STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The No. 4/5 UW-Stevens Point men's hockey team used a three-goal second period to defeat Concordia College (Minn.), 3-2, on Friday evening at K.B. Willett Arena.
 
Down a goal in the second period, junior B.J. Duffin (Red Deer, AB/) tallied his first goal of the season to kick start the UWSP (11-3-2) offense 3:26 into the middle period.
 
Less than four minutes later, Tanner Karty (Oklahoma City, OK/) tallied his team-leading 11^th goal of the season to give the Pointers a 2-1 edge over of Concordia College (6-5-3).
 
At the 15:30 mark of the second period, Willem Nong-Lambert (Des Moines, Iowa/) netted a power-play goal to put the Pointers up 3-1 entering the final period.
 
At 13:06 of the third period, Blake Berg scored to put the Cobbers within one. Zach Doerring opened the scoring for CC netting a goal at 16:26 of the opening period, before the UWSP second period breakout.
 
Max Milosek (Lapeer, MI/) recorded 23 saves for the Pointers.
 
UWSP returns to action tomorrow (Jan. 6) taking on St. Olaf at 7:00 p.m. at K.B. Willett Arena.
 
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