HOUGHTON, Mich. Junior Michael-Lee Teslak made 32 saves to lead Michigan Tech (12-17-5, 8-14-4 WCHA) to a 2-1 win over No. 7 Denver (22-11-1, 16-9-1) before 2,253 fans in a wild WCHA finish tonight at MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

 

Tech held a 2-0 lead until Rhett Rakhshani (Huntington Beach, Calif.) scored on a 6-on-4 advantage with goaltender Peter Mannino (Farmington Hills, Mich.) out of the net at 18:13. Tech committed two minor penalties in the final 1:36 and Gwozdecky kept Mannino (19 saves) out of the net to create a 6-on-3 advantage for the final 90 seconds, but the Pioneers failed to score the equalizer.

 

Alex Lord and Geoff Kinrade scored goals for the Huskies, who snapped a four-game losing streak and earned a series split from the Pioneers.

 

Lord capitalized on a turnover by Kyle Ostrow (Calgary, Alberta) in the Pioneer zone and scored the games’ lone goal of the first period at 12:41.

 

Kinrade made it 2-0 at 9:08 of the final stanza when he backhanded a goal past Mannino high to the stick side.

 

The Pioneers outshot Tech 33-21 and went 1-for-5 on the power play. DU’s penalty kill shined with a 3-for-3 effort.

 

DU plays in-state rival Colorado College in a home-and-home series March 7-8.

 

Notes: The Pioneers are sixth in the latest PairWise Rankings...Patrick Mullen was ejected from the game with nine seconds left in the first period for checking-from-behind. DU has tallied a power-play goal in 13 of its last 16 games. Kyle Ostrow extended his assist streak to four games. DU is 20-2-1 when holding opponents to two goals or less. DU is third in the WCHA with 33 league points.