BIG RAPIDS, Mich. – The Augustana hockey team downed Ferris State by a score of 4-2 on Friday night. Four different Vikings found the back of the net and rallied through the second and third periods to secure their sixth win of the season. 

The Bulldogs opened up the scoring midway through the first period as Nic Belpedio walked the blue line before firing in a shot that was redirected by Josh Zary. Augustana buckled down throughout the remainder of the frame as it outshot Ferris State, 9-5. The Vikings went 0-1 on the man-advantage after Jack Mesic was hit with a two-minute minor for slashing. 

8:45 into the second period, Ferris State was hit with a two-minute minor for holding to put Augustana on the man-advantage for the second time of the night. The Vikings piled on pressure as Brett Meerman and Leo Bulgakov connected for a back-and-forth pass before Colton Friesen wired in a back-handed shot through traffic to score his fourth of the season and tie the game, 1-1. With just over two minutes to play in the frame, Easton Young found Ben Troumbly, who skated the puck into the offensive zone and drop-passed the puck to Bulgakov for his fourth of the season from the top of the circle. Augustana's two-goal period put the Vikings up by a score of 2-1.

Early in the third period, Augustana's second-period momentum carried as Max Chakrabarti dished the puck over to Hunter Bischoff in the slot for his fourth of the season as he netted his own rebound from just outside the crease. Ferris State went on the man-advantage for the first time with 4:44 remaining in the period. On the penalty kill, Augustana buckled down and denied multiple chances from the Bulldogs. FSU pulled its netminder with two minutes remaining in the frame and applied offensive pressure, with the man-advantage, Gavin Best cut the Vikings' lead to one with 39.1 remaining. At the 24.2 mark, Jacob Jastrzebski ripped a shot from the opposite blue line to score his second of the season and apply the final dagger as Augustana won, 4-2.

Game Moments

• Four different Vikings found the back of the net.
• Kotai made 26 saves to record his sixth win of the season.
• Chakrabarti tallied his first collegiate point on Bischoff's game-winner.
• Six Vikings collected one blocked shot.
• Augustana recorded one power play goal. 
• Jastrzebski went 50 percent on the faceoff dot.
• Joey DelGreco won six of his eight faceoff attempts.

Goals

• Zary opened up the scoring in the first period as he redirected a shot from Belpedio.
• Friesen tied the game at 1-1 with a power play goal from inside the slot. 
• Bulgakov snapped in a wrist shot from the top of the circle to give AU its first lead of the night.
• Bischoff scored the eventual game-winner as he powered in his own rebound from just outside the crease.
• Best netted Ferris State's second goal of the night with 39.1 seconds remaining in the third period.
• Jastrzebski tallied an empty net goal from the opposite blue line with 24.2 seconds on the clock. 

Up Next
Augustana closes out the weekend series on Saturday night. Puck drop is slated for 5:07 p.m. (cst). Action can be seen on Midco Sports Plus.