STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The No. 13 ranked UW-Stevens Point men's hockey team (5-5-1, 1-1-1) picked up a 6-3 win over UW-Stout (1-7-1, 1-2-0) in the conference home opener for the Pointers.
 
Senior Danny Kiraly (Glendale, Ariz./) gave the Pointers a 1-0 lead midway through the first period on a nice feed from Logan Fredericks (Millstone Township, N.J./). 
 
Zach Zech (South Lyon, Mich./) scored the first of his two goals at the 6:35 mark of the second period to give UWSP a 2-0 lead.  Wilson Northey (North Vancouver, B.C./) got the assist on the play.
 
Less than two minutes later, Zech tallied another on the power play to push the lead to 3-0.  Carter Roo (Champlin, Minn./) and Kelly O'Brien (Detroit, Mich./) provided helpers.
 
The Blue Devils broke through with a pair of goals in less than a minute to make it a one-goal game later in the second.
 
With just 37 seconds remaining in the second, Northey again got the assist, this time setting up Jordan Fader (Rice Lake, Wis./) to cushion the lead back to two goals.
 
O'Brien pushed the advantage to 5-2 early in the third with Kiraly picking up his second point of the night.
 
Stout scored at 7:26 of the third period to get back within two goals.  Then in the final second of the game, Austin Kelly (Toledo, Ohio/) buried an empty-net goal to conclude the scoring.
 
Eli Billing (Windsor, Ont./) made 20 saves for the win.  UW-Stout goaltender Brennan Kitchen had 32 saves.

The Pointers travel to Northland on Saturday (Dec. 7) to face the Lumberjacks in the first matchup as conference foes.  The puck drops at 7:00 p.m. in Ashland.