Pinkerton and Taylor McCloy. Lawrence Cornellier (Machesney Park, IL/Harlem) got UW-Stevens Point on the board by tapping in a goal from in front off feeds from Jacob Barber (Dardenne Prairie, MO) and Kyle Sharkey (Moore, OK/Insight School of Kansas).

Just 26 seconds into the second period, Jono Davis (La Verne, CA) ripped a wristshot into the top corner to tie the game at 2-2. Midway through the second, Joe Kalisz (Davison, MI/Davison) fired a power-play goal, beating Kevin Entmaa on the short side to give the Pointers their first lead of the night.

Eliot Grauer (Mukilteo, WA/Kamiak) doubled UW-Stevens Point's lead at 12:56 of the second, knocking in a rebound off a Davis shot. Less than three minutes later, Adrian cut its deficit to 4-3 when Mathew Thompson was left alone in the slot at 15:42, leaving the Pointers with a one-goal lead headed to the third.

At 3:06 of the third period, the puck came to Nick D'Avolio (North Riverside, IL) in the slot and the senior beat the Dillon Kelley on the glove side to re-establish UW-Stevens Point's two-goal lead. The Pointers continued to lead by two until Brothers scored on the backhand from McCloy and Thompson to get the visitors within one.

Kyle Sharkey (Moore, OK/Insight School of Kansas) gave UW-Stevens Point an insurance goal with 4:42 remaining, redirecting a Kalisz shot from the point and the Pointers held on the rest of the way.

Kalisz led six Pointers with multi-point nights with a goal and three assists. Grauer, Davis and Sharkey each had a goal and an assist.

UW-Stevens Point outshot Adrian 28-22 in the win. Entmaa made 15 saves in 32:56 for the Bulldogs before giving way to Kelley, who made seven stops in 24:17. Max Milosek (Lapeer, MI) turned aside 18 shots to record his 13th win of the season.

The Pointers face a quick turnaround, heading to Superior to face the Yellowjackets at 7 p.m. at Wessman Arena.